ISSVA 2022 – Vancouver
The ISSVA (International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies) is a multidisciplinary international organization of doctors, scientists and healthcare providers united by an interest in vascular anomalies. Once every 2 years, the ISSVA organizes a worldwide conference. For 2022 the conference was held in Vancouver (Canada) from May 10-13. We were able to combine […]
CMTC-OVM Members conference Netherlands 2022
Around 70 people took part in our conference (a limited number participated ‘online’ via ‘online streaming’). Participants came from Belgium, Canada, Germany, England, Georgia, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. During our conference we also celebrated our 25th anniversary. We received, among other things, congratulations via a video message from Prof. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende (Former […]
Webinar 23 April 2022 – Vascular malformations and pregnancy
Dr. Naomi van Hout is a plastic surgeon focusing on vascular malformations. She is the successor of prof Van der Horst who is medical advisor of CMTC-OVM. In this webinar she talks about vascular malformations and pregnancy. Van Hout is in the AVA-team of the Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC, expertisecentre for congenital vascular malformations). In […]
Dr. Kakha Bregvadze (Georgia) – Medical advisor
Kakha Bregvadze, MD., is a clinical dermatologist and a teaching and research staff member at the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. His primary interest lies in the field of genodermatosis, rare genetic conditions and health-related quality of life in patients with various rare conditions. Currently he is […]
Prof. Dr. Tinatin Tkemaladze (Georgia) – Medical advisor
Prof. Dr. Tinatin Tkemaladze is the head of the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), as well as consultant clinical geneticist at several major pediatric hospitals. Tinatin has special interest in inherited metabolic diseases presenting as childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and syndromes with dysmorphic features. Over the last several years […]
25 years CMTC-OVM Anniversary booklet
We have developed a special Anniversary booklet for our 25th anniversary. One of the authors is Prof. dr. Jan Peter Balkenende (former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002-2010) is the leader of the ‘Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition’, a partnership of eight multinationals committed to sustainable growth, professor of ‘Governance, Institutions & Internationalisation’ at Erasmus University […]
Germany – Martina Peters
Ik ben Martina Peters uit Langenhagen/Duitsland. Ik ben geboren in 1971 en werk al meer dan 20 jaar als leraar op een vakschool voor elektrotechniek en werktuigbouwkunde in Hannover. Toen Nele, mijn jongste van drie dochters, in 2011 werd geboren met CMTC, wist niemand in een ziekenhuis in de buurt waar haar plekken door werden […]
Our birthday video from Austria
Our Patient Advocates Silke & Alexander with their son Niklas from Austria made a very original video to celebrate our 25th anniversary!
New treasurer & board expansion
Jacob Schipper, our previous treasurer is now really retired and his role has been taken over by Alexandra Haan. In addition, Laurens Rorive joined our board as a communication advisor. They will officially join our board at our global membership conference on October 29 and 30. Are you also interested in joining our board? Please […]
Dr. Peter de Laat retired
Dr. Peter de Laat retired on the 1st of August 2022. Peter was one of our medical advisors, a pediatrician, and one of the members of the multidisciplinary WEVAR (Working group for Vascular Abnormalities Rotterdam) team at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). He worked together with our medical advisor Prof. Dr. Suzanne […]