Jan A. Staessen
General Cardiology
KU Leuven
About
Jan A. Staessen works in General Cardiology affiliated with KU Leuven.
Jan A. Staessen is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where he led the Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology. He serves as a Visiting Professor at the 1st Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension at Jagiellonian University Medical College in Poland. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Research focus
Hypertension ManagementAmbulatory Blood Pressure MonitoringArterial StiffnessCardiovascular EpidemiologySystolic Hypertension
Impact
1,921 pubs · 116,200 cites · h-index 144
Affiliations
Work Experience
KU Leuven
2016 - 2025
Ruijin Hospital
2012 - 2025
Shanghai Institute of Hypertension
2012 - 2025
Jagiellonian University
2003 - 2025
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2024 - 2025