J. Wouter Jukema
General / Preventive / Lipids
Leiden University Medical Center
About
J. Wouter Jukema works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center.
J. Wouter Jukema is Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Department of Cardiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands. He has been professor of cardiology since 2005, with a focus on atherothrombosis and regenerative medicine, and is co-chair of the Netherlands Heart Institute. He completed medical school at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, cardiology training at LUMC, a PhD in 1996, and an ESC fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Research focus
Lipid-lowering therapy and PCSK9 inhibitionAtherothrombosisInterventional cardiology and PCICardiovascular genetics and epidemiologyDiabetes and residual cardiovascular risk
Impact
1,836 pubs · 126,854 cites · h-index 164
Training
MD
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University School of Medicine)
PhD
Leiden University Medical Center / Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands
1996
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Department of Cardiology
Leiden University Medical Center · 2005 - Present
Co-chair / Co-director
Netherlands Heart Institute
Founding Director
Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research