Guy Rutten

Guy Rutten is Emeritus Professor of Diabetology in Primary Care and Director of the training-course for executives in diabetology in primary care at the University Medical Center Utrecht.
His research activities focus on person-centred diabetes care, screening for diabetes, T2DM and cardiovascular disease and diabetes primary care. He is (co-)author of more than 350 original articles in (inter) national peer reviewed journals and supervised 14 RCTs on type 2 diabetes.
He is a principal investigator of the ADDITION study and was member of the writing committee of the NAVIGATOR study and member of the global expert panel of the LEADER study.
Besides he wrote several books on type 2 diabetes and general practice topics as well.
He chaired the Dutch General Practice Advisory Group from 1996 to 2017 and was founder/ chair of the EASD Primary Care Study Group from 2006 to 2011. From 2004-2010 he was member of the scientific Advisory Board of the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation. He was the first editor-in-chief of Primary Care Diabetes until it was indexed in Medline (2008). In 1989-1990 he was Head of the Department of Guidelines development of the Dutch College of General Practitioners.
From 1982-2014 he worked for at least 2 days / week as a general practitioner in a group practice with 3-4 colleagues.
In 2005 he received the biennial prize for the highest impact article in Medisch Contact, a weekly journal for Dutch health care professioionals.
In 2010 he was one of the two nominees for the Dutch Diabetes Research Prize.
In 2017 he was appointed Member of Merits by the Dutch College of General Practitioners
In 2018 he received the Royal award 'Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion'
In 2018 he received the Ruut de Melker Prize for his whole career achievement.

Experience

Emeritus at University Medical Center Utrecht
Professor
Nov 2018 – Present
University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center, Department of General Practice

Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht
Professor of Diabetology in Primary Care
1998 – Nov 2018
University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center, Department of General Practice

Huisartspraktijk De Poort
General Practitioner
1982 – Apr 2014
Beuningen The Netherlands

Education

Radboud University Nijmegen
Doctor of Medicine - MD, PhD Thesis 1989, also Radboud University
1970 – 1979

Side Activities

Member Editorial Board of Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Member Editorial Board of European Endocrinology
Member of EASD Postgraduate Committee

Most Cited Articles

Attributes of clinical guidelines that influence use of guidelines in general practice: observational study
R Grol, J Dalhuijsen, S Thomas, G Rutten, H Mokkink
Bmj 317 (7162), 858-861 1998

Increased risk of common infections in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
L Muller, KJ Gorter, E Hak, WL Goudzwaard, FG Schellevis, ...
Clinical infectious diseases 41 (3), 281-288 2005

Health-related quality of life and treatment satisfaction in Dutch patients with type 2 diabetes
WK Redekop, MA Koopmanschap, RP Stolk, GEHM Rutten, ...
Diabetes care 25 (3), 458-463 2002

α-Glucosidase inhibitors for patients with type 2 diabetes: results from a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
FA Van De Laar, PL Lucassen, RP Akkermans, EH Van De Lisdonk, ...
Diabetes care 28 (1), 154-163 2005

Effect of early intensive multifactorial therapy on 5-year cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes detected by screening (ADDITION-Europe): a cluster …
SJ Griffin, K Borch-Johnsen, MJ Davies, K Khunti, GEHM Rutten, ...
The Lancet 378 (9786), 156-167 2011

Diabetes, hyperglycaemia, and acute ischaemic stroke
MJA Luitse, GJ Biessels, GEHM Rutten, LJ Kappelle
The Lancet Neurology 11 (3), 261-271 2012

GUIDE study: double‐blind comparison of once‐daily gliclazide MR and glimepiride in type 2 diabetic patients
G Schernthaner, A Grimaldi, U Di Mario, J Drzewoski, P Kempler, ...
European journal of clinical investigation 34 (8), 535-542 2004