Maarten H. Vermeer, MD, PhD – The Netherlands

Head of the Department of Dermatology of the Leiden University Medical Center

Maarten H. Vermeer is the Head of the Department of Dermatology of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). Dr. Vermeer has been researching the pathogenesis and treatment of cutaneous lymphomas for more than 25 years. He has more than 175 scientific publications to his name. Recently, his research activities have concentrated on clinicopathologic studies, genomic analysis of genetic and epigenetic alterations in cutaneous lymphoma tumor cells as well as international collaborative studies to develop diagnostic markers and standardize flowcytometry in cutaneous lymphomas. Dr. Vermeer served on the board of the European Society Dermatological Research, and the EORTC Cutaneous Lymphoma Working Group and chaired the board of the ISCL.