Background
Giessen, Willem J. van der was born on March 29, 1954 in Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Giessen, Willem J. van der was born on March 29, 1954 in Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Doctor of Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1990.
Science officer Erasmus MC, 1987—1992, staff cardiologist, since 1992. Professor Inter University Cardiology Institute Netherlands, Utrecht, since 2005.
Member Cardialysis Holding, Rotterdam, 2003. Fellow: European Society Cardiology. Member: Board Dutch Atherosclerosis Society (board member 1990), Science Council ICIN-KNAW.
Son of Cornelis van der Giessen and Wimmy van der Giessen-Goudriaan. Married Noëlle G. Xavier. Children: Anna, Rose.