Zsa Zsa Weerts

Curriculum vitae 285 A Curriculum vitae Zsa Zsa Weerts was born on October 13 th 1989 in Geleen, the Netherlands. After graduating from Graaf Huyn College, Geleen, cum laude in 2008, she started medical school at Maastricht University. During her bachelor, she followed a course Internal Health Care Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK. During her master, she did several internships abroad, including at Kusturba Medical College in Manipal India, Ailsa hospital in Ayr, Scotland, and Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, in Quito, Ecuador. In the last year of her master, she starting working on a research project regarding Irritable Bowel Syndrome under direct supervision of dr. Z. Mujagic. After obtaining her Medical Doctor’s degree, she became a PhD candidate at the department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology at the Maastricht University Medical Center, under the supervision of Prof. dr. A. Masclee, Prof. dr. Jonkers, and dr. D. Keszthelyi. During her time as a PhD candidate, she conducted a large multicenter clinical trial and had the opportunity to present her work at several international conferences. In June 2019, she started working as a resident Internal Medicine (ANIOS) at the Zuyderland Medical Center in Sittard-Geleen and Heerlen under supervision of dr. J. Buijs. This clinical experience convinced her to become a gastroenterologist. In August 2020, she started her training to become a gastroenterologist (AIOS) under the supervision of Prof. dr. A. Masclee and dr. J. Kruimel. Zsa Zsa currently lives in Maastricht, the beautiful capital of the southern part of the Netherlands.