Edwin Heijman

Experience

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  Philips Research

  Mar 1996 - Dec 1998

  Physics assistant

  Development of a semi-conductor electron-gun for CRTs.

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  Eindhoven University of Technology

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

  PhD student

  Thesis: Mouse cardiac MRI

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  Philips Research

  May 2007 - Mar 2016

  Senior Scientist

  Pharmocological MRIDevelop new applications for the MR guided High Intesinsity Focussed Ultrasound: ablation, drug delivery, hyperthermia, combined therapies Responsibilities in the following public-private partnership projects: - Control-2-Act: model based predicitve hyperthermia control for conformal MR-HIFU heating - FP7 iPACT: development of a dedicated MR-HIFU system for treating pancreatic cancer - FP7 Sonodrugs: image guided drug delivery research- CTMM Volta: investigate the MR-HIFU ablation with nuclear techniques and multi parametric MRI- FP7 Meditrans: development of temperature sensitive liposomes and MRI APT - - FP6 MediTrans (partially involved): Show less

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  Philips Research Germany

  Apr 2016 - Dec 2020

  Senior Clinical Research Scientist

  The journey continues, will develop the MR-HIFU technology for treating cancer in patients in close collaboration with the team of the "Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie" @ UKK.

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  Philips Research

  Jan 2021 - Jul 2023

  Senior Scientist

  Creating innovation in the area of patient experience and patient guidance. Why are patients little prepared and involved before and during their medical procedure, respectively? Simple digital solutions can be used to familiarise, inform and train already patients from home. Visual guidance speeds up the medical procedure and gives them more control to make it a more pleasant experience.

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  Uniklinik Köln

  Jan 2021 - now

  Gastwischenschaftler

  Supporting the Radiology department of Uniklinik Köln with their research in MR-HIFU technology.

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  Philips Research

  Feb 2021 - Jul 2023

  Leading team of researchers with competencies in biomedical science, data science and clinical science passionated to improve cancer patients' lives. Leading team of researchers innovating in the area of oncology, hospitals and oncological interventional procedures.

  • Team Lead Biomedical and Clinical Excellence

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Team Lead Onco Intervention Applications

    Feb 2021 - Apr 2022
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  Eindhoven University of Technology

  Jul 2023 - now

  Project Development Officer

  Project Development Officer in the Center for Care and Cure Technologies (C3Te) within the Electrical Engineering department at the Eindhoven University of Technology.