Talks & teaching
Teaching is how ideas reach patients
A curated selection of talks. Each video loads only when you press play.
Video library
Older talks are shown with their original year; medical details reflect that time.
Academic Resilience and a Second Chance for the Tiny Iron Particles and Me
A personal talk about resilience in academic life and the long road of the tiny iron particles used in lymph-node MRI. The official programme lists it as “Academic Resilience and the Story of Very Tiny Iron Particles”.
- Occasion
- SABI 2026 Annual Meeting — TED-style session
- Year
- 2026
- Language
- English
What I want to pass on to future doctors
A talk for medical students about vulnerability, the patient's experience and my three E's: Euro, Ego and Empathy.
- Original title
- Kick-off nieuw curriculum - Jelle Barentsz
- Occasion
- Kick-off of the new medical curriculum, Radboudumc
- Language
- Dutch
- Duration
- approx. 19:57
The 4M study
How a large Dutch study put MRI before the biopsy, told to the Alpe d'HuZes community.
- Original title
- Alp d'Huzes 2023: "4M" studie
- Occasion
- Alpe d'HuZes 2023
- Year
- 2023
- Language
- Dutch
- Duration
- approx. 18:44
“Het beeld van de zorg” — farewell lecture
The full recording of the ceremony. Besides my own lecture, it includes contributions from other speakers.
- Original title
- "Het beeld van de Zorg", afscheidsrede van Prof Jelle Barentsz (HD 1080p)
- Occasion
- Farewell lecture, Radboud University
- Language
- Dutch
- Duration
- approx. 1:30:03
Yes we scan
Why imaging can change how we look for prostate cancer.
- Original title
- TEDxMaastricht Jelle Barentsz : Yes we scan
- Occasion
- TEDxMaastricht
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
Blind Biopsy — Siemens, Berlin
An older lecture I gave for Siemens in Berlin, about blind biopsies.
- Original title
- Lezing Siemens: 'Blind Biopsy'
- Occasion
- Siemens, Berlin
- Duration
- approx. 24:16
Universiteit van Nederland — series of five lectures (2015)
Five short lectures in Dutch for a general audience, in their original order.
Why is cancer such a successful disease?
Lecture 1 of 5.
- Original title
- Waarom is kanker zo'n succesvolle ziekte? (1/5)
- Occasion
- Universiteit van Nederland
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- Dutch
Why are men sometimes much worse off than women when it comes to cancer?
Lecture 2 of 5.
- Original title
- Waarom zijn mannen soms een stuk slechter af dan vrouwen als het op kanker aankomt? (2/5)
- Occasion
- Universiteit van Nederland
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- Dutch
What makes something as simple as rust water so groundbreaking in cancer research?
Lecture 3 of 5.
- Original title
- Wat maakt een simpel goedje als roestwater zo baanbrekend bij kankeronderzoek? (3/5)
- Occasion
- Universiteit van Nederland
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- Dutch
How can we remove a tumour without cutting?
Lecture 4 of 5.
- Original title
- Hoe kunnen we een tumor operatief weghalen zonder te hoeven snijden? (4/5)
- Occasion
- Universiteit van Nederland
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- Dutch
Why are new solutions against cancer often resisted for years?
Lecture 5 of 5.
- Original title
- Waarom worden nieuwe oplossingen tegen kanker vaak jarenlang tegengewerkt? (5/5)
- Occasion
- Universiteit van Nederland
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- Dutch
Speaker profile
Available for keynotes, teaching courses and patient-centred sessions.
Main themes
- Patient-centred imaging
- PI-RADS and prostate MRI quality
- Ferumoxtran MRI (opens in a new tab)
- NanoBioVolt (opens in a new tab)
- Innovation and translation
- Resilience
- Empathy in medicine
- Learning from setbacks
Short biography
Jelle Barentsz, MD, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Radiology at Radboud University Medical Center and Director of Imaging at Andros Clinics in the Netherlands. In 2012 he took the initiative for PI-RADS, now a worldwide standard for prostate MRI. His work on prostate MRI and ferumoxtran-enhanced lymph-node MRI is driven by empathy, perseverance and one question: what does the patient gain from this?
Biography & honoursTeaching
- Founder of the Prostate MR Reference Center, Nijmegen
- Organiser of the fifth and twelfth ESUR Prostate Teaching Courses
- Invited teaching at RSNA, EAU, AUA, ESUR, ICIS, SAR and SABI
- President of ESUR 2002–2004
Recently completed doctorates
Bas Israël (2024), Ansje Fortuin (2025) and Esther Hamoen (2026).
Plus 36 earlier doctorates — see the full list