Smart Medicine with Niek Schreuder: From Proton Therapy to Platform Leadership in Cancer Care

From Proton Physics to Platform LeadershipIn this episode of Smart Medicine, Dr. Ali Fatemi speaks with Dr. Niek Schreuder, Chief Scientific Officer and President of Proton Therapy at Leo Cancer Care.Dr. Schreuder reflects on his journey from Chief Medical Physicist to executive leadership, offering an insider’s view on what it truly takes to design, deploy, and sustain proton therapy systems. The discussion explores clinical reality, financial viability, leadership decision-making, and the evolving role of AI in particle therapy.A grounded, experience-driven conversation on the present and future of proton therapy—beyond hype, focused on impact.