Joop de Langen

I have been a pulmonologist since 2013 and in March 2017 I made the switch from the VU Medical Center to the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. The Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is a hospital with a warm atmosphere, motivated people and a mountain of experience. As an outsider you would rather not be there, but if you have cancer or if you treat people with cancer, like me, then the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the place you want to go. When treating people with lung cancer, I want to feel that there is no other doctor in the world who could provide better care than my colleagues and I. For that reason, in addition to patient care, I spend a large part of my time on scientific research, supervising PhD students and teaching colleagues. This research focuses on developing new treatments for lung cancer and determining the response to treatment as early as possible by means of special PET scans. In addition to this substantive aspect, I think it is important to take the time for people and to make a treatment plan together with the patient that suits him or her.