Bastiaan Bloem#
| Membership Number: | 4819 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.radboudumc.nl/en/people/bas-bloem |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - present Secretary-elect, International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
- 2017 - present member executive advisory board, Michael J Fox Foundation
- 2014 - present PI and theme leader for the main research theme Disorders of Movement, Radboudumc
- 2009 - 2012 president, International Society for Postural and Gait Research (ISPGR)
- 2009 - 2017 board member for The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)
- 2008 - present Professor of Movement Disorder Neurology, Radboudumc
- 2004 - present founder and presently secretary, Dutch national ParkinsonNet
- 2004 - present founder and medical director, Parkinson Centre Nijmegen
- 2003 - 2007 treasurer, International Society for Postural and Gait Research (ISPGR)
- 2000 - 2001 clinical fellow, MRC Human Movement and Balance Unit, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London
Fields of Scholarship
- Healthcare innovation
- Cerebral compensation
- Gait and balance
Honours and Awards
- 1992 Hippocrates prize for outstanding Medical Scientific Research (September 1992)
- 2002 Prof. Hans Lakke Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of neurological and neurophysiological aspects of Parkinson’s disease
- 2005 - present annual recognition of the Parkinson Centre Nijmegen (ParC) as centre of excellence by the National Parkinson Foundation
- 2006 Pfizer “Zorgen voor Morgen” award for the ParkinsonNet concept as the most innovative health care initiative in The Netherlands in 2006
- 2008 award by the Dutch “Zorg Innovatie Platform” (ZIP) for the most ground-breaking healthcare innovation in the Netherlands
- 2009 winner of the “Radboud Medal” for outstanding services to the Radboud University Medical Centre (together with Prof. Jan Kremer)
- June 5 2009 Pearl Award of the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, given to the ParkinsonNet concept for outstanding national healthcare innovation
- 2011 Forschungspreis of the Hilde-Ulrichs-Stiftung für Parkinsonforschung
- October 25 2011 awarded by the Dutch Ministry of Health as the “national healthcare hero” for patient centeredness
- ParkinsonNet awarded as “Best pearl of all pearls” by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, November 1, 2011.
- January 2012 elected as citizen of the year for the City of Nijmegen.
- April 2015 winner of the national Value Based Health Care Award (elected by prestigious international jury, led by Prof. Michael J. Porter of Harvard University)
- 2015 recipient of the Holst Memorial Lecture Award
- 2018 elected as member of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (oldest Dutch scientific society)
- 2018 Tom Isaacs Memorial Award
