Christianne de Groot

Prof. Christianne de Groot is Chair Obstetrics and Gynecology in the VU Medical Center, Amsterdam. Her main research focus is high-risk pregnancy especially hypertensive disorders in pregnancy; its pathophysiology and long term consequences in close collaboration with several specialists including cardiologists, internal medicine specialists, family physicians and research in patient safety.
She is trained at the Department of Obstetrics and Cardiovascular Research Institute At University of California, San Francisco. She worked in the laboratory of Prof. Taylor and Prof. Roberts on endothelial cell function in preeclampsia (1991-1993). This resulted in a PhD thesis “The role of endothelial cells in preeclampsia”. After finishing residency, she worked as staff member in the Erasmus University Rotterdam. She was Clinical Fellow at NWO and initiated research projects resulting in more than 140 peer-reviewed papers, 9 book chapters and responsibility of 20 PhD students. De Groot is member of Committee of Maternal Mortality and intendant of Consortium 2.0 Dutch Association for Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Obstetrie en Gynaecologie, NVOG).