Frank Gijsen

Associate Professor

Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL

Biography

Dr Frank Gijsen is an Associate Professor at Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL. He was trained as a mechanical engineer, and did his PhD on experimental and numerical analyses of blood flow in large arteries.

Dr Gijsen's main interests include the influence of blood flow induced wall shear stress on atherosclerotic plaque progression, composition and rupture.