Faculty

For the first time we proudly announce that our faculty will be enhanced with an international guest faculty this year. Our guest faculty members are Mrs. Claudia Maizen, consultant pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Royal London Hospital in London and board member for iCODE (international hip ultrasound association), together with Thara Persaud and Ailbhe Tarrant, both consultants in pediatric radiology at Children's Health Ireland in Dublin.

Hereby our own faculty from Rotterdam:

Drs. Suzanne de Vos-Jakobs, M.D.
Course director. Pediatric orthopedic consultant in Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Trained in Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, Netherlands. Trained in hip ultrasound by Prof. Graf. aswell as trained teacher for Graf ultrasound method by Prof Graf himself.

Drs. Nanko de Graaf, M.D.
Pediatric radiology consultant in Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Specialised in transinguinal ultrasound of infant hips. Presenter during both the pre-course and the main ultrasound course.

Dr. Jaap Tolk, M.D. Ph.D.
Pediatric orthopedic consultant in Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Trained in Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, Netherlands and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK.

Mrs. Hesther Oldenkamp
Nurse practitioner for pediatric orthopedics in Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital. Hesther is specialised in diagnosis and treatment of infant hip dysplasia up to the age of 1 year. She is trained by the pediatric orthopedic team of the Sophia Children's Hospital.

Drs. Dagmar Kempink, M.D.
Pediatric orthopedic consultant in Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Trained by Prof. Andreas Roposch in Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

Drs. Gert Bessems, M.D.
Consultant pediatric orthopedics in Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Trained in Southampton, UK.

Drs. Renee van Stralen-Bosboom, M.D.
Consultant pediatric orthopedics in Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Trained in Royal Chidren’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Drs. Femke van Erp Taalman Kip, M.D.
Consultant pediatric orthopedics in Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Trained in Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht, Netherlands.