Training

• Medical training University of Amsterdam (1974-1983)

• Pediatrics training Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht (1983-1987)

• Neonatology training Utrecht and Amsterdam (1988-1991)  

Work

Worked as staff neonatologist at:

• VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam

• Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden (the Netherlands)

• Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

• 2013 - 2018 Vice-chair, Isala Woman- Children’s Center, Isala, Zwolle, the Netherlands

• Since 2018 staff neonatologist at Isala Woman- Children’s Center, Isala, Zwolle, the Netherlands

Research & Training

• PhD thesis (1999) on preterm brain imaging

• Research focus: fetal and neonatal neuro-imaging, neonatal cerebellar injury

Books

• Neonatal Cranial Ultrasonography (3rd ed, 2019)

• Editor for: “An Illustrated Guide to Neonatal Brain Injury for Clinicians Counselling Parents and Caregivers” (in progress)

Annual CUS course (London) since 2000

Member of the NBS and the NBS educational committee

Private

• Lived in Amsterdam until 2011, then moved to Toronto, and now living in Zwolle (the Netherlands) since 2012

• Married, 4 children, 5 grandchildren

• Hobbies: photography; flutist in an amateur orchestra; writer of children’s book on the human body “Hoe kunnen mijn ogen zien” (“How can my eyes see”) Clavis, 2024 (to be translated in English)