Remco de Bree

Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Dr. Remco de Bree (1966) studied medicine in Utrecht, The Netherlands. His PhD research on the VU University Medical Center was about the clinical application of radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies in head and neck cancer patients. In 1999 he finished his training in otolaryngology. Thereafter, he was a fellow in head and neck surgery for 2 years at the same hospital, where he worked as a head and neck surgeon for 14 years and became full professor for clinical oncological research at the department of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery in 2006.

Since 2015 he is full professor and head of the department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at the UMC Utrecht Cancer Center of the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. His special interests are the clinical applications and improvements of diagnostic imaging techniques, sentinel node procedure, sarcopenia and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients.

Dr. de Bree has authored and co-authored over 300 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He was the principal investigator and coordinator of several (inter)national multicenter trials and is the chair of the Research steering committee of the Dutch Head and Neck Society (NWHHT), a member of several editorial boards, a member of the Cochrane Ear, Nose & Throat Disorders Group, the chair of the committee for revision of the Dutch guidelines for head and neck tumors and board member of the Dutch head and neck cancer patient advocacy group (PVHH).

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Terms of Appointment: September 2020 - August 2022

Updated on November 11, 2022