Quinten Rikken

Junior Researcher

Quinten Rikken (1996) is a clinical researcher based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and currently active as a MD/PhD student at the department of orthopaedic surgery at Amsterdam UMC. His research predominantly focusses on (sport) injuries of the foot and ankle.

After completing a research internship at the foot and ankle division of the department of orthopaedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (USA), he continued his PhD research in Amsterdam, focussing on the diagnosis and treatment of cartilage injuries of the ankle under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gino Kerkhoffs and Dr. Sjoerd Stufkens.

Quinten is a member of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), a web-editor of the Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics (JEO), and a peer-reviewer for KSSTA and a number of orthopaedic and non-orthopaedic journals. He happily enjoys his scientific and clinical work and is motivated by sports.

Gino Kerkhoffs

Chair

Gino Kerkhoffs (1972) is professor and head of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of the Amsterdam University Medical Centers; chair of the Academic Center of Evidence based Sports medicine (ACES), and co-chair of the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS), one of the 11 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Centers of Research Excellence for the Prevention of Injury and Promotion of Health in Athletes. His clinical work focusses on sports injuries of the lower extremity and he has been honorary recognized as Team NL Preferred Physician for providing excellent orthopedic medical care to elite athletes by the Dutch National Olympic Committee. His main research topics are:

1. Early detection, diagnosis and (surgical) treatment of ankle cartilage injuries

2. Early detection, diagnosis and (surgical) treatment of muscle injuries of the lower extremity

3. Mental health issues in (elite) athletes.

Through his research Kerkhoffs tries to help athletes to return to sport safely and quickly as well as prevent long term after career sequelae osteoarthritis and mental health problems.

Jari Dahmen

Junior Researcher

Jari Dahmen (1995) is a medical student in training finishing his degree mid-2020. Before initiating the study of Medicine, Jari studied Liberal Arts and Sciences at the Amsterdam University College (AUC). Here, Dahmen started studying osteochondral lesions in the ankle with Prof. Kerkhoffs and Dr. Stufkens, which resulted in an appointment as a PhD-researcher.

His main research interest is based in the foot and ankle sports traumatology, mainly focusing on osteochondral lesions in the ankle. Additionally, Jari’s interest lies in the assessment of effectiveness of different surgical treatment options for foot and ankle problems through systematic reviews of the literature. Being part of Team OCD (OsteoChondral Defect), Jari happily enjoys doing research within the team.