2011 - Continued (part-time) appointment NKI-AVL for clinical research and teaching
2011 Professor-emeritus University of Amsterdam
1988 - 2009 Chairman; since 01-09-2009 Chairman-emeritus
2003 - Professor University of Amsterdam (UvA), Institute of Phonetic Sciences: Oncology-related voice and speech disorders’
2001 - 2009 Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, Academic Medical Center, UvA
1978 - 2011 Head and Neck Surgeon, Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute
1977 - 1978 Head and Neck Fellowship (Netherlands Cancer Institute; Professor van Slooten)
1976 PhD-thesis: ’Immunological aspects of herpes viruses in human neoplasia’ (UvA; Professor Dekking)
1974 - 1977 Otorhinolaryngology (UvA; Professor Jongkees)
1973 MD, University of Utrecht
Publications: in total 325 papers and book chapters; 222 peer-reviewed papers retraceable through Pubmed; 143/325 dealing with laryngectomy topics; edited books: 1998 ‘Diseases of the Head and Neck, Nose and Throat’; Andrew S Jones, David E Phillips, and Frans JM Hilgers); 1995/1999/2003/2004 ‘A practical guide to postlaryngectomy vocal and pulmonary rehabilitation, including the Provox system’ (ISBN 90-75575-05-X); 2002/2003 “Olfaction regained, using the polite yawning technique (CD-Rom; ISBN 90-75575-07-6)
The Head and Neck Surgeons of the NKI in 2008, painted by Aya de Lange - The Netherlands Cancer Institute
