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Robert J. Damstra, MD PhD (he/him/his)

dermatologist
Expert center for lymph-vascular medicine (ECL) Nij Smellinghe hospital
University of Groningen (UMCG)
Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, Netherlands

Robert J. Damstra works since 1992 as dermatologist at the Nij Smellinghe hospital Drachten (Netherlands) in a team with 7 dermatologists, 2 vascular surgeons, 1 genetician, 1 paediatrician and more than 30 paramedical specialists, specialised nurses and secretary staff.
In 2009 he obtained his PhD with the thesis “diagnostic and therapeutical aspects of lymphedema” at Maastricht University (Prof. Dr. P. Steijlen).

In 2005 he founded the Dutch expert centre for lympho-vascular diseases (ECL) in Drachten, which expanded to a centre with annual 650 new tertiary referral for lymphedema and lipedema. There is an outpatient clinic which thousands of patients, a clinical department for 12 patients providing both interdisciplinary diagnostics, operative and conservative treatments. He chaired the first (2003), second (2014) Dutch guideline working group on lymphedema and the third guideline working group (planned 2023).

In 2015 the ECL Drachten is recognized by the ministry of health as national expert centre for primary and paediatric lymphedema. The ECL became member of the European Reference Network (ERN) in the VASERN-group (See www.vascern.eu). He is chair of the primary and paediatric working group (PPL-WG). Together with expert centres all over Europe they cooperate to enhance cross border healthcare, improve quality of care and provide information for patients in Europe. Multicentre research is planned.
Finally, in 2021 he became treasurer of the founding board of the International Lipoedema Association (ILA) and worked with other under the lead of T. Bertsch MD PhD on the European consensus document for lipoedema. (https://theila.net)

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