Luppo Kuillman

Appendices 158 AUTHOR’S BI(BLI)OGRAPHY Biosketch Luppo Kuilman is born and raised in the province Groningen and moved to the provincial capital Groningen where he studied for his bachelor’s in nursing at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen. After completing nursing school, he was employed at the Asylum Seekers Medical Office (MOA-GGD) and worked there until 2005. In September 2005 he enrolled for the Master Physician Assistant Program of the Inholland Graduate School in Amsterdam. As a Physician Assistant student he was hired at the department of Urology of the VU Free University Medical Center in Amsterdam and was precepted by Professor Dr. Eric Meuleman. After graduating, he practiced urology at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam for a year before he left clinical practice to become a faculty member for the Master Physician Assistant (MPA) program of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen in April 2009. Since 2009, Luppo has poured himself into teaching clinical medicine, statistics, and professional practice. Also Luppo mentored students during the clinical portions of the program and supervises Masters theses. In 2014, he was appointed Program Manager for the Hanze University program, which makes him the functional chair of the Master Physician Assistant program. Besides his administrative role, Luppo has pursued research interests regarding the globalization of the PA profession. His work is recognized at the international level and he is invited to present his work at international meetings. As an educational consultant he gives keynote sessions on the development and implementation of the Dutch model for training physician assistants. From 2016 Luppo holds the position of adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, College of Health and Human Services, Phoenix BMC, Arizona, USA.