C. René LEEMANS
Professor C. René Leemans, MD, PhD is chair of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam since 2002. He is co-director of the VUmc Cancer Centre Amsterdam and Director of the Otolaryngology Residency Program and the Advanced Fellowship Program in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology at the VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam. His special interests include head and neck oncology, microvascular surgery, and basic research.
Prof. Leemans is a member of the Steering Committee and chair of the surgery subcommittee of the Head and Neck Co-operative Group of the EORTC, and chair of the Dutch Cooperative Group on Head and Neck Oncology (NWHHT). He is president of the Netherlands Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He also serves on the council of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) and of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS), and is a founding member of the European Head and Neck Society (EHNS), presently serving as its first general secretary.
He (co-)authored more than 270 papers and book chapters on head and neck oncology and is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and tutor at courses. In 2008 he delivered the First “Milton J. Dance Jr. key-note Lecture” during the 7th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer in San Francisco, CA, USA. He serves on the editorial board of ten journals.
