Pieter Kubben
CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONALIA Name Pieter Leonard Kubben, MD, PhD
Birthdate 30 April 1978 in Geleen, The Netherlands
Location Maastricht, The Netherlands
EDUCATION & WORK
2014 Staff neurosurgeon at Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
2003 - 2013 Resident in neurosurgery (Maastricht University hospital)
1996 - 2002 Medical education, graduated as MD in 2002 (Maastricht University)
1990 - 1996 Gymnasium-ß (High School “Scholengemeenschap Sint Michiel”, currently known as “Graaf Huyn College”)
PUBLICATIONS
all Google Scholar citations (including H-index and i10-index)
2012 - now PubMed-citations as Kubben P
2010 - now Open access articles in Surgical Neurology International
2007 - now PubMed-citations as Kubben PL (main category)
NEUROSCIENCE
2015 - now Coordinator for a robotics programme in stereotactic neurosurgery
2015 Development and release of SAH DCI app, an advanced risk calculator for delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoidal hemorrhage
2015 Development and release of TREMOR12 open-source application for tremor quantification and its related data processing module TREMOR12P in Python.
2015 Is there still need for microelectrode recording now the subthalamic nucleus can be well visualized with high field and ultrahigh MR imaging? Kocabicak E, Alptekin O, Ackermans L, Kubben P, Kuijf M, Kurt E, Esselink R, Temel Y. Front Integr Neurosci. 2015 Aug 11;9:46. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00046.
2015 The start and development of epilepsy surgery in Europe: a historical review. Schijns OE, Hoogland G, Kubben PL, Koehler PJ.Neurosurg Rev. 2015 Jul;38(3):447-61. doi: 10.1007/s10143-015-0641-3. Epub 2015 May 24.
2015 Participant at the 7th International IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering conference. April 21-24, 2015. Montpellier, France.
2014 “Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging versus standard neuronavigation for the neurosurgical treatment of glioblastoma: A randomized controlled trial”. Kubben PL, Scholtes F, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak-Poort MP, Teernstra OPM, Kessels, AGH, Van Overbeeke JJ, Martin DH, Van Santbrink H. Surg Neurol Int 2014, 5:70 2014 Participant at the BNCI Horizon 2020 retreat. 24-26 March 2014. Hallstatt, Austria. 2014 Participant at the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology including preconference ECoG workshop. 19-23 March 2014. Berlin, Germany. 2014 “Ultra low-field strength intraoperative MRI for glioblastoma surgery”. Kubben PL. PhD thesis defense. 6 Feb 2014. Maastricht, NL.
2014 “Mobiele beslissingsondersteuning: kookboekgeneeskunde voor onderweg”. Kubben PL. NVvN Wintermeeting. Utrecht, NL. 31 Jan 2014.
2013 EANS course (topic: Vascular neurosurgery). Prague, CZ. 22-26 September 2013. 2013 “Scherpe tumorranden (?)”. Kubben P. 3e Publieksdag Hersentumoren. Maarssen, NL. 16 Mar 2013. 2013 Re-registration Good Clinical Practice (BROK) course. Maastricht, NL. 4 Mar 2013. 2013 Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt. Maastricht, NL. 18 Feb 2013. 2013 “Brain-computer interfaces voor robotarmen: een systematische review”. Kubben P, Hauptman J, Pouratian N. Wintermeeting NVvN. Utrecht, NL. 25 Jan 2013. 2012 Correlation between contrast enhancement on intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging and histopathology in glioblastoma“. Kubben PL, Wesseling P, Lammens M, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak-Poort M, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Surg Neurol Int 2012;3:158. 2012 “An open-source and cross-platform framework for Brain Computer Interface-guided robotic arm control”. Kubben PL, Pouratian N. Surg Neurol Int 2012;3:149. 2012 “Low-field strength intraoperative MRI-guided resection of glioblastoma multiforme: evidence-based?” Kubben PL. 3rd Belgian-Dutch neurosurgery meeting days. Spa-Balmoral, Belgium. 12-13 Oct 2012. 2012 “Intraoperatieve MRI-geleide resectie van het glioblastoma”. Kubben PL, Ter Meulen KJ, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak-Poort M, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Neuro-Intercity, NL. 19 Sep 2012. 2012 Invited lecture on intraoperative MRI at the 10th EANO conference. “Intraoperative MRI guided resection of glioblastoma multiforme” Kubben PL, Ter Meulen KJ, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Marseille, France. 6 - 9 September 2012. 2012 EANS course (topic: Spine & Peripheral nerves). Leeds, UK. 26 August - 30 August 2012. 2012 “Implementation of a mobile 0.15-T intraoperative MR system in pediatric neuro-oncological surgery: feasibility and correlation with early postoperative high-field strength MRI.” Kubben PL, van Santbrink H, Ter Laak-Poort M, Weber JW, Vles JS, Granzen B, van Overbeeke JJ, Cornips EM. Childs Nerv Syst. 2012 Aug;28(8):1171-80. 2012 Development of LynxMove Qt, an open-source and cross-platform framework for robotics and Brain Computer Interfaces. Developed using C++ and Qt. Separate development of a custom class LynxArm for MATLAB / Simulink. 2012 Research at the UCLA, Dept of Neurosurgery, on Brain Computer Interfaces. May - Aug 2012. Supervisor: Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD. 2012 “Intraoperative MRI guided resection of glioblastoma multiforme” Kubben PL, Ter Meulen KJ, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. NVvN voorjaarsmeeting. Garderen, The Netherlands. 11 May 2012. 2012 “Glioblastoma resection”. Kubben P, Van Santbrink H. J Neurosurg. 2012 May;116(5):1163-4. 2012 - now Member of a national committee to develop a new website for medical guidelines, coordinated by the Orde van Medisch Specialisten. 2011 “Intraoperative MRI-guided resection of glioblastoma multiforme: a systematic review.” Kubben PL, Ter Meulen KJ, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Lancet Oncology 2011 Oct;12(11):1062-70. 2011 “De relatie tussen contrastaankleuring op intraoperatieve MRI en histopathologie bij het glioblastoma multiforme.” Kubben PL, Wesseling P, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Van Santbrink H. Meeting of the Dutch Working Group for Neuro-Oncology. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 7 October 2011. 2011 EANS course (topic: Head Injury & Functional Neurosurgery). Avignon, France. 28 August - 1 September 2011. 2011 Participant at BCI2011 symposium on Brain Computer Interfaces. Utrecht, The Netherlands. 20-21 May 2011. 2011 “De relatie tussen contrastaankleuring op intraoperatieve MRI en histopathologie bij het glioblastoma multiforme.” Kubben PL, Wesseling P, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Van Santbrink H. Wintermeeting NVvN. 28 January 2011. 2011 “Intraoperatieve MRI-geleide resectie van het glioblastoma multiforme: een systematische review.” Kubben PL, Ter Meulen KJ, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Wintermeeting NVvN. 28 January 2011. 2011 “The correlation between contrast enhancement on intraoperative MRI and histopathological tumor characteristics.” Kubben PL, Wesseling P, Schijns OEMG, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Van Santbrink H. 3rd Meeting of the Intraoperative Imaging Society. Zurich, Switzerland. 16-19 January 2011. 2011 “Implementation of a mobile 0.15T intraoperative MRI in pediatric neuro-oncology: feasibility and correlation with early postoperative high-field strength MRI.” Kubben PL, Van Santbrink H, Ter Laak - Poort MP, Cornips EMJ. 3rd Meeting of the Intraoperative Imaging Society. Zurich, Switzerland. 16-19 January 2011. 2010 “Intraobserver and interobserver agreement in volumetric assessment of glioblastoma multiforme resection.” Kubben PL, Postma AA, Kessels AG, van Overbeeke JJ, van Santbrink H. Neurosurgery. 2010 Nov;67(5):1329-34. 2010 “Intraobserver And Interobserver Agreement In Volumetric Assessment Of Glioblastoma Multiforme Resection”. Kubben PL, Postma AA, Kessels AGH, Scholtes F, Martin D, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2010 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, USA. 16-21 October 2010. 2010 “Intraobserver en interobserver overeenstemming bij de volumetrische benadering van glioblastoma multiforme resectie”. Kubben PL, Postma AA, Kessels AGH, Scholtes F, Martin D, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Meeting of the Dutch Working Group for Neuro-Oncology. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 8 October 2010. 2010 EANS course (topic: Tumor). Halkidiki, Greece. 26-30 September 2010. 2010 “Contrast enhancement on intraoperative MRI : Is it tumor?” Kubben PL, Van Santbrink H, Lammens M, Ter Laak-Poort MP, Schijns OEMG. 9th EANO congress. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 16-19 September 2010. 2010 “Intraobserver and interobserver agreement in volumetric assessment of glioblastoma multiforme resection”. Kubben PL, Postma AA, Kessels AGH, Scholtes F, Martin D, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. 9th EANO congress. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 16-19 September 2010. 2010 Osteotomy course at the LUMC. Leiden, The Netherlands. 2-3 September 2010. 2010 “Transsphenoidal treatment of secondary empty sella syndrome using low field strength intraoperative MRI: case report.” Kubben PL, Cornips EMJ, Looij BJ, Beuls EAM. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2010 Aug;53(4):198-202. Epub 2010 Dec 3.
2010 Course on performing systematic reviews in Leuven, Belgium. 7-9 June 2010.
2010 “Improving interobserver agreement for volumetric assessment of brain tumor resection”. Kubben PL, Postma AA, Kessels AGH, Scholtes F, Martin D, Van Overbeeke JJ, Van Santbrink H. Biomedica 2010. Aachen, Germany. 17-18 March 2010. 2009 Graduate committee member of MSc thesis “Image Distortion Analysis of the PoleStar N20” by R.M. Plessius. Technical University of Eindhoven, Department of Biomedical Image Analysis. 12 August 2009. 2009 Graduate committee member of MSc thesis “The 3D Registration of the High Field MRI and the Low Field MRI Brain Scan” by W. Wang. Technical University of Eindhoven, Department of Biomedical Image Analysis. 20 July 2009. 2009 Participant in hands-on course “Decompression and stabilisation of the spine”. Wenckebach Instituut, Groningen, The Netherlands. 28-29 May 2009. 2009 Colloquium presentation “Basics of Neuroanatomy and Neurological disease”. Technical University of Eindhoven, Department of Biomedical Technology. Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 16 April 2009. 2009 Television interview on L1 about intraoperative MRI. 17 March 2010. (watch video on YouTube) 2009 “Intraobserver and interobserver agreement in volumetric assessment of glioblastoma multiforme resection”. Kubben PL, Postma AA, Kessels AGH, Van Santbrink H. MHeNS Research Day. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 17 March 2009. 2009 Participant in symposium “StealthVIZ with StealthDTI Module”. Brussels, Belgium. 5-6 March 2010. 2009 Presentation on Intraoperative MRI. 1st LWNO-i meeting. Utrecht,The Netherlands. February 27, 2009. 2009 Participant in Boerhaave Course “Neuro-Oncologie in de Praktijk III: EEN RECIDIEF, WAT NU?”. The Hague, The Netherlands. 16 January 2009. 2008 “Preliminary experience with PoleStar N20 iMRI in pediatric neuro-oncology”. Cornips E, Kubben P, Ter Laak-Poort M, Granzen B, Vles J, Weber J. 36th meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN). Cape Town, South Africa. 12-16 October 2008. 2008 “Eerste ervaringen met de PoleStar N20 intraoperatieve MRI in de kinderneurooncologie” (First experiences with the PoleStar N20 intraoperative MRI in pediatric neurooncology). E Cornips, M Ter Laak-Poort, P Kubben. Najaarsvergadering NVVN, Leiden, The Netherlands. 3 October 2008. 2008 Participant in pilot study about Patient Safety 2008 Member of the Expertpanel Oncoline / Pallialine 2008 Member of hospital task group for new intranet system (Intraspect) 2008 ICH-GCP course (“Basiscursus Regelgeving en Organisatie voor Klinisch onderzoekers”) 2007 “Intraoperative MRI in brain surgery” [article in Dutch]. Kubben PL, van Santbrink H, Spincemaille GH, Vandertop WP. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2007 Dec 29;151(52):2877-82. 2007 “Combining Functional Neuronavigation and Low Field Strength Intraoperative MRI”. Kubben PL. Advanced Techniques in Intraoperative MRI. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 9-10 November 2007. 2007 “Multimodal imaging and functional neuronavigation”. Kubben PL. Advanced techniques in Image Guided Surgery. Marbella, Spain. 3-5 June 2007. 2007 “Endoscope-based navigation and iMRI controlled resection of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors”. Kubben PL, Cornips EMJ. 4th World Conference of the International Study Group on Neuroendoscopy. Paris-Versailles, France. 9-12 May 2007. 2007 “Combining functional neuronavigation and low field strength intraoperative MRI”. Kubben PL, Spincemaille GHJJ. 1st International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurosurgery. Tübingen, Germany. 17-20 March 2007. 2007 “Low field strength intraoperative MRI with functional neuronavigation using local shielding”. Kubben PL, Spincemaille GHJJ. European Congress of Radiology. Vienna, Austria. 9-13 March 2007. (poster within the IMAGINE-stand of the TUe-BMT group) 2006 Presentation about functional neuronavigation and intraoperative MRI on the Medtronic Navigation Summer Course (Sintra, Portugal) 2006 Implementation of functional neuronavigation on the Stealth Station using Brainvoyager QX 2006 Participant of the Polestar User Meeting. (Louisville (CO), USA) 2005 - 2014 Research project on intraoperative MRI in collaboration with the department of Biomedical Image Analysis of the Technical University of Eindhoven 2003 - now Research in functional MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging, a computer aided approach to visualize the functioning of the brain. In cooperation with Brain Innovation. 2000 - 2002 “Intramedullary spinal cord glioblastomas.” Kurt E, Schijns OEMG, Kubben PL , Beuls EAM. 5th Congress of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology, Florence-Italy. 7-10 September 2002 2001 - 2003 “Evaluation of Selective Serotonin Receptors 5-HT 2A in the Brain Using 123 I-5-I-R91150 and Single-Photon Emission Computer Tomography in Healthy Subjects.” I.H.A. Al Younis, P. Kubben , H. D'Haenen, K. Van Laere, A. Honig, A. Leentjens, A. Bossuyt, M. van Kroonenburgh. Wetenschappelijke Vergadering NVNG, Zwolle. 17 mei 2002 1999 - 2001 “Clinical Features of 137 patients with small-cell lung cancer and a low titer of anti-Hu antibodies.” Verschuuren J, Wirtz P, De Koning P, Van den Maagdenberg A, Kubben P , Ten Velde G, Twijnstra A. Abstracts of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Philadelphia-USA. 5-11 May 2001. Neurology 2001;56(8)(suppl. 3): A415: P06.042 INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2015 “Transl@tional medicine: van byte naar bedsite”. Topclass NSPOH. Amsterdam, NL. 7 december 2015. 2015 Coordinator and instructor of a Introductory workshop Medical App Development for Maastricht University Medical Center within the EU CodeWeek 2015. 2015 - now eHealth coordinator for Maastricht University Medical Center 2015 Development of open-source NASCIS app for iOS, available as source code. 2015 E-learning for neurosurgeons: Getting the most from the new web tools. Barbosa Pereira JL, Kubben PL, de Albuquerque LA, Batalini F, de Carvalho GT, de Sousa AA.Asian J Neurosurg. 2015 Jan-Mar;10(1):48. doi: 10.4103/1793-5482.151514. 2015 Programming for physicians: A crash course. Kubben PL. Surg Neurol Int 30-Jan-2015;6:15 2015 “How to support thrombosis prevention? Lessons from the digital era.” Kubben PL. Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thrombosis. 11-13 Feb 2015. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 2015 Development of ProgrammingForPhysicians.com, a website dedicated to learning physicians how to program (offering a crash course in Python) 2014 “Belasting, beslissing, bereiding”. Topic in IC congres. Lunteren, NL. 11 december 2014. 2014 “Van kennis naar toepassing: de rol van eHealth in de zorg”. Kubben PL. Minisymposium Zorginnovatie HS Zuyd. Heerlen, NL. 25 April 2014. 2014 “Applicable healthcare: mobile clinical decision support”. Kubben PL. XXVIIIe NVKF-conferentie. Driebergen-Zeist, NL. 19 April 2014. 2014 “Van eHealth naar cHealth: what's in a name?”. Kubben PL. LUMC Strategische conferentie eHealth. Leiden, NL. 3 April 2014. 2014 “Mobiele beslissingsondersteuning: kookboekgeneeskunde voor onderweg”. Kubben PL. NVVN Wintermeeting. Utrecht, NL. 31 Jan 2014. 2013 “The Use of Smartphones and Mobile Clinical Decision Support Systems in Clinical Clerkships: A Pilot Study” Schols A, Donkers J, Voorend M, Verstegen D, Hoogland H, Kubben P. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies. Vol 7 no 2 (2013) pp. 80-84. 2013 “Dokter App”. Newspaper interview Dagblad De Limburger, NL. Feb 2013. 2012 Elected #4 in the “Top Ten Internet-Smart Doctors in the WORLD” ranking list 2012. 2012 “Mobile clinical decision support”. Kubben PL. Presentation / video-recording at the Alan Turing Institute Year Conference. Almere, NL. 1 Nov 2012. 2012 “Mobile clinical decision support systems for implementation of neurooncological guidelines” Kubben PL. 10th EANO conference. Marseille, France. 6 - 9 September 2012. 2012 “MDE Support for Process-Oriented Health Information Systems: from Theory to Practice” Van Gorp P, Vanderfeesten I, Dalinghaus W, Mengerink J, Van der Sanden B, Kubben P. FHIES 2012. Paris, France. 27-28 August 2012. 2012 - now Associate editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology International 2012 Blogs for neurosurgeons Pereira JL, Kubben PL, de Albuquerque LA, de Carvalho GT, de Sousa AA. Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3:62. Epub 2012 Jun 9. 2012 Release of OrthoRef app (including Lite version) 2012 “Sociale netwerken & decision support”. Kubben PL. Neurologen-nascholing ZWN. Aachen, Germany. 20 January 2012. 2011 Design & development of AIOS app & (mobile) site for Dutch residents, in collaboration with Project Idealoog, SoFoKleS, De Jonge Orde, LVAG, Orde van Medisch Specialisten and Project Modernisering Medische Vervolgopleidingen of the KNMG. 2011 “Knowledge management & 'app-licable' healthcare.” Kubben PL. 24th Academic Day of the Dept of Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands. 8 September 2011. 2011 “Oncoline: alle richtlijnen bij de hand.” Van Veghel T, Ho V, Kubben P, Kersten S. Medisch Contact 66 nr 35. 2 September 2011. 2011 “App-licable healthcare - van kennis naar toepassing.” Kubben PL. Proof of concept-meeting “iPad in de zorg”. 1 September 2011. 2011 “Gebruik van Smartphones tijdens de Co-schappen.” Donkers J, Kubben P, Schols A, Verstegen D, Hoogland H. Onderwijs Research Dagen. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 8-10 June 2011. 2011 “App-licable healthcare - van kennis naar toepassing.” Kubben PL. PHIT-symposium. Utrecht, The Netherlands. 13 April 2011. 2011 “Apps in medisch specialistische zorg”. Kubben PL. Presentation for management of De Orde. 5 April 2011. Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2011 TED talk on Clinical Decision Supporting Systems at TEDxMaastricht 2011. 2011 “De digitale neurochirurg: perspectieven voor nu en de toekomst.” Kubben PL. NANCHO-V. Utrecht, The Netherlands. 11 March 2011. 2011 “An evidence-based mobile decision support system for subaxial cervical spine injury treatment.” Kubben PL, Van Santbrink H, Cornips EMJ, Vaccaro AR, Dvorak MF, Van Rhijn LW, Scherpbier AJJA, Hoogland H. Surg Neurol Int 2011;2:32. 2011 - now Webmaster of the Dutch Society for Neurosurgery. 2011 Interview with Dutch Medical Journal and press releases (in Dutch and English) on mobile apps. See here under “media coverage” for related articles.
2010 “Neurosurgery 2.0 - a Combination Of Open Access, Web 2.0 And Decision Technology”. Kubben PL, Hoogland H, Cook J, Scherpbier AJJA, Ausman JI. Medicine 2.0 congress. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 29-30 November 2010.
2010 “Porting a Clinical Mobile Device Application from iPhone to Android Using Online Collaboration: a Case Study Using NeuroMind”. Lau JC, Kubben PL. Medicine 2.0 congress. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 29-30 November 2010.
2010 Release of ”SNI Mobile“ app for iPhone, iPad and Android.
2010 Interview with Arts & Auto (VVAA magazine, in Dutch). 2010 Erasmus Summer Programme course “Clinical Decision Analysis” (ESP04). Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 9-13 August 2010. 2010 - now Information Technology editor for Surgical Neurology International 2010 Interview with the Americal Medical Association. 2010 Interview with Observant (Maastricht University magazine) on iPhone applications. 2010 Release of 3 iPhone applications in App Store: NeuroMind, Safe Surgery and SLIC. 2009 Course participant “Flex 3: Developing Rich Internet Applications”. Prisma-IT. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 30 November - 4 December 2009. 2009 - now Webmaster and developer at DigitalNeurosurgeon.com. 2008 - 2013 Webmaster of the NVNA website (Dutch Association for Neurosurgical Residents) 2008 A collaborative webbased framework with optimized mobile synchronisation: Upgrading to Medicine 2.0”. Kubben PL. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies). Vol 2, No 3 (2008) pp. 31-33. 2008 “A collaborative webbased framework with optimized mobile synchronisation: Upgrading to Medicine 2.0”. Kubben PL. 3rd International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning. Amman, Jordan. 16-18 April 2008. 2008 Development of decision tree prototype for mobile devices on leptomeningeal metastases (in Dutch) 2007 - 2010 Weblog on HealthDirect Neurology (in Dutch), from Reed-Business / Elsevier Healthcare. 2006 Design and development of NeuroWiki.com, a framework for collaborative mobile content distribution for web and PDA. Built in (X)HTML, PHP and MySQL. 2006 Presentation of PDA-based decision support system on Slice of Life 2006 (Lausanne, Switzerland) 2005 Additional prize on Slice of Life 2005 for development Mobile Electronic Logbook & Mobile Electronic Notebook, based on winning concept in 2004 (Portland (OR), USA) 2004 Second stage submission juror European Academic Software Awards (Le Locle and Neuchâtel, Switzerland) 2004 1st prize (Student Software Award) on Slice of Life 2004 for PDA software submission (international conference about ICT in medical education) Presentation and poster about electronic logbook and content management system for web and PDA using Mobipocket 2002 - 2004 Cooperation with medical faculty and MedHand (Sweden) for PDA software development 2002 - 2003 Co-developer of medical cases using CAMPUS (Heidelberg, Germany) 2002 Study trip to USA (Harvard, UCLA, Stanford) and Canada (Montreal, Toronto) about E-learning (point of interest: mobile computing and wireless networking) 2002 Second stage submission juror European Academic Software Awards (Ronneby, Sweden ) 2001 - 2014 Member of the Dutch workgroup for E-learning in medical education 2001 Development and national presentation of website “e-Neurology” (an educational website with patient cases for medical students - off line in 2004). Abstract: “Effectief ontwerp van interactieve neurologische patiëntcasuïstiek voor gebruik via het web.” Kubben PL , Grave WS de, Krom MCTFM de. 10e Geneeskundig Onderwijs Congres, Veldhoven. 22-23 november 2001. 1999 - 2001 Course instructor “Programming in Delphi”, Faculty of Psychology 1998 Course “Programming in Delphi”, Faculty of Psychology 1997 - 1999 CBT (Computer Based Training) instructor, Medical Faculty LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT 2012 - now Founder and owner of company DigitalNeurosurgeon.com. Trade register number: 54412633. 2008 Introclass Entrepreneurship, Universiteit Maastricht Business School 1999 - 2001 Vice-chairman of the Faculty Council, Medical Faculty 1998 - 1999 Chairman of medical students organization MFV Reflex, currently known as MSV Pulse