Prof. F.J. Bemelman MD PhD

Prof. MD PhD F.J. Bemelman

Position: Full Professor
Main activities: Patient care, Research
Specialisation: Transplantation immunology and Infection, Nephrology, HUS, Immuno-nephrology
Focus of research: Clinical trials investigating the optimal immunosuppressive treatment of renal transplant recipients. Infectious diseases in renal transplant recipients, effects of immune suppression and vaccination responses . Differences between ethnic minorities in multifacetted aspects of renal diseases and transplantation. Recurrence of HUS following transplantation and effects of complement inhibitors.

Amsterdam UMC Research Institutes

AMC departments

Nephrology

Key publications

Bemelman F. J., de Fijter J. W., Kers J., Meyer C., Peters-Sengers H., de Maar E. F., van der Pant K. A. M. I., de Vries A. P. J., Sanders J.-S., Zwinderman A., Idu M. M., Berger S., Reinders M. E. J., Krikke C., Bajema I. M., van Dijk M. C., ten Berge I. J. M., Ringers J., Lardy J., Roelen D., Moes D.-J., Florquin S., Homan van der Heide J. J. Early Conversion to Prednisolone/Everolimus as an Alternative Weaning Regimen Associates With Beneficial Renal Transplant Histology and Function: The Randomized-Controlled MECANO Trial American journal of transplantation 2017;17 (4):1020-1030 [PubMed]
Peters-Sengers Hessel, Berger Stefan P., Heemskerk Martin B. A., Al Arashi Doaa, Homan van der Heide Jaap J., Hemke Aline C., ten Berge Ineke J. M., Idu Mirza M., Betjes Michiel G. H., van Zuilen Arjan D., Hilbrands Luuk B., de Vries Aiko P. J., Nurmohamed Azam S., Christiaans Maarten H., Ernest van Heurn L. W., de Fijter Johan W., Bemelman Frederike J. Stretching the Limits of Renal Transplantation in Elderly Recipients of Grafts from Elderly Deceased Donors Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2017;28 (2):621-631 [PubMed]
Singh Ramandeep, Geerlings Suzanne E., Bemelman Frederike J. Asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections among renal allograft recipients Current opinion in infectious diseases 2015;28 (1):112-116 [PubMed]
Peters-Sengers H., Houtzager J. H. E., Heemskerk M. B. A., Idu M. M., Minnee R. C., Klaasen R. W., Joor S. E., Hagenaars J. A. M., Rebers P. M., Homan van der Heide J. J., Roodnat J. I., Bemelman F. J. DCD Donor Hemodynamics as Predictor of Outcome After Kidney Transplantation American journal of transplantation 2018;18 (8):1966-1976 [PubMed]
van Sandwijk Marit S., Al Arashi Doaa, van de Hare F.M., van der Torren J.M.R., Kersten Marie J., Bijlsma Joost A., Berge Ineke J. M. Ten, Bemelman Frederike J. Fatigue, Anxiety, Depression and Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Recipients, Haemodialysis Patients, Patients with a Haematological Malignancy and Healthy Controls Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2019;34 (5):833-838 [PubMed]

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Curriculum Vitae

Name : Frederike Jose Bemelman

Professional address : Academic Medical Center (AMC)

Department of Internal medicine, renal transplant unit

P.O.Box 22660

Meibergdreef 9

1100 DD Amsterdam

Professional registration No: BIG 19019879401

Field of accreditation : Internal medicine, nephrology, clinical immunology

Current Position : Professor of Nephrology (2015), Head of the Renal Transplant Program

Previous Positions : 2007 Chef de Clinique Renal Transplant Unit, AMC

2006 Clinical Immunologist, AMC

2001 Consultant in nephrology AMC, Staff member of General Internal Medicine

1998- 2010 Consultant in nephrology in Slotervaart Hospital in Amsterdam

1997-2001 Junior staff member nephrology

1994-1997 Postdoc research fellow at the University of Oxford in the group of Prof dr Herman Waldmann

1994 Specialization in Nephrology

Doctorate University of Amsterdam on the Ph.D thesis: “Side effects of the treatment with CD3 monoclonal antibodies”

1992 Specialization in Internal medicine

1986 University of Amsterdam, Medical Doctor

Research programmes

Prof. MD PhD F.J. Bemelman (Improving renal transplantation)

The research lines focus on renal transplantation and immuno-nephrology. In renal transplantation several clinical trials are conducted, to improve the outcome, furthermore the pathophysiology of viral and bacterial infection in transplant recipients are investigated. in addition clinical trials in immune mediated diseases of the kidney are done

Furhermore, we investigate the features and characteristics of our non-western patient population with kidney disease

Postdocs
M.L. Hilhorst
BSc PhD E.B.M. Remmerswaal
MD M.C. van Aalderen

Prof. PhD R.J.M. ten Berge (Transplantation Immunology)

Current PhD Candidates