Monique R. M. Jongbloed

Prof. Dr. M.R.M. (Monique) Jongbloed is a cardiologist specialized in congenital heart defects with special focus on clinical morphology and development. In 2000 she obtained her MD degree (cum laude) and in 2006 her PhD degree (cum laude) on the subject “Development of the cardiac conduction system and cardiac anatomy in relation to genesis and treatment of arrhythmias”. In 2010 she completed her training as a cardiologist and currently works as a cardiologist in the team for adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) in the Center for Congenital Heart Disease Amsterdam-Leiden (CAHAL), location Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands. She also works as a clinical anatomist at the Anatomy & Embryology Department of CAHAL, location LUMC. She has a strong interest in translational research with emphasis on sequelae of structural and congenital heart disease, in particular arrhythmias and the role of cardiac autonomic innervation therein. She is closely involved in academic student education, national and international education in the field of cardiac morphology and the development of congenital heart defects.