Arjan Bredenoord

Arjan Bredenoord, MD, PhD, is consultant gastroenterologist at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Professor of Neurogastroenterology & Motility at the University of Amsterdam. Prof. Bredenoord studied Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium and subsequently worked on several clinical research projects on GI motility at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, which resulted in a PhD thesis on gastroesophageal reflux disease in 2006. His clinical training was performed in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands and at the Royal London Hospital in London, UK. He is dedicated to patient care, scientific research, and education in the field of benign esophageal diseases, his main focus being achalasia, reflux disease, and eosinophilic esophagitis. He is one of the pioneers of high-resolution manometry and impedance monitoring of the esophagus.  

Prof. Bredenoord is an author of over 300 papers, books, and book chapters and organizes regular courses in Europe, North America, and Asia. Prof. Bredenoord is Co-Founder of the International HRM Working Group and currently serves as a member of the UEG Scientific Committee, as President of the European Society of Eosinophilic Esophagitis between 2017 and 2021 and currently serves as a member of the UEG Scientific Committee, and co-founder of the International HRM working group.