Adrianus Cornelis Douwes

Background

Douwes, Adrianus Cornelis was born on December 2, 1940 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Son of Adriaan and Margaretha Helena (Burlage) Douwes.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1971. Postgraduate, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1975. Postgraduate, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1977.

Postgraduate, University Groningen (the Netherlands), 1979.

Career

Resident in pediatrics, Open U. Hospital, Amsterdam, 1971-1975; resident in pediatrics, Erasmus U.-Sophia Children's Hospital, 1975-1977; president, Federation Dutch Medical Students, Amsterdam, 1967-1969; medical doctor, Free U., Amsterdam, 1971-1975; pediatrician, Free U., Amsterdam, since 1975; gastroenterologist, Free U., Amsterdam, since 1977; senior lecturer, Free U., Amsterdam, 1986-1991; chairman pediatric department, Free U., Amsterdam, since 1991. Visiting professor U. Kuwait, 1981, Medical Faculties Java, Indonesia, 1992. Member of advisory board VOVO (food organization), Den Haag, the Netherlands, 1979-1984.

Organizer joint meeting European and American Socs. for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Amsterdam, 1990.

Achievements

• Adrianus Cornelis Douwes has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sergeant Dutch military, 1963-1964. Member Dutch Committee on Infant Nutrition (vice president since 1984), Dutch Pediatric Society (science committee since 1984), European Society Paediatric Gastroententerology & Nutrition, Dutch Society Pediatrics, Dutch Society Gastroententerology.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, sailing, photography, skiing.

Connections

Married Geurdina Jeanette Ozinga, February 19, 1969 (divorced January 1984). Children: Martine, Hilde, Sara.

Father:

Adriaan Douwes

Mother:

Margaretha Helena (Burlage) Douwes

Spouse:

Geurdina Jeanette Ozinga

child:

Hilde Douwes

child:

Martine Douwes

child:

Sara Douwes