197 Curriculum vitae CURRICULUM VITAE Catherine Annemiek de Planque (29-10-1991) was born and raised in Bussum, The Netherlands. She finished secondary education at the Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum in 2010. Having many interests, she started with studying Law at the University of Groningen. After successfully completing one year of law degree, she switched to the study of Medicine at the University of Groningen. During her studies she performed research at the Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Orthopaedics at the Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, US (supervisor: Professor J.B. Jupiter and Dr. N. C. Chen). She graduated from Medical School in 2018. Straight afterwards she commenced work on her PhD supervised by Professor Dr. I.M.J. Mathijssen and Dr. M.L.C. van Veelen at the Erasmus Medical Centre (Erasmus MC), Rotterdam. This research was focused on brain imaging in craniosynostosis patients. During her PhD studies, she got the opportunity to participate in a four month fulltime program of the National Thinktank, led by McKinsey & Company. The theme of the program was: “How could we accelerate the transition towards a circular economy?” Being inspired by this program, she was able to use her acquired knowledge towards sustainable health care by starting sustainability projects in the Erasmus MC and participating in the Taskforce Sustainability of the Erasmus MC. During the COVID pandemic she lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. After three years study of research, she started working as a doctor at the General Surgery Department in the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG) hospital Amsterdam (supervisor: Dr. M.F. Gerhards). Having decided for personal reasons that her future is in the Netherlands and abroad, she switched to work as doctor at the Pediatric Department in the OLVG hospital in Amsterdam (supervisor: Drs. M.E. Op de Coul). With ten months of experience in surgery and five months of experience in pediatrics, she started her residency becoming a general practitioner. A
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