DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVIM-CA (internal Medicine)
Current position
Full professor – Internal Medicine of Companion Animals
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Head of Division of Internal Medicine of Companion Animals
Head of section of Endocrinology of Companion Animals
Education and postgraduate training
Residency (September 1, 1991-September 1, 1994) at the Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Utrecht University).
Diplomate European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA) since 1997.
In December 2000 successful (cum laude) defense of PhD thesis entitled “Adenohypophyseal function in healthy dogs and in dogs with pituitary disease”.
Course Master of ESAVS course Internal Medicine
Associate professor (2003-2018) and Full professor (2018-now) at the Department of Clinical Sciences of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Utrecht University).
Teaching and research activities
Basic Qualification Degree and Senior Qualification Degree in Education, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Basic Qualification Degree and Senior Qualification Degree in Research, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Supervisor (co-promotor or promotor) of 15 PhD students.
Honors and awards
Excellence in Veterinary Health Care Award (2016)
Senior teacher of the year of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (2018)
Vaarkamp-award (for the teacher of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine that contributed most to the development of veterinary students towards practitioners (according to the students).
Scientific output
Author or co-author of about 200 scientific articles and 40 book chapters.