Prof. Dr. C. Niek van Dijk, MD, PhD is the head of the Orthopaedic Department of the AMC hospital (Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam) and full professor in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Amsterdam. He is specialized in surgery of the ankle and knee, sport traumatology and arthroscopic surgery.

In 2000 he started the first Amsterdam Foot and Ankle Course, and developped the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle Platform. Niek van Dijk is founder and director of the Orthopaedic Research Center Amsterdam, and has several international board positions in the scope of foot and ankle surgery. He has published over 200 scientific indexed publications and book chapters.

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During the Amsterdam Foot & Ankle Course lectures and practical sessions are given by an expert faculty. In 2012 the faculty consists of 17 national and international experts.

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