26 January 1961, Oegstgeest, The Netherlands.
Graduated in Medicine, University of Leiden, 1986,
Ph.D. in Medicine, University of Leiden, 1995
Licensed as Specialist in Internal Medicine, The Netherlands, 1995.
Passed Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1, 1997.
Passed Japanese National Examination for Medical Practitioners, 1998.
Licensed as Physician in Japan, 1998.
University Hospital Leiden, Westeinde Hospital, 1986-1995.
Specialized training in General Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Respiratory
Diseases, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Oncology, and Infectious Diseases.
Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, 1995-1997.
Specialized training in endoscopic techniques Gastrointestinal cancer research.
Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 1997-2002 Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Medicine.
Fukuoka Medical Clinic, 2002-2004 Medical Director and Chief Physician.
International Clinic Tojinmachi, 2004- Medical Director and Chief Physician.
Hippocrates Prize (epidemiologic study of symptomatology in Dutch and Japanese people), The Netherlands, 1987.
World Congress of Gastroenterology Prize (international comparative study of cancer diagnosis), Austria, 1998.
Shirakabe Prize (radiographic study of colitis), Japan, 2001.
Shirakabe Prize (diagnostic study of colitis), Japan, 2004.
First place European Go Championship, 1982, 1985, 1986.
Shared first place World Amateur Go Championship, 1991.
Medical journals including The Lancet, Nature Genetics, Gut, Archives of Internal Medicine.
Medical textbook entitled ‘Early Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract'
American Gastroenterological Association
American College of Physicians
Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Netherlands Association of Gastroenterology
Netherlands Association of Internal Medicine
European Society of Endocrinology
European Association for the Study of Diabetes
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
European Respiratory Society
English, Japanese, German, French, Dutch, Chinese
Providing quality healthcare with multilingual support in Fukuoka, Japan.
English, Japanese, German, French, Dutch, Chinese
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