Neurologist Dr. Guus Schoonman appointed endowed Professor ’Digital communication in clinical practice’

Neurologist and researcher Guus Schoonman has been appointed endowed Professor at the chair 'Digital communication in clinical practice' at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, effective May 1. This chair was established in collaboration with the Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital (ETZ)Tilburg. Schoonman will conduct research on the role and added value of digital tools in communication between the patient and the healthcare provider. Guus Schoonman (1974, Deventer) studied medicine at Leiden University. He received his PhD from Leiden University Medical Center in 2008 with an NWO grant for research 'Trigger factors and mechanisms in migraine'. He also trained as a neurologist there. In 2013, he was appointed by the ETZ as a neurologist and clinical researcher.