Regina Beets-Tan
About
My main areas of clinical interest are abdominal and oncologic imaging. I lead the research at the department focusing on the assessment and prediction of cancer treatment response, with emphasis on MRI, Artificial Intelligence, Imaging of immunotherapy and Image guided radiotherapy and surgical treatment including Interventional Oncology. I take part in the institutional translational research board. I represent the Netherlands Cancer Institute in the imaging panel of the Cancer Core Europe (a European network of comprehensive cancer centers). My focus of research is in multidisciplinary imaging of colorectal cancer. This research is in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams worldwide. From 2008-2009 I worked with the GI team of professor H. Hricak at the department of radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC, NYC). I take part in research panels of funding organizations in the Netherlands, including the Dutch Organization of Science and the Dutch Cancer Society.
Expertise | Abdominal Radiology
I am a member of the executive council of ESR and chair the ESR Publication Committee. I am part of the ESR Education Committee Board and involved in various ESR committees and subcommittees such as, the Research, Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Societies and previously Quality, Safety and Standards Committee as well as the ETAP Subcommittee. I was active in the ESR Publications Committee and served as the Editor-in-chief of ESR News. I am also engaged in ESOR activities as a member of the ESOR steering committee. From 2009-15 I held a position in the board of the Dutch Society of Radiology.
Member International Radiology Committees
I am engaged in international radiological subspecialty societies. I am Past-President of European Society of Oncologic Imaging (ESOI) and president of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR). Also I am 1st President of the European Society of Radiology (ESR). Reflecting my mission to bridge the world of radiologists with that of the clinicians, I am also actively engaged in several international clinical societies and acts as a liaison. As a radiologist I took part in scientific program planning committees of several of these societies. I served in the educational and strategic committees of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG), a federation of leading GI societies in Europe. I was involved in activities of the ESTRO (European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology), the ESSO (European Society of Surgical Oncology), the ESMO (European Society of Medical Oncology), ESCP (European Society of Coloproctology), ESDO (European Society of Digestive Oncology) and ECCO (European CanCer Organisation). Furthermore I took part in consensus clinical guideline panels of several of the above societies including the ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) and EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery). I was a member of the national organising committee of ECCO 2013 and a member of the program planning committee of ECCO 2017. During the ECCO 2017 in Amsterdam, I served as the ESR representative and moderator at the ESR Society Day.
Awards and prizes
For my scientific work I received awards from my peers including the European Radiology-ESGAR Bronze Award 2013 and the European Radiology 2011 best scientific publication. My work has also received recognition by international clinical societies: the 2009 Piedmont Society Award from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the 2015 BJS Society Prize from the European Society of Coloproctology, the 2010 Niall O’Higgins Best Paper Award from the European Society of Surgical Oncology. I am a honorary member of the Chilean Society of Colorectal Surgery. I will be awarded the 2018 ESTRO honorary membership at the ESTRO 2018, 37th annual meeting.
Publications and editorial boards
I have (co)authored over 200 papers that together have been cited over 5000 times and authored 35 book chapters. I have been part of the scientific editorial boards of peer reviewed medical journals including European Radiology. I have been part of the Oncology section.