Bert Schulten Appointed Professor
Per January 1 2012, dr. E.A.J.M. (Bert) Schulten has been appointed full professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) at the VU University Medical Center (VUmc) and ACTA.
Professor Schulten graduated from dental school (1987) and medical school (1998) at the VU University in Amsterdam. In 1990 he defended his PhD-thesis, entitled “Oral lesions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: a clinico-pathologic study” at the same university. Between 1993 and 1997 he was trained as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the VUmc in Amsterdam. Since 1998 he is full-time staff member in the department of OMFS at the VUmc / ACTA, between 2001 and 2009 as chef de clinique. Since July 1, 2011, he is head of the training program of OMFS at the VUmc. Furthermore, he is involved in patient care mainly consisting of reconstructive surgery and dental implant surgery, and teaching of dental students (ACTA) and medical students (VUmc). His research activities focus on bone (re)generation in the oral and maxillofacial region. He is currently involved in a ZonMW-subsidized phase I clinical study on “Bone augmentation with autologous adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells, BMP-2, and calcium phosphate carriers in a human maxillary sinus model”. This research project is carried out in close collaboration with the departments of Oral Cell Biology (ACTA) and Orthopedic Surgery (VUmc) within the Research Institute MOVE.