Background
Birkenhager, Tom was born on August 25, 1959 in Amsterdam. Son of Jan Birkenhager and Deborah Frenkel.
Birkenhager, Tom was born on August 25, 1959 in Amsterdam. Son of Jan Birkenhager and Deborah Frenkel.
Doctor of Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2004.
Psychiatrist Riagg Rijnmond, Rotterdam, 1991—1993, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands, 2002—2003. Psychiatrist, researcher Parnassia, Hague, Netherlands, 1993—2002. Associate professor psychiatry Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, since 2003.
Member Dutch Association Electroconvulsive Therapy, Utrecht, since 1996. Committee member Dutch Guidelines Major Depression Adults, Utrecht, 2002—2010, Dutch Guidelines Use Electroconvulsive Therapy, Utrecht, since 2008. Board member Association Clinical Research Psychiatry, Turnhout, Belgium, since 2007.
Active Partij van de Arbeid, Rotterdam, since 2003. Member of Dutch Association Psychiatrists.
Married Betty Gillesse, April 14, 1989. Children: Charlotte, Marius, Simone.