After 3 years in Spain, all I can say is that I have been welcomed with open arms and given every opportunity to set up a hip and knee practice. My wife and 3 children have also completely landed.

After starting at Hospital Ceram, I started at Hospital Vithas Xanit Estepona in November 2022 because they also had contracts with Spanish insurers. They were enamored with the anterior, muscle-sparing, surgical method for placement of hip replacements and the minimally invasive method for placement of knee replacements. That patients could be back on their feet 4 hours after surgery and go home the next day was new on the Costa del Sol.

Sinds 2023 werk ik ook met een internationaal team van ervaren specialisten bij de Compass Clinic in Marbella voor private zorg, dit is verbonden met de German Clinic in Marbella. De private operaties worden uitgevoerd in het moderne, luxe ziekenhuis Recoletas Salud Marbella, gelegen in het centrum van Marbella.

Became a consultant for the Stryker company since 2024 to introduce the anterior hip approach in Andalucia. I teach Spanish orthopedists how this muscle-sparing surgical method works and they can also participate during my surgeries. Meanwhile, I have had the opportunity to receive many fellow Spanish orthopedic surgeons and I have also been invited to them as a guest surgeon.

In the near future, I would like to introduce robotic surgery (MAKO) in Marbella or Estepona so that hip and knee replacements can be placed even more accurately. I am also targeting patients who live abroad but would like to have hip or knee surgery performed in Marbella. They can then return home after 1 week. These Spanish activities are combined with 4 days per month Flexclinics in Utrecht. In Utrecht I also work with the MAKO operating robot.