Erwin Van Geffen

Erwin Van Geffen

Dutch Airforce pilot training (SVO Eelde)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    MD PhD, Trauma-, Lung and Hernia surgeon, President of the Dutch Lungsurgical Society, CEO Global Hernia Relief

  • Education

    • Rijks Luchtvaart School Eelde (SVO 86)

      1986 - 1986
    • Mgr. Zwijsen College

      1980 - 1986
    • Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

      1986 - 1994
      Doctoral degree Medicine
    • Utrecht University

      1996 - 2002
      PhD Surgery

      https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/20745/full.pdf?sequence=14&isAllowed=y

  • Experience

    • Koninklijke Luchtmacht

      May 1986 - Sept 1986
      Dutch Airforce pilot training (SVO Eelde)

      Pilottraining in a Beach Bonanza. http://www.hawkerbeechcraft.com/beechcraft/bonanza_g36/

    • Radboudumc

      Jan 1994 - Dec 1995
      • Surgical Resident

        Sept 1994 - Dec 1995
      • resident surgeon

        Jan 1994 - Jan 1995
    • UMC Utrecht

      Jan 1996 - Dec 1998
      Surgical Resident in training
    • Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

      Jan 1999 - Jul 2003

      Post Graduate, Advanced General Thoracic Surgical training

      • General Thoracic Resident (CHIVO Lungsurgery)

        Jan 2002 - Jul 2003
      • Surgical Resident in training

        Jan 1999 - Dec 2001
    • Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2004
      Fellow Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (LIMIS training)

      Advanced training on laparoscopic colorectal surgery

    • Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

      Jan 2018 - now

      Traumatology, Lung surgery and Abdominal Wall Surgery

      • Surgeon

        Jan 2004 - now
      • Chief Executive Officer

        Jan 2018 - Jan 2024
    • Global Hernia Relief Foundation

      Sept 2019 - now
      Chief Executive Officer

      Startup of a Humanitarian Foundation (NGO) providing hernia surgery for free. Annually we organize a mission with a team of professional volunteers and travel to underserved countries to help people in need with no access to health services.

    • Nederlandse Vereniging voor Longchirurgie

      Jan 2022 - now
      • President of the Dutch Lungsurgical Society

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Vice-president of the Dutch Lungsurgical Society

        Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • General Thoracic Surgery

      Dutch Society for Lung Surgery
      Jul 2003
      View certificate certificate
    • Lungsurgery

      Dutch Society for Pulmonary Surgery
      Jul 2003
    • Traumasurgery

      Dutch Society for Trauma Surgery
      Jan 2012
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Eigenaar

      Issued by Global Hernia Relief on Jan 2016
      Global Hernia ReliefAssociated with Erwin Van Geffen