Social Events
First "Fellow comeback-day" 2006
By Armand Girbes
Sep 2, 2006 - 8:22:00 AM

Former fellows and fellows met with the staff and had a come together as a first reunion on September 1st 2006. This reunion is intended to bring fellows in contact with former fellows, now settled intensivists, and to intensify social contacts between all those who worked and work as an intensivist in the Intensive Care department of the VU medical center of Amsterdam. Nicole Juffermans and Marina Honing were the great organizers of this happening and they had prepared a silent hunoristic slide presentation with characteristic events, one-liners and pictures. This meeting was organized in "Keizer Culinair" in Amsterdam.

In this large kitchen dinner was prepared

During this social event a common dinner was prepared under close supervision of Keizer Culinair staff and small groups were responsible for different parts and plates of the dinner. Bert Thijs gave a very interesting lecture on the history of the department of Intensive Care and he summarized all his efforts to turn different units into one department. Kees Polderman, who was the first fellow who finished his training in the VUmc IC department and was since then a staffmember, reported briefly on his experience as a fellow in the late nineties. He also explained why his name was written as KAAS POLDERMAN in one of his first publication. By coincidence this very first fellow comeback-day was also the first day for Kees Polderman to work in Utrecht as the new vice-chairman of the department of IC.

The afternoon and evening come together was a great social success and Nicole Juffermans and Marina Honing were thanked by the chairman of the Department, Armand Girbes, for their great initiative and efforts to make it an unforgettable fellow comeback-day.

Instructions are read carefully. Rob Strack instructs Trudy Admiraal.

Wim Engelbrecht, Bert Thijs, Jesse van Akkeren and Hagen Biermann

Armand Girbes had tears in his eyes

Jan Jaap Spijkstra prepares "amuse gueule"

Ronald Trof & Johan Groeneveld

Trudy Admiraal is determined. Ronald Trof is concentrated on his task.

The ladies' table, with co-organizer Marina Honing on the left.

Fellows Angélique Spoelstra and Cynthia Kleppe

Former fellow Marina Honing and Angélique Spoelstra

Bert Beishuizen and Johan Groeneveld

Cynthia concentrates on her sweet cookies

Bas Kors inspects and approves

Hagen Biermann distributes amuse gueules to his colleagues

Start of fellow-and-staff-prepared dinner. Sabine Brugman and Bas Kors in the front and Edo Schubert at the back.

Cheers. Former fellow Marc Königs is the 3rd from the left, next to his friend Hagen Biermann.

Cheers twice

Santé

A lecture by Bert Thijs was highly appreciated

Marina Honing and Kees Polderman (formerly known as Kaas Polderman) listen to Bert Thijs

Kees Polderman and Angélique Spoelstra

Fellow Angélique Spoelstra and staff member Annelies Tacx

Bert Thijs highlights the history of the IC department. Rob Strack is just visible on the left.