Lucas Boersma, MD

St. Antonius Hospital, The Netherlands

PROFESSOR LUCAS BOERSMA, M.D., PH.D. has been associated with the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA) in the capacity of Associate Principal Investigator since 2016. He has been named professor of Innovative Transcatheter Treatments for Cardiac Arrhythmias. The Chair was established by special appointment on behalf of the St. Antonius Hospital Foundation. In addition, he has been working as a cardiologist and as a clinical electrophysiologist at the St. Antonius Ziekenhuis since 2001, heading the department for seven years and holding the position of medical manager for the Antonius Heartcenter since 2009. Prof. Boersma was head of the Cardiology R&D department from 2016-2020.

Prof. Boersma was the chairman of the Knowledge Agenda Committee 2019-2024 of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVVC) and is chairing the Science&Innovation Committee of the NVVC. He previously held the position of Chair of the Netherlands Heart Rhythm Association for five years and was Treasurer of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry for three years.

Dr. Boersma has published close to two hundred articles in international, peer-reviewed journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, European Heart Journal, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Circulation. In addition, Dr. Boersma is Associate Editor at Europace and is a member of the editorial board of the European Heart Journal and the Heart Rhythm Journal. Dr. Boersma is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Heart Rhythm Association.