Professor Otorhinolaryngology
Prof. Dr. P.P.G. (Peter Paul) van Benthem
Area(s) of expertise:
Otorhinolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology
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Introduction
I am Peter Paul G. van Benthem, a full professor in Otorhinolaryngology at the ENT-department at LUMC. I am also chair of this department and interim chair of the department of Ophthalmology and interim chair of Division 3 of the LUMC.
After my medical studies in Rotterdam, but also partly at the Yale University, University of Cambridge and l’Université de Grenoble, I started with histo- and electrophysiological research of an experimental guinea pig model for Meniere’s disease at the predecessor of the University Medical Center Utrecht. After a year of research, I simultaneously started training to become an ENT-surgeon. The PhD research and ENT residency were both completed in 1992. Between 1993 and 2016 I worked as otorhinolaryngologist at Gelre Hospitals in Apeldoorn. In 2016 I was appointed as full professor in Otorhinolaryngology and chair of the ENT-department of the LUMC. My inaugural speech, titled: “Contemplations on clinical research".
After my medical studies in Rotterdam, but also partly at the Yale University, University of Cambridge and l’Université de Grenoble, I started with histo- and electrophysiological research of an experimental guinea pig model for Meniere’s disease at the predecessor of the University Medical Center Utrecht. After a year of research, I simultaneously started training to become an ENT-surgeon. The PhD research and ENT residency were both completed in 1992. Between 1993 and 2016 I worked as otorhinolaryngologist at Gelre Hospitals in Apeldoorn. In 2016 I was appointed as full professor in Otorhinolaryngology and chair of the ENT-department of the LUMC. My inaugural speech, titled: “Contemplations on clinical research".
Scientific research
In 1993, I received the Dutch ‘encouragement prize’ for my PhD thesis. In 2011 en 2012, I received, together with my senior colleagues, the year prize for best ‘ SUMMA-coschap’ of the educational region of the University Medical Center in Utrecht. In 2015, I was nominated for the Value Based Health Care prize, with the project The Dutch ENT Research agenda. In 2014, I received an honorary medal of the Dutch ENT association for my work as chairman of the ENT science committee.
