Bridging the Gap - Regulators' perspective

Wednesday, June 2

About Rob (G.H.H.) Nelissen, MD, PhD | Professor in Orthopaedics & Chair department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, PhysiotherapyLeiden University Medical Center (LUMC) 

Rob Nelissen, is professor and chairman department Orthopaedics of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). Title doctorate thesis (1995): ‘Fundamental aspects of the clinical evaluation of total joint prosthesis’. After his orthopaedic training (Leiden), he finished a Total Joint Fellowship in the USA (1993). 2005 Professor Experimental Orthopaedics. 2006 Chairman and professor Orthopaedics LUMC. 2016 Medical Delta Professor at Delft University of Technology. He was president of the Netherlands Orthopaedic Association (2016 - 2018). He is the co-founder, current chairman of the Dutch Arthroplasty Register (LROI) which is the third largest implant registry worldwide (> 850.000 implants, completeness 99%). The LROI is a quality and traceability Register of implant surgery and patient outcome. He is chairman of N.O.R.E. (Network Orthopaedic Registries of Europe) an EFORT committee. Since 2019 he is observer CIE workgroup of MDCG (Medical Device Coordination Group) DG SANTE European Commission, 2020 he became member of the expert panel for medical devices (24 members). His research relates to “optimising clinical outcome” and “prediction modelling of outcome”. The latter is both fundamental research as well as healthcare evaluation research. He published over 450 peer-reviewed articles, with focus on healthcare evaluation and prognostic modelling and optimizing outcome in arthroplasty patients. He supervised successfully over 55 PhD students.