CURRICULUM VITAE
VOLKERT B. WREESMANN MD PhD
Consultant Otolaryngologist
Oncologic Head and Neck Surgeon
Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgeon
Facial Plastic Surgeon
Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
July 1st 2024 – present
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
January 2025 – present
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
July 1st 2024 – present
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
March 1st 2022 – present
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
August 1st 2021 – October 1st 2023
Honorary Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
May 1st 2021 – April 30th 2024
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
July 18th 2016 – April 30th 2021
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
November 7th 2015 – May 31st 2016
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
March 1st 2015 – October 31st 2015
Consultant Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon
November 1st 2013 – June 1st 2014
Netherlands Academy of Otolaryngology - Member
GMC Certification
Fully Registered Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration with a License to Practice
Registered: 02/02/2015
GMC # 7499626
New York State Department of Health
New York State Education Department
Registered: July 2011
License# P80949
Physician
Dutch Ministry of Health (BIG Registration)
BIG Registered: 22-06-2005
BIG #19063373601
Physician
Dutch Specialist Board (RGS)
RGS registered: 01-02-2011
RGS #1911979
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgeon
Collegi de Metges de Barcelona
COMB: 63638
Collegi de Metges d’Andorra
RPS: 03098
COMA: 876
Surgical Fellowship, Head and Neck Surgery
New York, New York, USA
August 1st 2011 - July 31st 2013
600 bed dedicated cancer center
Performed 1200 major oncologic head and neck resections in 2 years
United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
Certification: June 22nd, 2010
Scores:
Step I: 244/99
Step IIa-Clinical knowledge: 227/94
Step IIb-Clinical Skills: PASSED
Step III: 206/85
Surgical Fellowship, Head and Neck Surgery
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
February 1st 2011 - July 31st 2011
Specialized Head and Neck Cancer Surgery Department
200 bed hospital
Residency Training, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
February 1st 2006 – January 31st 2011
Medical Doctor (MD)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
December 2002 - January 28th 2005
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Molecular Biology
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Thesis title: Molecular-cytogenetic characterization of head and neck cancer
December 2nd, 2004
Doctoral Degree in Medicine
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
September 1994 - November 17th, 1998
Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology, Head and Neck Service, Department of Surgery, New York, New York, USA
Research Fellowship in Molecular Oncology
Supervisors: Dr. Bhuvanesh Singh MD, PhD and Dr. Jatin P. Shah, MD, FACS
March 1st 1999 - September 30st 2002
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology
Supervisors: Dr. Steven Wang MD And Prof David Eisele MD
February 2005 - January 2006
Doctorate Examination Committee member
Associate Editor
January 1st 2023 – present
Guest Editor
March issue 2018, Volume 44, Issue 3, p275-378 - Special issue on thyroid cancer management
Guest Editor
November issue 2021, Volume 51, Issue 10 - Special issue on vascular malformations and tumors of the head and neck
Oral Oncology, European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Journal of Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck, International Journal of Cancer
Netherlands: Dutch Cancer Society
France: Institute National du Cancer
Annual Meeting, New York, NY, March 2002
Title of study presented: “MUC1 is a target if 1q amplification and pertains a grave clinical prognosis in papillary thyroid cancer”
Bekker J, Wreesmann VB.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2025 Jan;51(1):109374.
Oomen KPQ, Brennan PA, Wreesmann VB.
J Oral Pathol Med. 2022 Nov;51(10):829.
J Oral Pathol Med. 2022 Nov;51(10):904-910.
Oomen KPQ, Wreesmann VB.
J Oral Pathol Med. 2022 Nov;51(10):830-836.
Wreesmann VB, Nixon IJ.
Eur. J. Surg. Oncol. May, 2021
Shaha AR, Tuttle RM, Wreesmann VB.
Eur. J. Surg. Oncol. 2021 Apr;47(4):717-719.
J Oral Pathol Med. 2020 Mar 11
Ammar M, Wreesmann VB.
Journal of ENT Masterclass, Yearbook 2018, Volume 11, Nr. 1, December 1st, 2018
Jones L, Hilton JM, Heyman J, Viswanathan H, Wreesmann VB, Hayes SM.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2019 Jan;101(1)
Verhagen CVM, Vossen DM, Borgmann K, Hageman F, Grénman R, Verwijs-Janssen M, Mout L, Kluin RJC, Nieuwland M, Severson TM, Velds A, Kerkhoven R, O'Connor MJ, van der Heijden M, van Velthuysen ML, Verheij M, Wreesmann VB, Wessels LFA, van den Brekel MWM, Vens C.
Oncotarget. 2018 Apr 6;9(26):18198-18213.
Jones TL, Wreesmann VB, Nilssen E, Hilton J, Hayes SM.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2018 May;100(5)
Nasef HO, Nixon IJ, Wreesmann VB. Eur J Surg Oncol.
2018 Mar;44(3):276-285. Review.
Wreesmann VB; on behalf of EJSO.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Mar;44(3):275.
Janjua N, Wreesmann VB.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Mar;44(3):367-377. Review.
Wreesmann VB.
International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery, April-June 2017; 8(2): 76-83.
Nixon IJ, Wang LY, Migliacci JC, Eskander A, Campbell MJ, Aniss A, Morris L, Vaisman F, Corbo R, Momesso D, Vaisman M, Carvalho A, Learoyd D, Leslie WD, Nason RW, Kuk D, Wreesmann V, Morris L, Palmer FL, Ganly I, Patel SG, Singh B, Tuttle RM, Shaha AR, Gönen M, Pathak KA, Shen WT, Sywak M, Kowalski L, Freeman J, Perrier N, Shah JP.
Thyroid. 2016 Mar;26(3):373-80.
Head Neck. 2016 Apr;38 Suppl 1:E1192-9.
Nixon IJ, Kuk D, Wreesmann V, Morris L, Palmer FL, Ganly I, Patel SG, Singh B, Tuttle RM, Shaha AR, Gönen M, Shah JP.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Jul 28.
Thyroid. 2015 May;25(5):503-8.
van Monsjou HS, Wreesmann VB, van den Brekel MW, Balm AJ.
Oral Oncol. 2013 Dec;49(12):1097-102.
van Monsjou HS, M Lopez-Yurda, M. Hauptmann, Balm AJ, van den Brekel MM, Wreesmann VB.
Head Neck. 2013 Jan;35(1):94-102.
van Monsjou HS, Balm AJ, van den Brekel MM, Wreesmann VB.
Oral Oncol. 2010 Nov;46(11):780-5.
Wreesmann VB, Smeele LE, Hilgers FJ, Lohuis PJ.
Head Neck. 2009 Jun;31(6):838-42.
Wreesmann VB, Singh B.
Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2008 Jan;17(1):1-35.
Genetic abnormalities associated with chemoradiation resistance of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
van den Broek GB, Wreesmann VB, van den Brekel MW, Rasch CR, Balm AJ, Rao PH.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Aug 1;13(15 Pt 1):4386-91.
Wang SJ, Wreesmann VB, Bourguignon LY.
Head Neck. 2007 Jun;29(6):550-8.
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2007;69(4):218-25. Epub 2007 Apr 4.
Videler WJ, Wreesmann VB, van der Meulen FW, Knegt PP, Fokkens WJ.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Apr;134(4):586-91.
Wreesmann VB, Singh B.
J Oral Pathol Med. 2005 Sep;34(8):449-59. Review.
Wreesmann VB, Shi W, Thaler HT, Poluri A, Kraus DH, Pfister D, Shaha AR, Shah JP, Rao PH, Singh B.
J Clin Oncol. 2004 Oct 1;22(19):3965-72.
Wreesmann VB, Ghossein RA, Hezel M, Banerjee D, Shaha AR, Tuttle RM, Shah JP, Rao PH, Singh B.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2004 Aug;40(4):355-64.
Wreesmann VB, Sieczka EM, Socci ND, Hezel M, Belbin TJ, Childs G, Patel SG, Patel KN, Tallini G, Prystowsky M, Shaha AR, Kraus D, Shah JP, Rao PH, Ghossein R, Singh B.
Cancer Res. 2004 Jun 1;64(11):3780-9.
Wreesmann VB, Wang D, Goberdhan A, Prasad M, Ngai I, Schnaser EA, Sacks PG, Singh B.
Head Neck. 2004 Jan;26(1):10-5.
Singh B, Wreesmann VB, Pfister D, Poluri A, Shaha AR, Kraus D, Shah JP, Rao PH.
BMC Genet. 2002 Nov 14;3:22. Epub 2002 Nov 14.
Abstracts (Presentations at scientific meetings):
Fifth International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer San Francisco, CA, July 2000.
Singh B, Pfister D, Wreesmann VB, Li R, Gogineni S, Bosl G, Hoffman RH, Shah JP, Rao PH.
37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; New Orleans LA, May 2001.
Wreesmann VB, Ghossein RA, Tuttle RM, Shaha AR, Robbins R, Shah JP, Rao PH, Singh B.
73rd annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association, Washington D.C. November 2001.
Wreesmann VB, Sieczka E, Socci ND, Hezel M, Belbin TJ, Childs G, Patel SG, Shah JP, Rao PH, Ghossein RG, Singh B.
Annual Meeting of the New York Head and Neck Society, New York, NY, March 2002.
Singh B, Wreesmann VB, Thaler HT, Shi W, Shah JP, Shaha AR, Kraus DH, Boyle JO, Pfister D, Rao PH.
38th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; Orlando, Fl May 2002.
Kutler DI, Goberdhan A, Wreesmann VB, Giampietro PF, Auerbach AD, Singh B.
The Sixth Research Workshop on the Biology, Prevention, and Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer; Washington D.C.; October 2002.
7th symposion on Research in Head and Neck Cancer; Dusseldorf, Germany, September 4-6 2003.
Wreesmann VB, Sieczka E, Socci ND, Hezel M, Belbin TJ, Childs G, Patel SG, Patel KN, Tallini G, Prystowsky M, Shaha AR, Kraus D, Shah JP, Rao PH, Ghossein RA, Singh B.
7th symposion on Research in Head and Neck Cancer; Dusseldorf, Germany, September 4-6 2003.
Kutler DI, Rao PH, Wreesmann VB, Goberdhan A, Ngai I, Huvos AG, Giampietro PF, Levran O, Pujara K, Diotti R, Auerbach AD, Singh B.
15th annual Fanconi Anemia Research Fund scientific symposium, Houston TX, Oct 2003.
Kutler DI, Ganly I, Wreesmann VB, Goberdhan A, Ngai I, Huvos AG, Giampietro PF, Levran O, Pujara K, Diotti R, Auerbach AD, Singh B.
15th annual Fanconi Anemia Research Fund scientific symposium, Houston TX, Oct 2003.
Wreesmann VB, Ghossein RA, Socci N, Shaha AR, Tuttle RM, Shah JP, Rao PH, Singh B.
Sixth International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, Washington DC, August 2004.
Wreesmann VB, Estilo C, Eisele DW, Singh B, Wang SJ.
208th meeting of the Netherlands Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Utrecht, April 7th 2006.
Wreesmann VB, Ghossein RA, Carlson D, Ganly I, Palmer F, Montero P, Shah JP, Patel SG.
AHNS 2013 Annual Meeting, April 10 & 11, 2013, Orlando Florida.
Wreesmann VB, Ghossein RA, Carlson D, Ganly I, Palmer F, Montero P, Shah JP, Patel SG. Presented at the AHNS 2014 Annual Meeting, July 2014, New York, New York.
Books, Chapters:
Wreesmann VB, Singh B.
Stell and Maran's Textbook of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology
Fifth Edition
Chapter, edited by John Watkinson and Ralph Gilbert
Wreesmann VB, Singh B.
Book, Amsterdam 2004
Reviewed in: Head and Neck: Volume 29, Issue 1, pages 82–83, January 2007
Wreesmann VB, Ganly I
Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Eighth Edition
Chapter 27
CRC Press, Taylor-Francis Group, June 12th, 2018
Wreesmann V.B.
Self-Assessment in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, First Edition
Chapter 21
Elsevier 2014
Research grants:
Netherlands Cancer Institute “Startgeld” Grant 2008
Project: Fanconi anemia in head and neck cancer
Principal investigators: Wreesmann VB, van den Brekel MW, Balm AJM, Vens C.
Amount granted: 300.000 euro
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