Christianne Jansma, BSc

At the beginning of her medicine masters in 2021 she got involved in research at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Utrecht University. In 2022, she started as a MD/PhD student with a main interest in peripheral nerve diseases. Her research focuses on malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). From October 2022, […]

Marieke van Wijk, MD PhD

Trained as a Plastic Surgeon at the UMC Utrecht and staff member of the department of plastic, reconstructive and handsurgery at Isala Zwolle since 2012. Isala is large general hospital in the North East of the Netherlands. The plastic surgery department focusses on Hand wrist and Nerve surgery and has a full residency program. In […]

Prof. Milomir Ninkovic, MD PhD

After completing his medical degree in Sarajevo, he went on to earn his PhD in reconstructive surgery from the University of Sarajevo. Subsequently, he embarked on his residency in general surgery at the University Clinical Center Sarajevo, followed by a specialized fellowship in Microsurgery at the University Clinical Center of Ljubljana. Continuing his educational journey, […]

David Krijgh, MD

After graduating as medical doctor in 2012, he worked at the department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery at St. Antonius. In 2013 he started his plastic surgeon training at the UMC Utrecht and St. Antonius and in 2018 he passed the EBOPRAS (European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery) exam. He gained experience […]

Jean-Bart Jaquet, MD PhD

After graduating as medical doctor, he followed a resident training program for Plastic, Reconstructive en Hand surgery. He did a fellowship in hand surgery at the Institut Kaplan in Barcelona. He now is a fulltime plastic and hand surgeon in Rotterdam. In 2004, he received his PhD degree on the thesis “Median and ulnar nerve […]

Ralph Franken, MD

In the 80th en 90th, Ralph JPM Franken, MD, MM, studied Medicine and followed his resident training program in Utrecht, Rotterdam and Louisville, KY, USA. He now is a fulltime plastic and hand surgeon for more than 20 years. He practices in the south of the Netherlands, together with his 6 colleagues. Besides being head […]

Nadine Boers, MD

After graduating as medical doctor in 2020 at Utrecht University, she started as a PhD student at the Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery. Her research focuses on nerve surgery in the upper and lower extremity. She mainly focuses on nerve decompression in patients with recurrent compression of the ulnar nerve at the cubital tunnel and […]

Godard de Ruiter, MD PhD

Godard de Ruiter has been a neurosurgeon at HMC in The Hague since 2012. In addition to medicine, where he obtained his doctor’s degree cum laude in 2003, he also graduated in biomedical sciences. After both studies, he worked for two years in the neurosurgery department of the Mayo Clinic Rochester in the United States […]

Willem Rinkel, MD PhD

In 2020 he received his PhD degree on the thesis “The Rotterdam Diabetic Foot Study – A different view on lower extremity neuropathy”. He currently works as a principal investigator and resident physician in plastic and reconstructive surgeon training at the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery at the University Medical Center Utrecht. His […]

Prof. Ivan Ducic, MD PhD

After graduating as medical doctor in Croatia, he received his PhD in Medical Sciences and Pharmacology, concluding several years of neuroscience research at the Gerogetown University Department of Pharmacology. He then started his residency in Plastic Surgery at Georgetown University in Washington, DC after which he followed a fellowship in Peripheral Nerve Surgery at The […]