CURRICULUM VITAE H. S. KOOISTRA
Personal Information
Name: Hendrik Sjoerd Kooistra (call name: Hans)
Office address: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 108, P.O. Box 80.154, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: *31-30-2531684 or *31-302539411
E-mail: H.S.Kooistra@uu.nl
Education and postgraduate training
High School: Christelijk Lyceum Veenendaal
University: Utrecht University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1982-1990). Differention: Companion animal medicine and surgery
Internship: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UtrechtUniversity (March 1, 1990- September 1, 1991)
Residency: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UtrechtUniversity (September 1, 1991-September 1, 1994): Internal Medicine of companion animals
PhD thesis: Successful (“cum laude”) defence of PhD thesis entitled “Adenohypophyseal function in healthy dogs and in dogs with pituitary disease” (December 7, 2000
Positions and clinical speciality
(1994-now): Assistant Professor (1994-2003) and Associate Professor (2004- now) at the Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UtrechtUniversity. Duties include patient care, education (undergraduate and postgraduate training; training of interns and residents, continuing education) and research in internal medicine of companion animals, with special emphasis on endocrinology and reproduction.
Board certification
1996: Diplomate Internal Medicine of Companion Animals of the Royal Netherlands Veterinary Association
1997: Diplomate EuropeanCollege of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA)
University qualifications
1994: Basic university qualification patient care
1999: Basic university teaching qualification
2003: Senior university teaching qualification
2000: Basic university research qualification
2004: Senior university research qualification
University committees with regard to teaching
1999- 2010: Member of the working group responsible for teaching companion animal medicine during final year of the veterinary medicine courses
2001- 2009: Chairman working group responsible for teaching of pathophysiology (2nd year of veterinary medicine courses)
2001- 2003: Member of the working group responsible for teaching of “anatomy and physiology of metabolism, endocrinology and reproduction” (2nd year of veterinary medicine courses)
2001-2002: Member of the committee “Brascamp”, that explored the synergy in teaching of the combination (Interfaculty) of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Utrecht University) and the Department of Animal Sciences and Aquaculture (Wageningen UR)
2006- 2007: Member of the blueprint committee (“Blauwdruk Commissie Bachelor Diergeneeskunde”) that designed a new curriculum (based on the Bachelor-Master structure)
2007 – 2012: Member of the working group responsible for teaching of external influences on cell function (“Externe beïnvloeding celfunctie”) (block 5 bachelor program)
2007- now: Member of the working group responsible for teaching of metabolism and endocrinology (“Stofwisseling en Endocrinologie”) (block 12 bachelor program)
2012- now: Chairman of the working group responsible for teaching of organ exceeding conditions and surgery (“Orgaanoverschrijdende aandoeningen en heelkunde”) (block 24 bachelor program)
2012- now: Member of FTO; a committee that judges the portfolios required for basic and senior university teaching qualifications (BKO and SKO)
Major academic and non-academic committees
1995-2001: Member (treasurer) of the board of the Netherlands Association of Veterinary Specialisation
1996: Member of the organizing committee and scientific committee of the 3rd International Symposium on Reproduction of Dogs, Cats and Exotic Carnivores (Veldhoven, 1996)
1998- 2005: Member of the board of the Netherlands Association of Companion Animal Medicine
2001- 2005: Member of the Veterinary Research Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Utrecht University)
2001- 2005: Member (treasurer) of the board of the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology
2001: Member of the organizing committee of the International Symposium on “Comparative Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology (Utrecht, 2001)
2003/2004: Member of Fastco committee (strategic committee of the Faculty)
2004-2005: Member of BCBD (committee working on the introduction of the bachelor-master structure at the Faculty)
2005- 2007: Vice-president of the board of the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology
2006- 2012: Treasurer Congress organization committee of the ECVIM-CA congress
2007- 2009: President of the board of the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology
2010- now: Member of the foundation “Stichting Behandeling Selectief Mutisme”, that develops a new treatment for children with selective mutism
Editorial positions
2004- 2007: Member of the Editorial board of Domestic Animal Endocrinology
2008-2010: Co-editor of “Clinical Endocrinology of Dogs and Cats, 2nd edition”. (This edition has been translated in Italian, Polish and Spanish.)
2012- now: Member of the Editorial board of Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery