Rick Schreurs

173 About the author CURRICULUM VITAE Rick Schreurs, full name Henricus Hendrikus Hermanus Schreurs, was born on 14 December 1985 in Venlo, the Netherlands. After graduating from College Den Hulster (TVWO) in 2004, he went to study General Health Sciences at Maastricht University. In 2007 he received his Bachelor of Science in Movement Sciences and Bioregulation & Health. After that he started a master in Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine (CARIM master) where he followed an internship at the department of Physiology of Maastricht University. This was where he first met professor F.W. Prinzen, and it was under his supervision he completed his thesis to receive the Master of Philosophy title. Next, he finally was able to start his medical training when he was accepted to the Medicine and Clinical Research master (A-KO) at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University. In the last year of this master, he once again participated in a traineeship at the department of Physiology and he completed a 10-week internship at the department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of the Maastricht University Medical Centre+. After completing his medical master, he started his clinical career at the department of Cardiothoracic Surgery as a resident not in training. In 2015 he started his PhD project at the department of Physiology under supervision of professor F.W. Prinzen and professor J.G. Maessen. Then in 2018 he was lucky to start his residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Maastricht University Medical Centre+ under supervision of Dr. S. Kats and professor J.G. Maessen. In 2019 he spent one year at the General Surgery department of Zuyderland Medical Centre under supervision of Dr. M. Sosef and Drs. E. de Loos before returning to Maastricht in 2020. Finally, in 2021 he was able to complete his PhD project with this thesis as ultimate result. A