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Mark Smeulders
Named clinical contact in the 2025 hand fellowship recruitment notice (current fellowship appointment requires confirmation)
The PDF is a 2025 recruitment document. The separate current hospital profile confirms the clinician’s identity and clinical background; a present fellowship directorship is not inferred.
Smeulders studied movement sciences at VU Amsterdam, earned a doctorate at AMC and subsequently trained in medicine and plastic surgery in Amsterdam. His hospital biography describes hand and reconstructive surgical interests, including restoration of hand function.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026
NVPC — official Zuyderland fellowship vacancy PDF ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Tom van Mulken
Named clinical contact in the 2025 hand fellowship recruitment notice (current fellowship appointment requires confirmation)
The PDF is a 2025 recruitment document. The separate current hospital profile confirms the clinician’s identity and clinical background; a present fellowship directorship is not inferred.
Van Mulken’s hospital biography describes plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery at Maastricht from 2010, including care within skin cancer and breast cancer teams. His clinical work includes breast reconstruction and reconstruction after tumour removal.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026
NVPC — official Zuyderland fellowship vacancy PDF ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
Profile page →
M. Feijen
Named clinical contact in the 2025 hand fellowship recruitment notice (current fellowship appointment requires confirmation)
The PDF is a 2025 recruitment document. The separate current hospital profile confirms the clinician’s identity and clinical background; a present fellowship directorship is not inferred.
Feijen’s hospital biography describes plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery at Zuyderland from 2016 and further aesthetic surgical fellowship experience in the United States in 2017–2018. Clinical interests include facial and breast reconstruction and research into non-operative correction of infant ear differences.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026
NVPC — official Zuyderland fellowship vacancy PDF ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
Profile page →Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for NVPC-recognised Fellowship in Hand and Wrist Surgery (Hand-polschirurgie).
- Leadership as published
- Mark Smeulders (Named clinical contact in the 2025 hand fellowship recruitment notice (current fellowship appointment requires confirmation)); Tom van Mulken (Named clinical contact in the 2025 hand fellowship recruitment notice (current fellowship appointment requires confirmation)); M. Feijen (Named clinical contact in the 2025 hand fellowship recruitment notice (current fellowship appointment requires confirmation))
- Evidence reviewed
- 19 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
NVPC-recognised Fellowship in Hand and Wrist Surgery (Hand-polschirurgie)
Zuyderland MC Sittard-Geleen holds NVPC recognition for a post-training fellowship in hand and wrist surgery, recognised from 1 December 2020 with recognition running to 1 December 2026. It is one of the few hand-surgery fellowships formally accredited by the Dutch Society for Plastic Surgery.
- Location
- Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands
- Duration
- Minimum 6 months under the NVPC fellowship regulation; programme-specific length not published
- Clinical participation
- NVPC regulation requires the host to give the fellow an appointment within the training group with access to patient care, independent and supervised procedures logged, and chairing of subspecialty meetings
- International applicants
- Under the NVPC regulation, a plastic surgeon registered abroad needs at least RGS permission for temporary service provision or BIG registration before starting
- Funding
- NVPC regulation states the fellow is paid according to the hospital's collective labour agreement (CAO) for the duration of the fellowship
- Application timing
- Current deadline not confirmed; consult the official programme
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
NVPC register lists recognition from 1 December 2020 to 1 December 2026; no intake dates are published.
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Completed plastic surgery training; Dutch-registered fellows must be NVPC members, foreign-registered fellows need RGS temporary-service permission or BIG registration (per NVPC regulation)
Published training
- Post-training subspecialty deepening in hand and wrist surgery
- Logged independent and supervised procedures with portfolio and CPC evaluation
- At least one scientific presentation or peer-reviewed paper during the fellowship
- Minimum 20 accredited CME points per year in the focus area
Application route
No public application route is published; contact the Zuyderland plastic surgery department. NVPC recognition queries go to bureau@nvpc.nl
No programme-specific document checklist is recorded. Follow the current official instructions.
Published contact note: bureau@nvpc.nl
Official society listing · Source reviewed 19 Oct 2026
Official sources
- NVPC list of recognised fellowships ↗
- M. Feijen — NVPC — official Zuyderland fellowship vacancy PDF ↗
Source review: 19 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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