Bio
Dr Nieman is a cardiologist and associate professor in the departments of medicine/cardiovascular and radiology. He investigates advanced cardiac imaging techniques, and current projects include the development and technical validation of functional CT applications for ischemic heart disease, the validation of cardiac CT in clinical effectiveness trials, and multimodality imaging of cardiomyopathies. He is currently the president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
Dr Nieman was born in the Netherlands, obtained his medical degree at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (1998), and completed his cardiology training at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam (2008). His research in cardiac CT at the Erasmus University resulted in a PhD degree in 2003. In 2004 he performed an imaging fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston, MA. Dr Nieman joined the staff of the department of cardiology and radiology at the Erasmus University Medical Center in 2008, where he was scientific director of the cardiac CT and MRI group and supervised the intensive cardiac care unit until he joined the staff at Stanford University.
Clinical Focus
- Cardiology
- Computed tomography
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Echocardiography
- Ischemic heart disease
- Coronary artery disease
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
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Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Radiology
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Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Annual Scientific Meeting Program Committee (2019-2020 Chair), Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (2014 - Present)
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President, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (2020 - Present)
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CT Committee Member, Certification and Accreditation Committee, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (2016 - Present)
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Board member, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (2015 - Present)
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Board of Directors, International Society of Computed Tomography (2015 - 2019)
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Board member, Netherlands Vascular Forum (2013 - 2016)
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Nucleus member CT/Nuc section, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (2012 - 2016)
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Research and innovation committee, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (2012 - 2016)
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Program Committee Member, European Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (2012 - 2015)
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Board member (Chair 2012-2015), Cardiac CT/MR/Nuc working group of the Dutch Cardiology Association (2009 - 2015)
Professional Education
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Board Certification: RGS KNMG Dept of Postgraduate Training, Cardiology (2008)
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PhD Training: Erasmus University Medical Center (2003) Netherlands
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Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital Dept of Radiology (2005) MA United States of America
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Residency: Erasmus University Medical Center (2008) Netherlands
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Internship: Radboud University (1998) Netherlands
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Medical Education: Radboud University (1998) Netherlands
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Cardiologist, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL, Cardiology (2008)
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PhD, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL, Cardiac CT (2003)
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MD, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL, Medicine (1998)