CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal :
Address: Buurt IV no.2 1156 BG Marken Holland
Tel : +31 (0)299-603298 (home), 020-6346346 (at work)
Born: Bandung, Indonesia, 22 January 1949
Nationality: Dutch
Education & Qualifications
1961-1967 Libanon Lyceum (Secondary
School with mathematical bias), Rotterdam. Diploma 12 June 1967
1967-1974 Studied Medicine at Erasmus University, Rotterdam B.Sc 8 September
1970, MD 20 February 1973
1971-1972 House Physician in Clinical Pathology (Prof. S. Z. Stefanko)
1973-1974 Postgraduate experience to obtain the Netherlands qualification
Arts (General Practitioner) 15 March 1974
1974-1975 Army Service. First Lieutenant (Medical Officer). During this
time I practised as a locum to various medical practitioners in Amsterdam.
1976-1980 Four years of training in Paediatrics (Prof. H. K. A. Visser)
at the Sophia Childrents Hospital (Academical Hospital) Rotterdam
1980 Registered as a Paediatrician by the Committee for the Registration of Specialists of the Royal Netherlands Medical Association
1984 Registered with the British General Medical Council (Principal and Specialists List) Reg. No: 2902977
1988-1989 MPH in Public Health (Maternal
and Child Health), University of California, Berkeley.
Courses / Symposia :
1973 Mar/Apr Attended the Department
of Child Psychology, University Hospital, Geneva (Prof. Jean Piaget)
1974 Jan/Mar Internship in Paediatrics at the American University Hospital,
Beirut, Lebanon (Prof. S. Najjar)
1975 May/June Attended the Department of Endocrinology, Beilinson Hospital,
Tel Aviv, Israel (Prof. Z. Laron)
1975 Sep/Oct Attended the Dept of Paediatrics, Cipto Mangunkusomo Hospital,
Jakarta, Indonesia (Prof. Sutejo)
1976 Aug 2nd Asian Paediatric Congress, Jakarta, Indonesia.
1977 Sep World Paediatric Congress, New Delhi, India
1979 Jan/Jun Research in Parasitology at the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam (Prof. J. J. Laarman).
1979 Jul Paediatric Priorities in the Developing World, Institute of
Child Health, University of London (Prof. D Morley)
1985 Oct Management of the Acutely Ill Child, Institute of Child Health,
University of London.
1987 Mar/Apr Expanded Programme on Immunization, World Health Organisation,
Geneva (Dr. R. Henderson)
1990 to present Yearly refresher courses in the Netherlands, UK and USA
1993 Nov Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association,
San Francisco
1996 Jan Third International Conference on the Macrolides, Lisbon, Portugal
1996 Apr Emerging Virus Infections, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996 May 2nd Indonesian-Dutch-Flemish Meeting on Infectious Diseases
and Immunology, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
1996 Nov Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, New York
1997 Oct American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), New Orleans, USA
1998 Apr European Paediatric Conference, Madrid, Spain
1998 Aug XXII International Congress of Paediatrics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Dec Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 Mar Europaediatrics 2000, Rome, Italy
2000 Nov American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Seattle, USA
2001 Sep XXIII International Congress of Paediatrics, Beijing, People's Republic of China
2002 Nov American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Boston, USA
Career
Posts/Locum Tenens Posts as Paediatrician and Consultant Paediatrician
1980 Various practices in Holland: Haarlem, Kampen, Emmeloord and Den
Helder
1981/1982 Southern Africa: University of Witwatersrand Hospital, Dept.
of Ambulatory Paediatrics, Johannesburg (Prof. J. D. L. Hansen, Dr. P. Catzel);
Addington Hospital, Durban (Dr. W. S. Winship) Various practices in Holland:
Vlissingen, Middelburg, Kerkrade, Heerlen, Brunssum, Utrecht, Haarlem, Coevorden,
Hardenberg, DeIft, Bussum and Emmeloord.
1982/1983 Private Paediatric Practice in Holland at the Medisch Diagnostisch
Centrum, Willemsparkweg 97/101, 1971 HV Amsterdam. Hospital referral to the
Luthers Diaconesse Hospital, Amsterdam. Additionally reviewed/edited articles
for publication in Excepta Medica (Elsevier) Amsterdam.
1983/1984 Dept. of Paediatrics, Kalafong Hospital, Klinikala Building,
University of Pretoria
1985 Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan King
King Khalid Military City Hospital, Saudi Arabia
1985/1986 ARAMCO, Al Hasa Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
1986 Al Ali General Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Nieuwegein, Holland
Mowasat Hospital, Salmiah, Kuwait
1987/1988 Continued with Paediatric Locums in Europe, Middle East (North
Yemen and Saudi Arabia/Aramco) and Caribbean (Aruba)
1990 to present Paediatrician at BovenIJ Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Founder of The Holland-Cuba Medical Foundation Co-founders: Prof.
H. J. Neijens, Sophia Children's Hospital , Erasmus University Rotterdam and Prof.
dr. A. D. M. E. Osterhaus, Department of Virology, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Membership
The Tropical Society, Royal Tropical Institute of Holland
Paediatric Association of Holland
The American Public Health Association
Infectious Diseases Society of the Netherlands and Flanders