I completed my training as a rehabilitation physician in the Utrecht circuit, a collaboration between Rehabilitation Center De Hoogstraat, St. Antonius Hospital, and UMC Utrecht. During my training, I started a PhD project focusing on the quality of life of partners of stroke (cerebrovascular accident) patients, which I successfully completed in December 2016.

Since 2015, I have been working as a rehabilitation physician at UMC Utrecht, where I support adult patients with neuromuscular diseases or acquired brain injuries. I am also a member of the ALS treatment team. I contribute to research aimed at improving care for ALS patients. For instance, ALS patients in the rehabilitation department of UMC Utrecht are offered the “ALS Home Monitoring and Coaching” app, which allows them to self-monitor various aspects of their health. Based on this monitoring, patients receive personalized feedback, and their treatment program is adjusted accordingly.