Birgitta Versluijs

Birgitta Versluys was born in Amsterdam on August 24 th 1967. After finishing secon- dary education at Goois Lyceum in Bussum, she started her study medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1985. In 1993 she obtained her medical degree, after which she worked as a resident in pediatrics in several hospitals in England, Wales and the Netherlands. From 1996-2001 she did her pediatric training at the Wilhelmina Child- ren’s Hospital in Utrecht, followed by a fellowship pediatric hematology-oncology at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. Since 2003 she works as a consultant in pediatric hematology-oncology and hematopoietic cell transplantation at the Wilhel- mina Children’s Hospital | University Medical Center Utrecht. In 2018 she will continue working in this field at the Prinsess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht.