PI
Specialization
Focus of research
- Prolong life with a brain tumor: translation of experimental treatment to clinical practice, e.g. electrotherapy
- Improve life with a brain tumor: translation of new interventions to improve quality of life , e.g. reduce fatigue, anxiety/depressive symptoms, and cognitive symptoms
- Evaluate quality of clinical care: outcomes research for efficacy and morbidity of brain tumor treatments
Activities
- Full professor of translational neuro-oncology
- Oncological neurosurgeon, dedicated to awake tumour resections with intraoperative stimulation mapping
- Member of Cancer Center Amsterdam Research Board
- Chair Tumour Section of Dutch Society for Neurosurgery
- Board member Dutch Workgroup for Neuro-Oncology
- Member Scientific Committee of Dutch Workgroup for Neuro-Oncology
- Member of American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, AANS/CNS Section on Tumours, European Low-Grade Glioma Network, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Society for NeuroOncology, European Association of Neuro-Oncology