1996: M.D. at the Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam The Netherlands
1999-2005: Neurosurgical residency at the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) Amsterdam.
(Prof .D.A. Bosch) The Netherlands
2005-joined the staff of the Department Neurosurgery at the St. Elisabeth hospital Tilburg The Netherlands as neurosurgeon.
From 2006 on member of the Neurosurgical staff of the department Neurosurgery at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) The Netherlands as consultant Neurosurgeon
Member of the Centre for Endocrine Tumours Leiden (CETL) The Netherlands
Member of the pituitary pathology workgroup (LUMC).
Member of the Dutch Neurosurgical Society (NVVN) section pituitary surgery
Member of the Dutch Neurosurgical Society (NVVN) neuro-oncology
Chair of the Dutch surgical guideline on pituitary surgery
Field of interest: Pituitary tumours. brain tumours, endoscopic skull base surgery, neuro-oncology.