Maarten van Egmond

201 About the author A ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maarten van Egmond was born on December 3rd 1974 in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. In 1994 he graduated from secondary school at the Jan Arentsz College in Alkmaar. Between 1994 and 1998 he studied physiotherapy at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. From 2000 until 2010 he worked as a physiotherapist in Rehabilitation Center Reade in Amsterdam where he treated patients with Spinal Cord Injuries, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. From 2008 to 2010 he combined this with a job as a lecturer at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, School of Physiotherapy. In 2010Maarten left Reade and became involved in the development of Polifysiek, an outpatient clinic of the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, based within the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences where a triad of education, research and patient care was created to further developing healthcare. At the same time, he became lecturer at the European School of Physiotherapy and started his University Master Evidence Based Practice in Health Care at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Amsterdam and graduated in 2012. His master thesis entitled: ‘Preoperative functional status in esophageal cancer patients undergoing elective surgery’ was the starting point of this PhD study that effectively started in January 2014. He received a Doctoral Grant for Teachers by the Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) that allowed him to combine his PhD study with teaching at the European School of Physiotherapy. In 2019 Maarten became Associate Professor Research at the school of physiotherapy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He is responsible for embedding research and research skills in the physiotherapy curriculum, in cooperation with the management team, program coordinators, curriculum committee, lecturers and students. Besides teaching clinical reasoning, neurological rehabilitation and complex care and coordinating the final thesis at the European School of Physiotherapy, he also has been involved in developing a new university master at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. In his spare time, Maarten enjoys running, cycling, sailing and playing guitar. He lives together with Ludwine in Monnickendam and together they are proud parents of Laura (2012) and Iris (2014).