Adrian Voors
Clinical Investigator, Europe
Dr. Voors is a Professor and cardiologist within the department of cardiology of the University Medical Center Groningen where he now serves as director of the HF Clinic and director of the Department of Echocardiography. Adriaan is also an Investigator at the Netherlands Heart Foundation and President of the Working group of Heart Failure and a board member of the Working group of Pharmacotherapy of the Dutch Society of Cardiology. Adriaan has authored/coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and several books and chapters, mainly on heart failure, and he is deputy editor of the European Journal of Heart Failure and an editorial board member of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Netherlands Heart Journal and Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. He is principal investigator of 3 phase II heart failure trials, and executive/steering committee member of another 8 heart failure trials. He specializes in understanding the acute role of renal dysfunction in determining the efficacy of therapeutic outcomes in heart failure patients. Adriaan received his medical degree from the University of Utrecht Medical School, Netherlands. In 2007, he became Established Clinical Investigator of the Netherlands Heart Foundation, Associate Professor of Cardiology, President of the Working group of Heart Failure and a board member of the Working group of Pharmacotherapy of the Dutch Society of Cardiology. In May 2010, he became Professor of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Groningen. Professor Voors has (co)authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and several books and chapters, mainly on heart failure, and he is deputy editor of the European Journal of Heart Failure and an editorial board member of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Netherlands Heart Journal and Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. He is principal investigator of 3 phase II heart failure trials, and executive/steering committee member of another 8 heart failure trials.