Prof. J.C. Grutters, MD PhD

Biography

Prof. J.C. (Jan) Grutters (1966) is professor of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) at the Utrecht of University and works as a pulmonologist at the St. Antonius Hospital (SAZ) and the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU). He is clinical head of the ILD Center of Excellence at the SAZ (recognized expertise center for rare diseases by Dutch Ministry of Health and member of ERN-LUNG), and participates in the UMCU/SAZ lung transplant team. His research focuses on genetics, biomarkers and novel therapies for pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis and ultra-rare ILD. He has been/is supervisor of more than 40 PhD students, published over 300 papers in international scientific journals and books, and is regularly invited as speaker and/or chairman at national and international medical/scientific congresses, seminars and meetings. He is President Elect of WASOG since 2023.