Double Dose - Stephan Schoonvelde

Stephan Schoonvelde is a PhD candidate at the Department of Cardiology at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam under the supervision of Dr Michels.

Having graduated and acquired his medical degree, he first worked as a resident of Cardiology in a large city hospital before realising he had a wish to further develop his fascination for cardiology within the world of clinical research. Considering the unanswered pathophysiological and genetic aspects pertaining hypertrophic cardiomyopathy a thoroughly interesting challenge, he aims to be able to provide his own contribution to the gaps in knowledge relevant to the disease.