Paul Seegers

Where knowledge meets experience

My goal is to collect and pass on accumulated experience and data.

About me

30 years of experience.

Sr. Advisor & Administrator, national pathology & molecular protocols

(Synoptic Reporting) at Foundation Palga.

I am Advisor and international speaker based in The Netherlands. I specialize in pathology, and molecular protocols.

Experience

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Education

I completed the education in Pathology and Cytology in 1985 at the Dr. Struycken Insitute in Etten-Leur and University of Applied Sciences Leiden in The Netherlands.

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Work

Worked more 25 years in different pathology laboratories as Head of the department of Cytology and as Head IT & Quality Assurance department.

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Advisor and (inter)national expert

Since 2011 I'm advisor and (inter)national expert on Synoptic Reporting at PALGA Foundation. I'm a member of the FMS guideline committee of the Dutch for population screening on cervical cancer.

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Co-author

Co-author of the national guideline of practice "for quality examination of the uterus cytopathologisch version 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1" and the national multidisciplinary guideline "Cervical Cytology" (2016).

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Supporting and advising internationale projects

Supporting and advising internationale projects on synoptic reporting and organisation on a national or regional level like in Norway, Sweden, France and Germany.

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Member of SNOMED

Member of the SNOMED International Cancer Synoptic Reporting Clinical Project Group (Apr 2020 - Present)

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Member of the SRIC (ICCR)

Member of the Structured Reporting Implementation Committee (SRIC) (Feb 2021 - Present)

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Member of BSP

Member of the digitalization working group of the Belgium Society of Pathology (Sep 2022 - Present)

Professional skills

Professional qualifications in the field of pathology;
Success in developing and maintaining more than 35 national pathology protocols (standardized structured reporting or synoptic reporting) in pathology according to Dutch multidisciplinary guidelines, ICCR and national screening programs such as cervical, colorectal and breast cancer;
Success in developing and researching projects of global scale and varying complexity;
Speaker's Professional Skills;
Application of appropriate project management methodology;
Teamwork, team orientation and goal achievement while multitasking.
International Advisor (non profit) on implementation of Synoptic Reporting on a national scale.

Publications

Over the past 10 years, I have written a few articles for many well-known professional media and online publications.

If you would like to see the full library of scientific publications follow the link below.

All publications

My job is to impart knowledge and help patients in this small area of health care.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

About my work

A mediator between neighboring organizations active in the pathology of care. Extensive knowledge in standardized structured reporting (synoptic reporting) in, pathology, national cancer screening programs, information exchange, ICT, finance and quality assurance. Wide interest in the healthcare chain in which pathology is participating.

As senior advisor and administrator I have a central role in the development and maintenance of more then 35 national pathology protocols (standardized structured reporting or synoptic reporting) within the field of pathology according to Dutch multidisciplinary guidelines, ICCR and national screening programs such as cervical, colon and breast cancer. Furthermore developed a modular national protocol for moleculair testing for NGS, WGS etc, in collaboration with clinical biologists and pathologists. Next to that integration of artificial intelligence and SNOMED CT coding, for better research and interoperability across different EHR, and for better patient understanding.

About my work

In addition, a coordinating role in the development of standardized structured reporting or synoptic reporting information transfer between various national scientific databases / institutes and EHR in hospitals and other organisations. Close collaboration with various disciplines such as surgery, pulmonary medicine, gastrointestinal medicine, dermatology, Commission Palga Protocols, and expert groups from the Dutch Pathology Society at developing, mutating and maintaining these national pathology protocols.

International involvement in SNOMED CT International for Synoptic Reporting and involvement in the Synoptic Reporting Implementation Committee (SRIC) of the ICCR.

Upcoming events and congresses

Oslo, Norway

April 6-10, 2025