معرفی
Dr. Angelique Weel serves as Associate Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Rheumatologist/Head of the Department of Rheumatology at Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam, with additional responsibilities as Vice Chairman of the Medical Board overseeing strategy, research, and value-based healthcare initiatives.
Her academic credentials include:
- MSc in Clinical Epidemiology (1998, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- PhD in Internal Medicine (2001, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Rheumatology Traineeship (2006, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Dr. Weel's research pioneers innovative management frameworks for rheumatic diseases, emphasizing evidence-based clinical referral systems in primary care, pharmacoeconomic analysis of biologic therapies, and implementation science bridging research with daily practice. Her work demonstrates how value-based healthcare models can optimize patient outcomes across multi-hospital networks serving over 600,000 individuals.
As an academic leader, she has supervised 7 PhD candidates (4 completed) and co-develops rheumatology traineeships between Maasstad Ziekenhuis and Erasmus MC since 2011. Her strategic leadership expanded rheumatology services from a single hospital to a 4-facility regional network while chairing guideline committees for NVR and NHG.
She actively shapes global standards as a member of ICHOM's Inflammatory Arthritis working group, contributing to international outcome measure frameworks published in high-impact journals including Arthritis & Rheumatology and PLoS Medicine.
