1. Current Status, Position

Casper Franssen is a Nephrologist at the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands. He is responsible for the CKD outpatient clinic and the dialysis unit.

2. Education

Casper Franssen studied at the University of Nijmegen and became licenced as a nephrologist in 1994. In 1998 he obtained a PhD on the topic of vasculitis in the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands.

3. Research Area

Casper Franssen’s research focusses on the effects of chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis on the cardiovascular system.

4. Conflict of interest

Casper Franssen has served on the Pharvaris and Baxter advisory boards, which were funded by industry in the last 24 months.