Background
Terpstra, Onno Tjalling was born on July 18, 1944 in The Hague, Netherlands.
Terpstra, Onno Tjalling was born on July 18, 1944 in The Hague, Netherlands.
Doctor of Medicine, University Leiden, Netherlands, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Netherlands, 1979.
Research fellow in surgery Harvard University, 1976-1977. Professor surgery, chairman department surgery Leiden University, Netherlands, 1991—2003. Professor surgery Erasmus University, Netherlands, 1987-1991.
Dean education Erasmus Medical Center, 2003—2004. Visiting professor University Massachusetts, 1984, University Lund, Sweden, 1985, University Indonesia, Jakarta, 1988. Overseas visitor Royal Australian College Surgeons, 1991.
Fellow Eastern Surgical Society (honorary), Royal College Surgeons (England).