Bonaventura College, Leiden (1976-1983)
Medical training; University of Leiden (1983)
Pediatric resident, Sophia childrens Hospital Rotterdam (1993-1998)
Doctor in Medicine on thesis Surfactant treatment and pulmonary function testing in preterm infants (1996)
Fellowship Neonatology, Wilhemina Childrens Hospital Utrecht (1999-2001)
As from 2001 Pediatrician, Spaarne Hospital Hoofddorp
As from 2008 Editor of European Journal of Pediatrics, Leuven, Zurich, Heidelberg, Hoofddorp
As from 2015 Dean/Dekaan Linnaeus Institute (Spaarne Hospital Hoofddorp and Kennnemer Gasthuis Haarlem)
Interest: Neonatology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Genetics, Education