Background
Werf, Tjipke Sytse van der was born on March 20, 1954 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Gerlof and Bertha Gezina (Rietberg) van der Werf.
Werf, Tjipke Sytse van der was born on March 20, 1954 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Gerlof and Bertha Gezina (Rietberg) van der Werf.
Doctor of Medicine, Medical Faculty, Groningen, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Medical Faculty, Groningen, 1991.
House officer, Diakenessen Hospital, Groningen, 1980-1982; medical officer, Agogo Hospital, Ghana, 1983-1987; registrar internal medicine, Sophia Hospital, Zwothe, Netherlands, 1988-1989; senior registrar, Department Pulmonary Disease, U. Hospital, Groningen, since 1990.
Married Talgiena Wesselina, october 29, 1976. Children: Emie, Christine, Anneloes.