Prof. Dr. Alexander Geurts
Alexander Geurts received both his MD (1987) and PhD (1992) degree in medical sciences at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. He was registered as a physiatrist by the European Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1997 and as a clinical epidemiologist in the Netherlands (SMWBO) in 2001. In 2005, he became full professor and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation at the Radboud University Medical Center, but kept being affiliated as a clinician and scientific advisor to the rehabilitation center of the Sint Maartenskliniek, where he started his professional career. Since 2009, he was appointed as principal investigator (PI) at the Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour of the Radboud University. In addition, he has always been strongly involved in educational activities for bachelor and master students in (bio)medical sciences as well as for residents in rehabilitation medicine and (allied) health professionals through post-graduate training courses.
Alexander Geurts’ research activities have a broad focus on various topics relevant to neurorehabilitation, with emphasis on sensorimotor control and recovery, more specifically the recovery of balance and gait. He has (co-) authored more than 300 articles registered in Web of Science yielding an H-index 56. He has been (co-)initiator and (co-author) of 15 RCTs, of which 8 in people with stroke, and 5 in people with neuromuscular disease. He has supervised 47 completed PhD projects, mainly in the field of neurorehabilitation. Since the foundation of the Dutch Society for Neurorehabilitation (DSNR), he has been vice-president of the board. In 2023, he became DSNR president and organizing president of the Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair congresses. Next to the DSNR, he has held various other (inter)national board positions. Currently, he chairs the convent of professors in rehabilitation medicine in the Netherlands.