Dr. Roos Pouw

Roos Pouw obtained her degree in Medicine at the University of Utrecht and a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Boston before starting her career in gastroenterology with a PhD fellowship at the Academic Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 2011 she obtained her PhD-degree Cum Laude with her thesis titled “Endoscopic eradication of Barrett’s esophagus with early neoplasia”. During her training as a gastroenterologist in Amsterdam at the former Academic Medical Center (AMC), she focused on endoscopic detection and treatment of early upper gastrointestinal neoplasia. After finishing her training in 2017, Dr. Pouw was appointed staff member at the Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at AMC, currently known as the Amsterdam University Medical Centers. Dr. Pouw’s clinical work focuses on offering a wide range of endoscopic treatments to patients with upper gastrointestinal neoplasia. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Pouw is principal investigator and supervises a number of research lines on endoscopic management of early Barrett’s neoplasia, and for this work, she received the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Rising Star award in 2020. She also supervises a research line on endoscopic vacuum therapy for treatment of defects in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Dr. Pouw is co-chair of the Young International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE), secretary of the Dutch Upper Cancer Group, national representative for UEG, task force leader for a number of guideline initiatives and curricula on esophageal neoplasia for the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and ISDE, and editorial (advisory) board member for the UEG Journal and Best Practice & Research: Clinical Gastroenterology.