Leiden University Medical School M.D.1984
Surgical Resident Rotterdam Zuiderziekenhuis 1984-1986
Surgical Resident Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis 1986-1989
Surgical Resident Leiden University Hospital 1989-1992
Research Fellow NCCH Tokyo 1990 / 1992
KWF Fellow 1993-1995
PhD Thesis Leiden University Hospital 1995
Fellow Dep. Thor. Surgery Leuven Univ. Hosp. 1994
Staff Surgeon Haga Hospital The Hague 1995-
neo-adjuvant treatment
oncology
Minimal Invasive thoracic surgery
video-assisted
training