Biography

After finishing Polytechnic School, I studied medicine at the Erasmus Medical School in Rotterdam NL and specialized in Pediatrics at the Sophia Childrens Hospital in Rotterdam and the Hopital Necker Enfants Malades in Paris. 

I have a long clinical experience as Pediatric Intensivist, and Associate-Professor in Pediatrics. I hold a PhD of the Erasmus University on meningococcal sepsis and a Master in Management from the University of Utrecht (USBO). I was president of ESPNIC from 2011-2013.

Gradually I moved to the field of information and quality, first in the position of chief medical information officer (CMIO) of Erasmus MC, later as professor in Health Care Quality & Outcome.

I supervised more than 20 PhD students and published more than 150 scientific papers. I was the clinical lead of the Value-Based Health Care Program in Erasmus MC and the shift towards a more Patient-Centered Care.  I have been active in several national and international projects and consortia. Current research interests: patient reported outcome and experience, patient engagement, implementation and effects of value driven health care, healthcare data management and analysis, as well as sustainability in health care.