I’m an anesthesiologist (2008) and epidemiologist (2004). I’ve studied Medicine at the University of Maastricht (1996) and obtained my PhD at the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (2003) on the thesis entitled: “The use of microcirculatory techniques in the assessment of pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of critical limb ischemia”. I’ve worked as a resident Surgery (Isala Klinieken Zwolle) and Intensive Care (Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis). I was trained at the St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein (2008) and became a staff (pediatric) anesthesiologist at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht (2009). I was a visiting researcher at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne (2012). Since 2016 I’m working at the Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam. I’m Honorary Secretary of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (2016), andvice president of the Dutch Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia (2013). I’m head of Research Pediatric Anesthesia, Erasmus MC. My research focuses on the improvement of perioperative care in children using retrospective and prospective pre- and intraoperative (database) studies. Furthermore, I’m is a member of the Trial Steering Committee and Management Group of the GAS-study and national coordinator of the Nectarine study. I have published more than 60 papers in international papers and I’m a regular invited speaker at national and international conferences, associate editor of Pediatric Anesthesia and a reviewer of various international scientific journal. I have received the ESA Research Support Grant 2013 and Philips Grant 2015. Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurgen-de-graaff-05147b7/ esearchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jurgen_Graaff ebsite: http://pediatric-anesthesia.eu/