An unstoppable digital revolution is taking place, causing a significant change in healthcare and medical imaging. Erik’s vision is to promote a seamless integration of innovative A.I. - based solutions with clinical practice, with the idea of establishing a more value-based healthcare model. He wants to promote the intelligent implementation of A.I. applications in the medical practice, with the aim of improving both clinical decision support and workflow, with the result ultimately benefiting the patient.

Erik is a forward-looking physician, speaker and expert in the healthcare and imaging informatics arena, able to combine his medical professionalism and scientific insight with an entrepreneurial drive. He is experienced in leading and advising high-level organizations and teams in business development, market penetration and value improvement, with a focus on applications in the field of imaging informatics and A.I.- based applications.

Based upon his wide experience and knowledge of the healthcare market, he advises several start-ups and other companies on business strategy, market focus and clinical relevance.  In his role as Chairman of the ESR e-Health and Informatics Subcommittee he contributed to the publication of the ESR white paper on teleradiology, and gained in-depth expertise in structured reporting for radiology. In his rol as President of the European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII) he succeeded in strengthening the role and influence of the society on an international level, hereby also putting the training of radiologists in the domain of A.I. on the agenda. At the ETZ Hospital in Tilburg, he was responsible for developing a hospital-wide A.I. infrastructure. He co-edited and co-authored, and the first book about A.I. for Medical Imaging and recently published many scientific papers in the field of Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging.