Dr. Ted van Essen

  • Dr. G.A. (Ted) van Essen has been a General Practitioner since 1976 and Vocational Trainer since 1981 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.  He is also Assistant Professor (since 1992) at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht.  He was President of the Dutch College of General Practitioners (from 2000-2004).
  • Dr. Van Essen was born in the Netherlands and educated at the University of Groningen (M.D. and G.P.) and at Utrecht University were he received his Ph.D. Dr. Van Essen was a member of the Dutch Influenza Foundation, the Dutch Pneumococcal Foundation and different local, regional and national GP organisations. From 1996 to 2000 he was editor of Bijblijven, a Dutch CME-Journal.
  • Some of his recent publications (amongst others) include: Kroneman M,  van Essen GA. Paget WJ. Influenza vaccination coverage and reasons to refrain among high-risk persons in four European countries. Vaccine 2006; 24: 622-8.; Ambrozaitis A, Gravenstein S, Van Essen GA, Rubinstein E, Balciuniene L, Stikleryte A, Crawford C, Elliot M, Shult P. Inhaled Zanamivir Versus Placebo for the Prevention of Influenza Outbreaks in an Unvaccinated Long-term Care Population. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2005; 6: 367-74; Macroepidemiology of Influenza (MIV) Study Group. The macroepidemiology of influenza vaccination in 56 countries, 1997-2003. A report from the Macroepidemiology of Influenza Vaccination (MIV) Study Group. Vaccine 2005; 23: 5133-43; Hak E, Buskens E, van Essen GA, De Bakker DH,  Grobbee DE, Tacken MAJB, Van Hout BA, Verheij TJM. Clinical effectiveness of influenza vaccination in persons younger than 65 years with high-risk medical conditions: The PRISMA Study. Arch Intern Med. 2005; 14;165: 274-80.