Zurich, Switzerland
Erik Aerts is President of the Haematology Nurses & Healthcare Professionals Group (HNHCP) www.hemcare.org He has been involved in EBMT Nurses Group since 1994 when he first joined the EBMT Nurses Group. Erik Aerts then began work on creating the Swiss EBMT Nurses Group, of which he served as President from 2004-2006. In November, 2005, he developed and led the first Haematology-Oncology Nursing module in Switzerland, which supports nurses and gives them the opportunity to specialise in the field of haematology. He is currently involved in organising and teaching educational study days for several haematology and oncology projects. He also has a special interest in projects for the improvement of patient care. Since 1998 he has been the Nurse Manager of the BMT/SCT ward and since 2009 the Nurse Manager of the outpatient ward Haematology of the University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland. In total he has 29 years of nursing experience in a wide variety of settings and specialties, focusing on haematology and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
Nurse Manager Hematology / Stem / immune cell therapy / University Hospital Zurich UniversitätsSpital Zürich President, Haemaotology Nurses & Healthcare Professionals Group | EBMT Swiss Nurses Working Group | European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Nurses Group Senior Manager Assistant | Senior Nurse Manager ad interim, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Nurse Educator, Careum Bildung für Gesundheitsberufe Nurse Manager | Assistant Nurse Manager, University Hospital Zürich Staff Nurse, University Hospital Zürich | University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt | University Hospital Rotterdam | St. Elisabeth Hospital | St. Ignatius Hospital Past President, EBMT Swiss Nurses Working Group Swiss Oncology Nursing Society Swiss EBMT Swiss Nurses Working Group German EBMT National Working Group Austrian EBMT National Working Group European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation-Nurses Group (EBMT NG) European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) Oncology Nursing Society, USA (ONS) Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation (MDS) Foundation, International MDS Foundation Nurse Leadership Board (NLB)