A. Vonk Noordegraaf

A. Vonk Noordegraaf is a Professor who holds both an MD and a PhD in Medicine. Their education was primarily at VU University Amsterdam, earning an MSc in 1992 and an MD in 1995, and completing a PhD in 1998 at the VU University Medical Center. They also completed a Postdoc at Pennsylvania University in 1997 and a Chest Physician specialization at Amsterdam UMC in 2003.

Key career positions include:

• 1995-1997: PhD-Student in Pulmonology at VU University Medical Center.
• 1997-1998: Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.
• 1998-2003: Chest physician training at VU University Medical Center.
• 2003-2010: Pulmonologist at VU University Medical Center.
• 2010-2013: Professor in Pulmonology.
• 2013-2017: Chair of the Pulmonology division at VU University Medical Center.
• 2017-present: Chair of the Pulmonology division at Amsterdam UMC.

Honors include the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) VICI (2016) and VIDI (2008) awards, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Award for Lifetime Achievement in PAH (2016), and the ERS Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension research award (2009). They are also a Fellow of the European Respiratory Society (2015).

In terms of international activities, they have served as Chair of the ERS assembly group 13 on pulmonary vascular diseases since 2020 and Chair of the Task Force on the right ventricle for the World symposium on pulmonary hypertension 2024 since 2022. They are an Associate editor of Thorax and the European Respiratory Journal. Their H-factor is 98 (Web of Science).

The listed five most important publications focus on the relationship between the right ventricle and its load in pulmonary hypertension, the role of BMPR2 mutation, noninvasive imaging of the cardiopulmonary vascular unit, and the effects of exercise in pulmonary hypertension.