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Lecture “Osteochondral defects in the ankle: the rationale for diagnosis and treatment”, 29th GOTS (Association of Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Sports Medicine) Annual Congress, Munich, Germany
205:(AMC), where he commenced his career as an orthopaedic surgeon. In March 1994, he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam. His thesis was entitled “Diagnostic strategies in patients with severe
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Foot and Ankle
Clinics “Arthroscopy of the Foot and Ankle”, Guest editor: C. Niek van Dijk, consulting editor Mark S. Myerson, Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, June 2006,volume 11, number 2.
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of the ankle and knee. Until 2016 Van Dijk was Full
Professor in Orthopaedics and head of the Orthopaedic Department at the AMC-hospital in Amsterdam (
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Niek van Dijk has won renown as a leading authority for arthroscopic surgery of the ankle and the knee. In particular, he is known for his
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Lecture “Osteochondral Talar Defects: Current Concepts”; Visiting Professor Harvard University, Boston, USA.
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2007 Rose Honorary Lecture: “Treatment of OCD”; Visiting Professor, Hospital of Special Surgery (HSS),New York, USA.
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Ankle Arthroscopy: Techniques Developed by the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle School
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