The ACS research institute is led by the ACS directorate consisting of two directors and four members representing both locations of Amsterdam UMC. Additionally each ACS Research Program is managed by two to three Program Leaders who are also part of the ACS Scientific Research Board.

ACS Directorate

Menno de Winther
ACS director

Ronak Delewi
ACS director

Harm Jan Bogaard Photo by Mark van den Brink

Harm Jan Bogaard
ACS directorate member

Peter Hordijk
ACS directorate member

Photo by digiDaan
Photo by digiDaan

Hilde Herrema
ACS directorate member

Stephan Huveneers
ACS directorate member

Connie Bezzina
ACS directorate member

ACS Support Staff

Leah Root
Advisor


Lotte Hofstee
Advisor


Sjoukje Lem-Nienhuis
Administrative assistant

Photos by Anita Edrigde, unless otherwise stated

ACS Research Program Leaders

Each Research Program is managed by two or three Program Leaders. These Program Leaders represent both the clinical and preclinical research. They aim to further enhance synergy and stimulate collaborations among the basic and clinical researchers within their Research Program as well as interactions with other ACS Research Programs.

Atherosclerosis & Aortic Disease

Bert-Jan van den Born & Stephan Huveneers & Kak Khee Yeung

Cardiomyopathy & Arrhythmia

Connie Bezzina & Bianca Brundel

Diabetes & Hypertensive Diseases

Ed Eringa & Liffert Vogt & Daniël van Raalte

Pulmonary Hypertension & Critical Care

Frances de Man & Coen Ottenheijm

Young ACS

Young ACS is an internal advisory board of upcoming ACS researchers. Young ACS enhances the interaction between the young generation of ACS researchers and the ACS directorate. In addition, Young ACS proposes the scientific content for the monthly and annual ACS symposia.
Chair: Annette Neele

Atherosclerosis & Aortic Disease

Annette Neele & Jeffrey Kroon & Stefan Smorenburg & Vincent Jongkind & Josephine Tan

Cardiomyopathy & Arrhythmia

Malou van den Boogaard & Tyler Kirby & Marion Vugt

Diabetes & Hypertensive Diseases

Elena Rampanelli & Camiel de Roij van Zuydewijn

Pulmonary Hypertension & Critical Care

Mariëlle van de Veerdonk & Pim van Ooij & Aida Llucià-Valldeperas

Representation of Young ACS
Representation of Young ACS

ACS Committees

ACS education committee

Current members: Reinier Boon (chair), Floor van den Dolder, Tariq Dam, Fabienne Podieh, Patricia Vlasman

PhD retreat committee

Current members: Samira van Knippenberg, Sila Algul, Osman Esen, Sarah Hilderink, Carmen Yap, Anna Spiering

Postdoc retreat committee

Current members: Jan Van den Bossche, Nick van Es, Tyler Kirby

Annual ACS conference committee

Current members: Annette Neele, Malou van den Boogaard, Vincent Jongkind, Anke Tijsen