Mieke Bus

9 137 CurriculumVitae Mieke Theodora Jenneke Bus was born at the 18 th of april 1985 in Brummen. In 2003 she graduated from secondary school at the Baudartius College in Zutphen. That same year she went on to study Biomedical Sciences at the University of Leiden. After receiving her Bache- lor Degree, Mieke started her medical training in 2008. During her medical training she was involved in several research projects. Mieke received her medical degree Cum Laude in 2011 after elective internships in the intensive care unit and urology. In 2012 she started her PhD training at the Department of Urology and the Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics under the supervision of professor A.G.J.M. van Leeuwen, dr. Th. M. de Reijke and dr. D.M. de Bruin. She studied the application of optical diagnostics, within particular optical coherence tomography, in the upper urinary tract resulting in this thesis. For the study presented in chapter 5 of this thesis, she was granted with the Best Paper award of the World Congress of Endourology 2014. During her PhD she was member and chair of the board of APROVE, the PhD association of the AMC and she participated in the hematuria clinic and cystoscopy clinic. In 2014 and 2016 Mieke was an invited faculty member of the 3 rd and 5 th Annual Meeting of the EAU Section of Urological Imaging (ESUI). In January 2015 she started her residency in urology by a two year training in general sur- gery in the Flevoziekenhuis in Almere, under the supervision of dr. P.C.M. Verbeek. She con- tinues her urology recidency in the region of Amsterdam. She is especially interested in stone treatment and treatment of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma and continues reseach in order to optimise care for patients with upper urinary tract tumours.