General information:
- 2016: Head of the dept. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Erasmus MC
- 2016: MBA-health
- 2011: Professor in craniofacial malformations
- 2005: Plastic surgeon, Erasmus MC
- 2005: Craniofacial Fellowship Paris
- 2000: Doctorate “Craniosynostosis Clinical and fundamental aspects”
Research:
- Promotor of 10 PhDs, co-promotor of 2 PhD
- Research group of 11 PhD students, 4 masterstudents
- Research focused on congenital craniofacial anomalies
Management:
- Coordinator of European Reference Network on Rare Craniofacial Anomalies, involving 29 European hospitals (2016-present)
- Vice-president of the 24 coordinators of the European Reference Network (2018-2020)
- Secretary-Treasurer Int Soc Craniofacial surgery (2013-present)
- President committee for development of national guideline on craniosynostosis (2008/2010; and currently in revision)
- President of Dutch Society for Plastic Surgery (2006 – 2012)
Publications:
- 133 international peer-reviewed articles
- 4 book chapters on craniofacial anomalies