Education:

1999              Master degree and traineeship in Medicine at the Leiden University and the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.

2000              Addiction Medicine at the Trimbos Institute, Utrecht.

2002 - 2006     Resident psychiatry Parnassia, the Haque.

2005              Resident forensic psychiatry at the Forensic-Psychiatric Institute, the Haque.

                    Forensic Psychiatry training, provided by the Pro-Justitia Foundation in Utrecht.

Research interest:

Emperical testing of the integrated treatment of patiënts suffering from both a severe mental illness as wel as a substance use disorder. (Several research projects, in coöperation with the Parnassia Addiction Research Center)

Relevant professional experience:

1999 - 2001  

Physician Addictive Medicine at the methadone (maintenance) treatment program in The Haque.

2000 - 2003  

Physician at the Medical co-prescribtion of heroin unit in The Haque. (Multicenter randomized trial in the Netherlands)

2000 - 2003  

Physician for the multicenter trial in the Netherlands EDOCRA. "Effectiveness of two methods of detoxification combined with the administration of an opoid-antagonist and a biopsychosocial rehabilitation based on the Community Reinforcement Approach.

2002 - 2006  

Resident psychiatry at the Acute Psychiatric Service Mental Health Inst. GGZ Delfland, Delft.

2003            

Member of committee "Resultaten scoren" on screening and assessment of dual diagnosis patients in the Netherlands.

2005            

Forensic psychiatric expert opinion reports

2006            

Psychiatrist at the Dual Diagnosis in- and outpatient facility in the Haque. (Center for the treatment of dual diagnosis patients, "Centrum Dubbele Problematiek")

2007

Expert member the National Dual Diagnosis Innovation Program ("Doorbraak project dubbele diagnose Trimbos Instituut")

2007             

Head of the dual diagnosis treatment program (CDP, Palier)