2018 – present | member expert group NL NET lipoedema
Dutch Network for Lymphedema & Lipedema – NLNet
2016 – present | Dermatologist, expert in fat treatments and lipoedema
ReSculpt Clinic, Amsterdam
2016 – present | Dermatologist, specializing in injectables
SkinPlan, Haarlem
2011 – present | Dermatologist, specializing in dermatological surgery and establishing cosmetic dermatology
Bergman Clinics, formerly Dermicis Skin Hospital, Haarlem and Alkmaar
2009–2011 | Dermatologist: tumescent liposculpture, laser treatments, varicose vein treatments, injectables, and lipofilling
Medisch Centrum 't Gooi, Bussum
2009–2011 | Staff physician and dermatologist
, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam
2004–2009 | Dermatology training
, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam
2003–2004 | AGNIO Plastic Surgery
Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, and Maxima Medical Center, Veldhoven
2002–2003 (and 2004–2005) | Cosmetic doctor
Medical Center Scheveningen, Doctor Schoemacher Clinics, The Hague, and Scheveningen
2000–2002 | AGNIO Surgery
OLVG, Amsterdam, and Hilversum Hospital, Hilversum
2000 | AGNIO thoracic surgery
VU Medical Center, Amsterdam
1998–2000 | Physician (ship's doctor, company doctor, diving doctor, SAR doctor)
Royal Netherlands Navy, Diving Medical Center, and HNLMS Amsterdam, Den Helder
1998-2000 | Emergency Room Physician (evening hours)
Gemini Hospital, Den Helder
1998 | Physician coordinator, bone bank
Bio Implant Services Foundation, Leiden
1997 | Resident dermatologyin Curaçao, gynecology and obstetrics in Suriname
1992–1995 | Medical student performing donor operations (cornea, bone, and heart valves), coordinating donor explantations and transplants, and conducting research.
Bio Implant Services Foundation, Eurotransplant Foundation, Leiden
Research experience
1994–1995 | Graduation research on the contamination of donor bone during explantation
Bio Implant Services Foundation, Leiden
1995 | Research internship at Perth Bone Bank (see publications)
‘QE II Hospital’,Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Perth, Australia
1999–2000 | Literature review on the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and honey on wound healing
Royal Netherlands Navy, Diving Medical Center, Den Helder
1998 | Artexam
, Leiden University
Courses and internships
2001 – Emergency Management of Severe Burns
2003 (Nov) – Hands-on Flap course, JVPC, Utrecht.
2004 (Nov) – Nerve Cup, JVPC, Zeist.
2008-2009 – Tumescent liposculpture, Medisch Centrum ’t Gooi, Bussum
Workshops
2003-present – Injectables: outline, dysport, lipolysis, azzalure, radiesse, restylane, botox, Belkyra. Lasers: general and CO2.
Rupture of a hydrogel-filled breast implant. Bruining HG, Schermer Voest MIM. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005 Sep 15;116(4):73e-75e
A case of delayed-type hypersensitivity to subcutaneously administered drugs during anticancer immunotherapy.H.G. Bruining, S.E. Pentinga, A.J.M. van den Eertwegh, T. Rustemeyer. BJD. May 2009; 160(5): 1132-1134
Lipoedema, a diagnosis that is still widely misunderstood. A practical guide.DutchJournal of Dermatology and Venereology | Volume 24 | Number 06 | June 2014
Lipoedema, still an underdiagnosed condition. Practical guideline. Dutch Journal of Dermatology and Venereology | Volume 24 | Number 06 | June 2014
2001 | Dutch Association for Plastic Surgery; ‘Histological follow-up of bone grafts’
2003 | Dutch Association for Plastic Surgery; ‘The fixation of bone using adhesives’
2005 | Benelux Association for Phlebology; ‘Swollen legs in a nursing home?’
2008 and 2009 | Training for beauticians (modules on skin tumors and cosmetics)
2012 | Dutch Association for Dermatology and Venereology; hyperhidrosis (continuum dermatology)
2020 | Dutch Association for Skin Therapy; Skin Therapist Day – 'Lipoedema: Cryolipolysis, inflammation, and the role of measuring instruments'
Activities
1990 | Board member of the Leiden Medical Student Association; exchange programs between Leiden and foreign students
2000 – 2001 | Organizing activities for the surgery assistant group
2005 – 2008 | Member of the activities committee of the dermatology department
2009 – 2012 | Secretary of the Dutch Association of Laser Aesthetics




