FACULTY

PROF NICO DE VRIES


Professor
Department of ENT
OLVG Hospital Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Nico de Vries is ENT specialist at OLVG West Hospital Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His special interest is diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults, in particular alternatives to CPAP. Research topics include Dental Sleep Medicine, Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy, Implants, OSA surgery, Positional Therapy, Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation, Combined Treatments, OSA and bariatric surgery, OSA and Anesthesia, OSA and biomarkers. Since 2014 he is guest professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium and since 2016, professor of Dental Sleep Medicine, ACTA, Amsterdam. According to Research Gate, his H-index is 54. He has > 380 publications in international and national peer reviewed journals, > 70 book chapters and > 300 presentations. He has (co)edited recent OSA textbooks on “Current Concepts in Sleep Surgery”, “Positional Therapy in OSA”, “Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy”, and “Upper Airway Stimulation in OSA”. He is consultant to Philips Healthcare, Inspire Medical Systems, Nyxoah, Somnomed and Respicardia.