Paul Quax is Professor in Experimental Vascular Medicine with a special focus on Experimental Vascular Surgery. Currently he is board member of "Leiden Vascular Medicine" as well as the Dutch Atherosclerosis Society. He is coordinator of the block scientific internships within the masterprogram Medicine at the LUMC. He is an "Established Investigator" of the Netherlands Heart Foundation and Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).

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Paul Quax is Professor in Experimental Vascular Medicine with a special focus on Experimental Vascular Surgery. Currently he is board member of "Leiden Vascular Medicine" as well as the Dutch Atherosclerosis Society. He is coordinator of the block  scientific internships within the masterprogram  Medicine at the LUMC. He is an "Established Investigator" of the Netherlands Heart Foundation and Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA). 

Experimental Vascular Medicine

Blood vessel and vascular cells play important roles in many pathophysiological processes, not only in atherosclerosis, but also in restenosis, bypass surgery and vein graft diseases, neovascularisation, angiogenesis, wound healing, or complications in patients diabetes. A blood vessel is more the just a tube though which blood flows: it is a complex organ with many functions for which multiple cell types need to collaborate in a way we still do not fully understand. My research is directed at increasing our knowledge of vascular biology, the pathophysiological processes in the vessel wall and processes involved in vascular remodelling. The goal is to increase our knowledge about vascular functions and the develop new therapeutic interventional option to modulate vascular remodelling. In this translational research program a close interaction between pre-clinical and clinical research is a  prerequisite for success, in order to translate the findings for the laboratory to new therapeutic options and eventual clinical application. 

Academic career

• Date of accession: 1 March 2007
• Study : Biology , Radboud University , 1986
• 21 March 1991 :  PhD, University of Leiden, title Dissertation : Plasminogen activation, extracellular proteolysis and cancer.
• 20 juni 2008: First Public Lecture, entitled : “Sleutelen aan Vaten”

Prizes and honourable appointments

He is an "Established Investigator" of the Netherlands Heart Foundation and Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).

Publications