dr jurriaan tuynman

Jurriaan Tuynman, MD, PhD, is a colorectal surgeon at Amsterdam UMC at the Boelelaan location and has also been active in advanced colorectal endometriosis surgery since 2013. The spearheads are the treatment of colorectal carcinoma and in particular advanced rectal carcinoma and colorectal carcinoma and peritoneal metastases. He has been chairman of the colorectal carcinoma patient research group since 2014 and in this position he is committed to transmural care pathways within the region. The regional network that has been formed is an important basis for top care, research and education. He is principal investigator of several large international studies (COLOR3 and TESAR trial) and has supervised 6 PHDs. He also teaches assistants in training at a national level; laparoscopic colon surgery, but also at an international level for minimally invasive rectal surgery. For endometriosis surgery, he has conducted a lot of research together with gynecology into innovations for minimally invasive endometriosis surgery in the field of better imaging and less invasive techniques such as TAMIS.