Prof. Dr. Jolien Roos-Hesselink Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

Jolien Roos-Hesselink is Professor of Cardiology at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her clinical work and research involves -Congenital Heart Disease, -Aortic disease, -Pregnancy and -Endocarditis. She is past chair of the ESC working group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease. She initiated and chairs, together with Prof Roger... read moreHall (UK), a large prospective worldwide Registry On Pregnancy And Cardiac disease. ROPAC is embedded in the EurObservationalResearchProgram (EORP) of the European Society of Cardiology. Furthermore she was the co-chair of the ESC guidelines on Pregnancy and Cardiovascular disease 2018 and Taskforce member of the 2020 ESC guidelines on Adult Congenital Heart Disease. She is principal investigator of a multicentre study on bicuspid aortic valve pathology (Netherlands Heart Foundation) and principal investigator in a multicentre study on male-female differences in aortic pathology (Size Matters, ZonMW). She has authored and co-authored over 700 scientific publications and mentored 35 PhD students (H-index 75).