Prof. Jouke Annema

Pulmonologist
Amsterdam UMC Healthcare, The Netherlands

Biography
Prof. Jouke Annema is Professor of Pulmonary Endoscopy since 2014 at the University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands. He studied medicine at the University of Groningen, specialized in respiratory diseases at Leiden University where he also obtained his PhD (cum laude).
His research aims to contribute to achieve minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic solutions for various pulmonary diseases with a focus on the diagnosis, staging and treatment of early-stage lung cancer and the assessment of sarcoidosis.
Additionally, he is also exploring the integration of novel optical imaging techniques including confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE), optical coherence tomography (OCT), higher harmonic generation microscopy (HHG) and targeted fluorescence in bronchoscopy. He has served as chair of Interventional Pulmonology of ERS and of the Assembly Clinical Techniques. Prof. Annema organized > 100 courses, was co- founder of the ERS EBUS training and certification program and has given lectures at many (international) events.
He is co- president of the World Congress of Bronchology to be held in April 2028 in Amsterdam. Prof. Annema initiated and conducted numerous (randomized) clinical trials, authored over 214 peer- reviewed manuscripts with an H – index of 41, including guideline changing high impact reports on EBUS and EUS in lung cancer staging and sarcoid.