CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

  • Andreas Ludovicus Thurkow
  • born 13th June 1952 in Pretoria, South Africa
  • Dutch nationality
  • Married, 4 children
  • Address:
  • Torenlaan 46
  • 1261 GE BLARICUM, the Netherlands
  • Email:info@thurkow.com
  • Website: www.thurkow.com

TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Ob/Gyn Training:
1985 : Ob/Gyn certificate SRC (Specialist Registration Committee of the Royal Dutch Medical Association)
1984 - 1985 : Stichting Deventer Ziekenhuizen, Deventer, the Netherlands
1980 - 1984 : University Hospital Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands
University:
1978 : Medical Doctor’s degree
1971 - 1978 : Medicine, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands
1970 - 1971 : Chemistry, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands
Grammar school:
1970 : Grammar school certificate (Gymnasium β)
1964 - 1970 : Rijnlands Lyceum, Wassenaar, the Netherlands
1963 - 1964 : Lycée International de L’OTAN (NATO), St. Germain-en-Laye (F),
Primary school:
1957 - 1963 : The Colombo School for Overseas Children, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka); Lycée International de L’OTAN (NATO), St. Germain-en-Laye, France.
Other:
2014 : Received the prestigious “Cobraprijs 2014”, an award presented once every 2 years to some one who made an excellent contribution to the development of Gynaecological Surgery in the Netherlands.
2014 : GCP exam, passed with score 88%.
2012 : Nominated for Best Doctor Award in Ob/Gyn 2012 in the MedNet Best Doctor contest
2008 : Best Doctor Award in Ob/Gyn 2008 in the MedNet Best Doctor contest.
2002 : Certificate Radiation Hygiene for Physicians level 4A
1980 : LOI Italian correspondence course
Language command: : Dutch native; English, French & German fluent; Italian & Spanish intermediate.

PRESENT APPOINTMENTS

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  • Bergman Clinics: Womens Health
  • "de Rode Luifel"
  • Meibergdreef 9
  • 1105 AZ AMSTERDAM-Zuidoost, Nederland
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  • Owner & Director Thurkow Consultancy & Training
  • Private Company for Consultancy (Health care professionals, Medical Device Industry, etc) & Training
  •       (Ob/gyn specialists, Medical Devices Industry)
  • www.thurkow.com
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  • Additional Activities
  • Principle investigator and coordinator in various studies, esp. in the areas mentioned before and in the area of medical devices and innovation.
  • Preceptor for Gynaecological Endoscopy & Minimal Invasive Gynaecology.
Organizer of national & international courses:
Principle investigator and coordinator in various studies, esp. in the areas mentioned before and in the area of medical devices and innovation.
Preceptor for Gynaecological Endoscopy & Minimal Invasive Gynaecology.

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

Ob/Gyn Training:
2016 - 2018 : Academisch Medisch Centrum (University Hospital University of Amsterdam), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, staff member gynaecology and gynaecological oncology.
1989 - 2016 : OLVG West (former: St.Lucas Andreas hospital), Amsterdam.
2001 - 2018 : DC Klinieken Lairesse Amsterdam, private clinic.
2013 - 2016 : MC Amstelveen, private hospital.
1987 - 1989 : Academisch Medisch Centrum (University Hospital University of Amsterdam), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, staff member and fellow gynaecology and gynaecological oncology.
1985 - 1987 : St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis/Vroedvrouwenschool (teaching hospital for midwives) Heerlen, the Netherlands, staffmember and teacher
medical doctor:
1978 - 1980 : hospital physician (not in training) for surgery, internal medicine & ob/gyn
medical student:
1976 : student research-assistant Clinical Experimental Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Groningen, the Netherlands
1976 : homework institution tutor for grammar school students (mathematics, physics, chemistry & biology), Haren, the Netherlands
1975 : student research-assistant Child Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, the Netherlands
1974 : student research-assistant Provincial Health council Friesland: WHO pilot study mental health facilities in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
1974 : nursing aid Psychiatric Hospital “Sancta Maria”, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.

ADDITIONAL AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

Present:
  • Owner & CEO “Thurkow Consulting & Training”
  • President taskforce innovations and ergonomy Dutch Soc Gyn Endoscopy (WGE)
  • Ovalastic hysteroscopic sterilization trainer (national and international)
  • Consultant Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson.
  • Member Advisory Board for Hysteroscopy Gynecare (Division of Ethicon inc., Johnson & Johnson)
  • Member International Advisory Board Energy EMEA Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson
  • Trainer for Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Harmonic Ace & EnSeal, national and international)
  • Member Olympus Surgical Advisory Group for Gynaecology
  • Member Olympus Advisory Board Hysteroscopy
  • Member Advisory Board for Hysteroscopic Sterilisation Vasorum Medical Device Research and Development.
  • Member Hologic Advisory Board for minimally invasive procedures
  • Member Esmya Advisory Board
  • Member Mycena (Myoma Centre Amsterdam)
  • Faculty member national ob/gyn training programme for Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy (basic and advanced)
  • Faculty member ESGE training programme for Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy
  • Principal investigator in multiple studies
  • Board member and incoming president charity foundation “Thurkowfonds”
Past:
  • President of the Dutch Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (WGE)
  • Member International Advisory Board of the AAGL
  • Chairman of the ESGE Communication Section
  • Member Advisory Board ESGE
  • Editor in chief Webforum ESGE
  • Member of the Editorial board J Gynecological Surgery
  • Member taskforce innovations ESGE
  • Board member and Secretary of the hospital board of medical specialists SLAZ
  • Member Working group Minimal Invasive Surgery OR SLAZ
  • Founder and president Working group Minimal Invasive Surgery OR SLAZ
  • Ovabloc hysteroscopic sterilization trainer
  • Essure hysteroscopic sterilization trainer (national and international)
  • Trainer for Versapoint hysteroscopic surgery, endometrial ablation and laparoscopic surgery Gynecare. (Division of Ethicon inc., Johnson & Johnson), national & international.
  • Member internationale Faculty for LESS training (Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery)
  • Member Clinical Evaluation Committee “Therapeutic MRI-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids” Philips Medical Systems MR Finland
  • Trainer (national and international) and Member Dutch Expert Group for Adiana hysteroscopic sterilization
  • Founder and President of the Amsterdam Association of Ob/Gyn
  • Member Advisory Board for Hysteroscopic Sterilisation Chiroxia Medical Device Research and Development.
  • Board member of the Dutch Association of Residents in Ob/Gyn (VAGO)
  • Member of the Teaching Council of the Dutch College of Ob/Gyn (NVOG)
  • Member of the NVOG Committee for differentiation in Ob/Gyn training
  • President orginazing committee local ESGE congres Amsterdam 2008
  • Board member and Secretary Round Table 5 Amsterdam

Organizer of national & international courses in the SLAZ/OLVG West:

  • One stop office diagnosis & therapy of AUB (theory, practice, live session)
  • Versapoint training (theory, hands-on training and OR)
  • Essure training (theory, hands-on training and office procedures)
  • Adiana (theory, hands-on training and office procedures)
  • Laparoscopic surgery with Enseal (theory, hands-on training and OR, national and international)
  • Laparoscopic surgery with 3D laparoscopy & Thunderbeat (theory, animate hands-on training and OR,
    national and international), the St Lucas Andreas Hospital has been chosen to become an international
    Olympus Centre of Excellence for minimal invasice surgery.
  • various workshops gynaecologic endoscopic surgery

MEMBERSHIPS

  • KNMG (Dutch College of Ob/Gyn)
  • NVOG (Royal Dutch Medical Association)
  • NVEC (Dutch Society for Endoscopic Surgery)
  • EAES (Eur. Association for Endoscopic Surgery)
  • ISGE (Int. Soc. Gyn. Endoscopy)
  • ESGE (European Soc. Gyn. Endoscopy)
  • AAGL (American Association of Gyn. Laparoscopists)
  • NSGE (Nordic Society on Gynaecological Endoscopy)