Year of award: 2012
Diploma awarded at the 2012 Congress in Gdańsk.
Head of the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Research interests: head and neck oncology, reconstructive and microvascular surgery, basic research
Member of the Management Committee and Chairman of the Surgical Subcommittee of the Head and Neck Group of the European Organization for Oncology and Reconstruction of the Neck and Head Surgery (EORTC)
President of the Dutch Head and Neck Oncology Group and the Dutch Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Member of the Council of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncology Societies (IFHNOS)
Founding member of the European Head and Neck Society (EHNS), secretary of the founding group, and currently Secretary General
Author or co-author of over 270 publications and chapters in textbooks on oncology Head and Neck Surgery
Lecturer at international scientific conferences and courses
2008 – lecture at the 7th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer in San Francisco
Member of the Global CME lecture group “Current Concepts in Oncology and Head and Neck Surgery” program
Reviewer in nine scientific journals
Participant in scientific conferences in Poland, organizer of training internships for Polish physicians
(application submitted by the Pomeranian Branch of the Polish Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Cancer Research and Development)
