Erik Beckers

Professor

Prof. Erik Beckers studied medicine at the University of Maastricht and graduated with honour in 1988. His first career started in transfusion medicine focussing his scientific research on blood group antigens, more specifically RhD variants, at the Blood Bank in Maastricht and Central Laboratory for Blood Transfusion in Amsterdam (now Sanquin Blood Bank and Sanquin Research). In 1997, he defended his PhD thesis titled ‘Serological and genomic studies on RhD antigens’ at the University of Amsterdam.

In 2002, he was registered as internist after clinical training in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, followed by registration as transfusion medicine specialist in 2003 (Sanquin Blood Bank Rotterdam). From 2002 until 2007, he has worked as transfusion medicine specialist in the diagnostic reference laboratory for red cell serology at Sanquin Rotterdam.

From 2007 until 2009, Dr Beckers has continued his medical training in hematology (Haga Hospital The Hague and Maastricht University Medical Centre). From 2009, he has been holding a position as internist-hematologist and consultant for Hemostasis and Transfusion at Maastricht UMC+. Main areas of interests are congenital and acquired bleeding tendencies and improving prevention of bleeding in hemato-oncological patients. His research activities are concentrated around the theme: ‘predictors of bleeding’, in search of improved determinants of bleeding risks in congenital bleeding disorders and in patients with chemotherapy induced thrombocytopenia, establishing novel diagnostic algorithms in bleeding tendencies.

Department of Internal Medicine
Universiteitsingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
T: +31 (0)43 387 65 43

2026
- El Idrissi, A., Korver-keularts, I. M. L. W., Straat, R. J. M. H. E., & Beckers, E. A. M. (2026). Liberal versus restrictive transfusion in haemato-oncological patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation: A single-centre experience. Transfusion Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.70078
2025
- Monard, A. L. L., Hellenbrand, D., Verhezen, P., Beckers, E. A. M., Henskens, Y. C. M., & Heubel-Moenen, F. C. J. I. (2025). tPA-ROTEM identifies hyperfibrinolytic profile in a significant proportion of patients with bleeding disorder of unknown cause (BDUC). Thrombosis Research, 253, Article 109404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2025.109404
- van Lieshout, R., Tick, L. W., Beckers, E. A. M., Biesbroek, W., Custers, S., Dieleman, J. P., Dijkstra, M., Groenesteijn, W., Heldens, A., Hengeveld, M. M., Koene, H. R., Kranenburg, S., van der Lee, D., van der Put, L., Rademakers, N., Regelink, J. C., Regis, M., Somer, M., van Tilborg, C. J., ... Beijer, S. (2025). Associations of various medical nutrition therapy strategies with body composition, and physical and clinical outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia patients undergoing intensive remission-induction treatment: a multicenter prospective correlational study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 67, 276-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.02.028
- Olieslagers, T. I., Groeneweg, M., van Gorkom, G. N. Y., Beckers, E. A. M., Wieten, L., & Voorter, C. E. M. (2025). Somatic Genomic Alterations in Haematological Tumours Can Interfere With Accurate HLA and Chimerism Diagnostics. HLA, 105(3), Article e70093. https://doi.org/10.1111/tan.70093
2024
- van Lieshout, R., Tick, L. W., Beckers, E. A. M., Biesbroek, W., Dieleman, J. P., Dijkstra, M., Groenesteijn, W., Koene, H. R., Kranenburg, S., van der Lee, D., van der Put-van den Berg, L., Rademakers, N., Regelink, J. C., van Tilborg, C. J., Westerweel, P. E., de Zeeuw, S., Schouten, H. C., & Beijer, S. (2024). Changes in nutritional status and associations with physical and clinical outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia patients during intensive chemotherapy. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 78(12), 1082-1094. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-024-01488-8
- Monard, A., Castoldi, E., De Simone, I., Wichapong, K., van Duijl, T., van den Biggelaar, M., Spada, S., van Doorn, W., Hellenbrand, D., van der Meijden, P., Swieringa, F., Stork, A., ten Cate, H., Beckers, E., Heubel-Moenen, F., & Henskens, Y. (2024). Case Report: Laboratory detection of a thrombotic tendency in a family with hypodysfibrinogenemia and a novel FGG mutation. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 11, Article 1488602. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1488602
- Oomen, I., Verhagen, M., Miranda, M., Allacher, P., Beckers, E. A. M., Blijlevens, N. M. A., van der Bom, J. G., Coppens, M., Driessens, M., Eikenboom, J. C. J., Fijnvandraat, K., Hassan, S., van Heerde, W. L., Hooimeijer, H. L., Jansen, J. H., Kaijen, P., Leebeek, F. W. G., Meijer, D., Paul, H., ... Gouw, S. C. (2024). The spectrum of neutralizing and non-neutralizing anti-FVIII antibodies in a nationwide cohort of 788 persons with hemophilia A. Frontiers in Immunology, 15, Article 1355813. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1355813
2023
- Van de Berg, T. W., Beckers, E. A. M., Heubel-Moenen, F. C. J. I., Henskens, Y. M. C., Thomassen, M. C. L. G. D., & Hackeng, T. M. (2023). Sensitive Measurement of Clinically Relevant Factor VIII Levels in Thrombin Generation Assays Requires Presence of Factor XIa. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 123(11), 1034-1041. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2101-7961
- van Lieshout, R., Tick, L. W., de Beer, F., Koene, H. R., Regelink, J. C., Westerweel, P. E., de Witte, M. A., Beckers, E. A. M., Schouten, H. C., & Beijer, S. (2023). Medical nutrition therapy during intensive remission-induction treatment and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia patients: Hematologists’ experiences and perspectives. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 57(1), 399-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.07.015
- Heubel-Moenen, F. C. J. I., Ansems, L. E. M., Verhezen, P. W. M., Wetzels, R. J. H., van Oerle, R. G. M., Straat, R. J. M. H. E., Megy, K., Downes, K., Henskens, Y. M. C., Beckers, E. A. M., & Joore, M. A. (2023). Effectiveness and costs of a stepwise versus an all-in-one approach to diagnose mild bleeding disorders. British Journal of Haematology, 200(6), 792-801. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.18570

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