Peter W. de Leeuw, 2008-2015

Peter de Leeuw (1948) was editor-in-chief of the Dutch Journal of Medicine (NTvG) from 2008 to 2015. He is professor emeritus of internal medicine at Maastricht University and is internationally renowned for his research into hypertension and nephrology. He joined the NTvG when the Journal went through a period of financial difficulties and had to make far-reaching changes to its operations. The production process was completely digitalised and the Journal’s content was refreshed to reach out to younger physicians. By the time De Leeuw stood down, the NTvG was once again a financially healthy academic journal.

Conflict of interest and financial support: the author wrote this article on behalf of the editorial board of the Dutch Journal of Medicine (NTvG).