Netherlands
With a PhD in Medicine and a background in Technical Medicine, combining the expertise of these two fields is what drives me. I have experience with the design, performance and reporting on clinical studies and innovation projects. I enjoy collaboration with other hospitals, universities and companies.
Department of Neonatology (Intensive Care) In close collaboration with the medical industry I contribute to medical innovation in the field of respiratory support (e.g. Volume Targeted Ventilation, closed-loop oxygen regulation etc) and cardiorespiratory monitoring in the NICU.
Department of Neonatology (Intensive Care) During this project the additional value of EMG measurements of the diaphragm in preterm infants was investigated. Can it be used as measure for respiratory effort? Could it proof to be an additional tool in clinical decision making and could it perhaps be a predictor for outcome measures such as weaning failure? During this PhD-trajectory I was also responsible for the supervision of students of Technical Medicine who visit the department for a short (10 weeks) or long (40 weeks) internship. Defense date: 19th of May 2021, Agnietenkapel, Amsterdam
In a group of enthousiastic professionals we aim to interconnect technical physicians in the field of Acute Care.
The science commission of the NVvTG organizes courses and workshops for registered Technical Physicians and Technical Medicine student, on a regular basis. In this commission I am able to develop my interdisciplinary communication skills and co-operate with hospitals, science institutions and medical/technological industry. http://www.nvvtg.nl/over-nvvtg/commissies/
With an enthousiastic group of PhD's and postdoc's we organized a two-day PhD retreat for all researchers in the field of pediatrics. Goals of this retreat are two connect the different fields of research, present the research projects within AR&D and get to know one another as research professionals.
At the department of Pulmonology I performed my graduate internship considering the role of dynamic hyperinflation on the discrepancy between the presentation of a COPD patient at the outpatient clinic and the mentioned complaints at home. Many patients experience severe shortness of breathe and impairment of ADL, while showing a (low to) normal lungfunction on spirometry or vice versa. A mobile monitoring tool to register changes in breathing and discover the cause of this discrepancy was lacking. With a new combination of sensors I investigated the cardiac and pulmonary changes in these patients to analyze why some patients have a low daily activity while others remain in a healthy range of activity. More specific, the role of dynamic hyperinflation in the development of these symptoms was investigated. Furthermore, I expanded my clinical expertise during this internship in various ways. For example, I engaged in clinical practice at the nursing department and the outpatient clinic.
Research project concerning the promising developments in electronic nose devices in order to screen patients for lung diseases and lung cancer. Do pulmonary embolisms also have a specific breathprint?
During my graduate internship I act as a tutor for Bachelor students at a parttime basis. Throughout the college year the students will work in several project groups on different subjects. To support these students and guide them towards a proper result, a tutor is assigned to each group.