Paul Knaapen

Personal History

Dr Paul Knaapen is an Interventional Cardiologist, the Director of Cardiac PET/CT and a Professor of Interventional Cardiology at Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands. ⁴

Academic History

Dr Knaapen received his M.D. from the VU University School of Medicine. He then completed his internship, residency and interventional cardiology fellowship at the VU University Medical Center.⁵

Career Overview

Dr Knaapen is Professor of Cardiac Intervention and Imaging, Division of Cardiology at the VU University Medical Center, where his major research interest is the clinical value of non‐invasive cardiac imaging, with a particular focus on hybrid PET/CT and chronic total occlusions (CTOs).⁵

As a clinical researcher, he has co-authored 223 peer-reviewed articles and participated in 7 clinical trials over the past 15 years. He lectures both nationally and internationally on cardiac PET/CT imaging and complex coronary interventions with an emphasis on CTOs. ^{2, 5}

Career Timeline

• Present: Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
  • Interventional Cardiologist
  • Director, Cardiac PET/CT
  • Full Professor, Interventional Cardiology

Areas of Speciality

• Coronary Heart Disease
• Sick Sinus Syndrome
• Atherosclerosis
• Cardiomyopathy

Sources

1. https://wondrmedical.net/speakers/Paul-Knaapen 
2. https://www.medifind.com/doctors/paul-knaapen/256045552 
3. https://www.amsterdamcto.com/ 
4. https://scct.org/page/EndorsedCoursesInter 
5. http://aicvi.org/beta/team/advisors/