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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ilse Marie Groenendijk was born on June 7th 1990 in the Dijkzigt Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After graduating from secondary school in 2009 (Libanon Lyceum, Rot- terdam), she started studying Medicine at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Ilse’s first research experience was at the Department of Cardiology during the second year of her medical study. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, Ilse performed her 6-months scientific internship under supervision of Prof. M. van Dijk at the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, and con- tinued this research during her medical internships in Rotterdam. During these medical internships, Ilse developed a specific interest in Urology and was involved in scientific research in the field of Pediatric Urology under supervision of drs. K. Wolffenbuttel. In March 2016, Ilse obtained her medical degree and started to work as a resident (not in training) at the Department of Urology in the IJsselland Ziekenhuis, Capelle a/d IJssel. In 2017 she started her PhD at the Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, under supervision of Prof. dr. C.H. Bangma, dr. B.F.M. Blok and dr. J.R. Scheepe. During the first year, this position was in combination with working as a resident at the Department of Pediatric
Urology, followed by two full-time years PhD study. Ilse will defend her thesis in the summer of 2020 at the Erasmus MC. From May 2020 Ilse will work as a resident in training at the Department of General Sur- gery, Maasstad Ziekenhuis under supervision of dr. R. Klaassen, as a part of her Urology traineeship. In 2022 Ilse will continue this traineeship at the department of Urology in the Erasmus MC, under supervision of dr. J.R. Scheepe.
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