Daan Mes

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Daan Mes is a pioneering researcher in sustainable healthcare, with a primary focus on quantifying the environmental and labor impacts of medical treatments. His most-cited work, "Carbon footprint and staff demands of surgery and chemoradiation for muscle‐invasive bladder cancer" (2025), introduces a groundbreaking comparative analysis of two care pathways—radical cystectomy and chemoradiation—for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. By calculating the total carbon footprint and staff demands of each treatment, Mes provides critical data that enables healthcare systems to make more environmentally sustainable decisions without compromising oncological outcomes. This study, with 1 citation, represents an emerging but vital contribution to the field of climate-smart medicine, addressing the urgent need to reduce the healthcare sector's carbon emissions. Mes's work is notable for its interdisciplinary approach, bridging oncology, environmental science, and health policy. His research is particularly impactful for students and researchers interested in the intersection of clinical care and sustainability, offering a replicable framework for evaluating the ecological costs of medical interventions. As the field of sustainable healthcare grows, Mes's contributions are poised to influence both clinical guidelines and hospital resource allocation.