Prof. dr. B. (Bob) Roozenbeek

Research goals: 

As a stroke neurologist, I am confronted with the devastating consequences of stroke on the lives of patients and their families every day. It is my mission to improve the treatment of stroke and to reduce the disease burden of neurovascular diseases.

Current research interests:

• The development and evaluation of new stroke therapies and strategies to prevent stroke, mainly with randomized trials. I have a specific focus on acute treatment of ischemic stroke.
• The implementation of results of randomized trials and observational studies into clinical decision-making for individual patients, for example by developing decision support tools. 

I am a neurologist with a specific expertise in stroke. I combine care for patients with cerebrovascular diseases with clinical research in the field of stroke. I obtained my medical degree cum laude from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 2009. I received training in clinical epidemiology and medical decision making at the Department of Public Health of Erasmus MC. In 2012, I received my PhD degree from both the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the University of Antwerp in Belgium (“joint European doctorate”). In 2017, I finished my neurology residency with specialty training in stroke medicine at Erasmus MC. Since then, I work as an attending stroke neurologist at Erasmus MC Stroke Center. In 2022, I was promoted to Associate Professor. In 2024, I was appointed as full Professor of Vascular Neurology.

I (co-)supervise(d) 20 PhD students and >15 master students (Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology).

I teach about (stroke) neurology, clinical research methodology, and healthcare organization to (medical) students, PhD students, physicians and other healthcare professionals.

• Chair of national multidisciplinary guideline committee: “Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke”
• Member of national multidisciplinary guideline committee: “Management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms” on behalf of the Dutch Society of Neurologists
• Member of Advisory Board for Science & Innovation, Dutch Brain Foundation ('Hersenstichting')

• Consortium member of Dutch Acute Stroke Audit (DASA) of the Dutch Institute of Clinical Auditing (DICA)
• Member of the Neurovascular Working Group of the Dutch Society of Neurologists
• Member of Dutch Society of Neurologists
• Member of the European Stroke Organization (ESO)

2009: ‘Gerrit Jan Mulder Prijs’ for the best master thesis written by a medical student

2019: Nomination for ‘MORE Onderwijsprijs’ for the ‘Best Teacher of the Master of Science Program in Medicine’ in Erasmus MC

2019: Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) Fellowship (personal grant)

2021: ZonMw Clinical Fellowship (personal grant)

2021: Dutch Heart Foundation Dekker Senior Clinical Scientist Grant (personal grant)

2023: Award for Best Teacher at the yearly Biemond Course by the Dutch Society of Neurologists