The Thoraxcenter in Rotterdam aims to stand out nationally and internationally by continuously promoting quality patient care, scientific research and education. No one knows this better than Doctor Patrick Serruys, the Head of the Interventional Department.

The Thoraxcenter of the Erasmus University Medical Center was founded in 1971 and is an integrated organization of the departments of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery. It is often the birthplace of great modernization and innovations and has the biggest Heart Valve Bank in Europe.

Erasmus University Rotterdam is an international knowledge workshop for critical thinking and academic training, driven by a strong focus on current social issues. The university concentrates its expertise on issues of management, organization and policy in the public and private sectors, as well as on the field of sickness and health care.

Dr. Patrick Serruys joined the Thoraxcenter in Rotterdam in 1976. Among a variety of accolades, he obtained his doctor’s degree in 1972 from the University of Leuven, where he continued to work for several years in the Cardiology department. In 1986 he obtained his PhD on the thesis: “Transluminal coronary angioplasty: an investigational tool and a non operative treatment of acute myocardial ischemia”.

In his current position, which he has held since, 1988, he specializes in Atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, medical technology and cardiac imaging. Dr. Serruys is the third doctor in the world to ever place a Stent in a human, and the first in the Netherlands.

A well rounded community member, Dr. Serruys enjoys reading Benestent in N.E.J.M. and has earned the TCT Achievement Award. He enjoys spending time with family, scuba diving, tennis, swimming, and wine tasting. He is listed in the Madison Who’s Who Directory and looks forward to networking with you.