Arina ten Cate-Hoek

Dr Arina ten Cate-Hoek is a medical doctor and clinical epidemiologist. She currently holds a clinical position at the Heart+Vascular Center of Maastricht UMC+ and her speciality is in the prevention and treatment of venous thrombotic disease, especially post-thrombotic syndrome. She is the medical director of the Anticoagulation Clinic as well as the medical coordinator of the Thrombosis Expertise Centre Maastricht. She is the chair of the medical standardisation committee of the Federation of Dutch Thrombosis Services (www.fnt.nl). She is also a member of the Thrombosis Committee of the MUMC. The thrombosis committee focuses on improving patient safety in the field of anticoagulation treatment. She gained laboratory experience in the laboratory of the Harvard University Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and the Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (CLB) in Amsterdam. Since 2003, she has been working at the Maastricht UMC+ where she combines clinical work with clinical and translational research. The main topic of her research is prevention and treatment of post-thrombotic syndrome. She has received research grants mainly from ZonMw Efficiency research.