Robbert Bentvelsen

Background

About Robbert Bentvelsen

Medical Doctor, trained at the Erasmus MC Rotterdam, specializing in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases at the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, and the HagaZiekenhuis The Hague, the Netherlands.Physician-Microbiologist in training at various departments (internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, intensive care, pulmonology, neurology, pediatrics etc) at the LUMC and HagaZiekenhuis.Tasks include clinical consultations from various departments, managing lab work on a daily basis and guarding quality and interpretation of results. Also, infection prevention and control is an important part of the job, with outbreak management, combining diagnostics, providing protocols on management and isolation of hazardous pathogens and consulting clinicians on individual situations.Investigator on the Participatient project. Reducing urinary tract infections via patient participation with a smartphone app.