prof. dr. D.C. (David C.) van der Zee
Full Professor
- Department of Pediatric surgery

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Biography
David C. van der Zee is pediatric surgeon and one of the founders of minimal invasive surgery in children and neonates. He made the department of pediatric surgery in Utrecht into a Center of Excellence for esophageal atresia with patients being referred form the whole country and throughout Europe. The Department is a training center for pediatric minimal invasive surgery. He is invited lecturer on several occasions, recently invited lecture: Training in pediatric laparoscopy, Academie Francaise Chirurgien, Paris, May 4, 2016. He was awarded Honorary Member of the Academie Francaise Chirurgien; invited lecture: Long gap esophageal atresia, 10 years Center of Excellence, Lille, May 9, 2016; Storz lecture BAPS congress Amsterdam, July 20-22 2016; invited lecture: Long gap esophageal atresia, INoEA, Sydney, September 16, 2016; invited lecture: Long term follow-up antireflux surgery in children. ISDE, Singapore September 19, 2016. Invited lecture: Laparoscopic Duhamel, Wuhan, China, 26-28 October 2016; invited lecture; Brazilian Pediatric Surgery 14-16 November, 2016; invited lecture: Pediatric Surgery 2016, Bologna 24-25 November 2016; invited lecture 100 Years Siriraj Surgery, Bangkok 27-30 March 2017.
Side Activities
President of IPEG (International Pediatric endoscopy Group)
Member Educational Committee IPEG
Member Program Committee IPEG
Member Development Committee IPEG
Member Emerging Technology IPEG
Member Publications IPEG
Chairman Medical Staff UMC Utrecht 2009-2015
Lid Accreditatie commissie Ned. Ver. Heelkunde.
Lid werkgroep Minimaal Invasieve Chirurgie
Voorzitter Snijdend Specialisten Overleg WKZ 2008-2015
Fellowship and Awards
A new technique for in vivo experiments in rat embryo’s. XXXV Ann Int Congress British Association Pediatric Surgeons, 21-23 September 1988, Athene Griekenland
BAPS videoprize 1988.
Minimal invasive pediatric surgery: increasing implementation in daily practice and resident’s training. David C. van der Zee, Lisette te Velde, Stefaan Tytgat, Justin de Jong, William Kramer, Daisy Vieirra-Travassos, Klaas Bax. 15th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), 4-7 July 2007, Athens, Greece. Posterprize.
Honorary Member of the Academie Francaise Chirurgien, January 11 2017.
Research Output (209)
Stellato Rebecca K, Mulder Femke V M, Tytgat Stefaan H A, Oudman Tycho S, van der Zee David C, Peppel-Mauritz Femke A van de, Lindeboom Maud Y A 19 mei 2020, In: Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques . 30 , p. 834-840 7 p.
Franken Josephine, Stellato Rebecca K, Tytgat Stefaan H A J, Van der Zee David C, Mauritz Femke A, Lindeboom Maud Y A 16 okt 2019, In: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 70 , p. e41-e47 7 p.
Franken Josephine, Stellato Rebecca K, Tytgat Stefaan H A J, van der Zee David C, Mauritz Femke A, Lindeboom Maud Y A 16 aug 2019, In: Quality of Life Research. 29 , p. 171-178 8 p.
Franken Josephine, Stellato Rebecca K., Tytgat Stefaan H.A.J., van der Zee David C., Mauritz Femke A., Lindeboom Maud Y.A. 21 mei 2019, In: Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 54 , p. 2268-2273 6 p.
Tytgat Stefaan H.A.J., van Herwaarden-Lindeboom Maud Y.A., van Tuyll van Serooskerken E. Sofie, van der Zee David C. 1 jul 2018, In: Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 53 , p. 1420-1423 4 p.
van der Zee David C., van Herwaarden Maud Y.A., Hulsker Caroline C.C., Witvliet Marieke J., Tytgat Stefaan H.A. 1 dec 2017, In: Clinics in Perinatology. 44 , p. 753-762 10 p.
Gallo Gabriele, Vrijlandt Elianne J.L.E., Arets Hubertus G.M., Koppelman Gerard H, Van der Zee David C., Hulscher Jan B F, Zwaveling Sander 1 nov 2017, In: Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 52 , p. 1736-1741 6 p.
Van Wessel Daan B.E., Boere Thomas, Hulzebos Christian V., de Kleine Ruben H J, Verkade Henkjan J., Hulscher Jan B F, , Escher J.H., van Heurn L. W. Ernest, Houwen R. H.J., Kindermann A., Koot B., Sloots C.E.J., Blaauw I., van den Neucker A.M., Peeters P. M.J.G., Damen Gerard, Wilde J. C., Van Der Zee D. C., De Vries W. 1 okt 2017, In: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 65 , p. 370-374 5 p.
Mauritz Femke A, Stellato Rebecca K, van Heurn L W Ernst, Siersema Peter D, Sloots Cornelius E J, Houwen Roderick H J, van der Zee David C, van Herwaarden-Lindeboom Maud Y A aug 2017, In: Surgical Endoscopy. 31 , p. 3122-3129 8 p.
Franken Josephine, Mauritz Femke A., Stellato Rebecca K., Van der Zee David C., Van Herwaarden-Lindeboom Maud Y.A. 1 jul 2017, In: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 21 , p. 1105-1111 7 p.