Prof. Jan van Gijn Utrecht Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Jan van Gijn studied medicine in Leiden, The Netherlands. After a spell of social psychiatry during military service he was trained as a neurologist at Rotterdam University Hospital and the National Hospital, Queen Square. He subsequently worked as a consultant neurologist in Rotterdam. From 1983 to 2007 he was Professor... read moreand Chairman of the University Department of Neurology in Utrecht. His main research subject is cerebrovascular disease, ischemic or hemorrhagic. Additional interests include somatization and the history of neurology.