Baziel van Engelen

Chair in Neuromuscular Disorders, Nijmegen, ENMC Research Director

Netherlands

Baziel van Engelen studied medicine at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre and studied philosophy at the University of Amsterdam which he finished cum laude in 1992. He did his Neurology residency at the Universities of Berlin and Nijmegen, followed by a research fellowship in the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation in Rochester Minnesota, USA. He became associate professor for neuromuscular diseases at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in 2000, full professor in 2003, and ENMC research director in 2010. He has published over 250 articles in his research field. His focus is on clinical and translational research of neuromuscular disorders, especially myopathies.