Background
Erkelens, Dirk Willem was born on October 11, 1941 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Adriaan Dirk Erkelens and Ada Helena (De Byll) Nachenius.
Erkelens, Dirk Willem was born on October 11, 1941 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Adriaan Dirk Erkelens and Ada Helena (De Byll) Nachenius.
Doctor of Medicine, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1967.
Intern, 1973; assistant, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, 1968-1970; junior fellow, U. Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1970-1975; senior fellow, U. Washington, Seattle, 1976-1978; fellow, U. Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1978-1982; professor medicine, U. Utrecht, The Netherlands, since 1982; department chairman medicine, U. Utrecht, The Netherlands, since 1986. Chamberlain to Queen of The Netherlands, since 1994.
President Provincial Utrecht Society for Arts and Sciences, 1988-1990. Member European Society Clinical Investigation (president 1985, honorary treasurer 1981-1984), European Association for Study of Diabetes (member council 1989-1992), Dutch Society Sciences, Haarlem.
Married Eleonora South Carolina. Buttinger, November 20, 1965. Children: Gezina Wilhelmina, Charles Theodoor.