Nicolaas van der Lely
Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Netherlands
Biography
Nicolaas van der Lely was born on August 13th, 1963 in Vlaardingen (Netherlands). From 1981 to 1988 he studied medicine at the Erasmus Medical Centre of Rotterdam (EMCR). During this period he also worked in Geneva, Paris and in Baltimore (USA). He had his clinical training in paediatrics in Maastricht (UMCM) and Amsterdam (AMC-EKZ). From 1995 to 1997 he was fellow in Pediatric Intensive Care in AMC EKZ. In 2002 he completed his thesis 'Emergency Care for Critically ill Children‘. Since 1997 he is working as a paediatrician at the Reinier de Graaf Hospital (RdGG) in Delft as chief of residents. Since 2000 he did a lot of research on alcohol and youth for which he is well known in the Netherlands. In December 2006 he opened a multidisciplinary alcohol outpatient clinic. Because of this he is well known and asked for by local, regional and national policy makers.