ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marinella Offerman, daughter of Krijn Offerman and Ria Offerman - van der Raad and younger sister of Peter Offerman, was born on March 24, 1971 in Vlaardingen.
A graduation at high school SG Spieringshoek Schiedam and a study Economics at the Haagse Hogeschool, was the basis for a 12 year long career at Procter & Gamble (P&G) during which an intensive internal training program followed. She started as marketing assistant, was appointed to assistant manager public relations and in 2000 she got promoted to head of the department consumer relations Netherlands and Belgium. End 2004 she decided to leave P&G to pursue a career in health care.
She went to the Leiden University to study Psychology and during the first years she had a hospitality agreement with the Erasmus MC department Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck surgery and has done work in research psychosocial oncology, palliative care and patient information and communication. In 2008 Marinella graduated cum laude with a Master in Science Psychology. The same year she started to work fulltime at the Head & Neck surgery department. She did research with Head and Neck cancer patients in different disease stages. For her research with laryngectomees, the team received a four year funding of the Michel Keijzer Fund of the NSvG. She also supported other health care professionals in different quality projects and research aiming to improve the care for patients with head and neck cancer, she coordinated the work of specialized nurses, gave lectures in communication skills to medical students and translated this work to the clinical practice.
Marinella Offerman lives together with Anton Duijndam on the premises of the family business, the Riding School ‘Manege de Prinsenstad’, Delft.
"TOWARDS A BETTER CARE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR PARTNERS"
Copyright ©2013 Marinella Offerman
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