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The hand is complex, intricate, and fascinating in function and anatomy. That is why hand surgery is a tremendous interesting field. This complexity can make it hard to master, however practical interaction with the anatomy can facilitate this process. Therefore, the Esser Masterclass was started; a fresh cadaver hands-on course on eight elements of the hand surgery: Nerves, Fractures, Tendons, Osteoarthritis, Local flaps, Microsurgery, Arthroscopy and Hand therapy. The Esser Masterclass is a non-profit organisation and is focused on providing a tailored made and hands on education by experts in the field.

Our mission is making high-quality hand surgery education accessible for every hand surgeon around the globe and our motto is:

“Training from hand surgeons to hand surgeons.”

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”Our mission is making high-quality handsurgery education accessible for every handsurgeon around the globe and our motto is training from handsurgeons to handsurgeons.

Founders & Chair

J. Michiel Zuidam

President Esser Masterclass | MD, PhD Plastic and Hand Surgeon | Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands zuidam@essermasterclass.com

Liron Duraku

Secretary Esser Masterclass | MD, PhD Plastic and Hand Surgeon | Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands duraku@essermasterclass.com

Ton Schreuders

President Esser Masterclass Hand Therapy | Hand Therapy Department, Hand and Wrist Centre, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Xander Smit

Vice-President Esser Masterclass | MD, PhD Plastic and Hand Surgeon | Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department. Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. smit@essermasterclass.com

Luca Bruin MD

Esser Masterclass Manager
PhD Candidate
Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Advisory Board

Dr. Vaikunthan Rajaratnam

Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Service Department of Orthopedic Surgery Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Singapore Department of Hand and Microsurgery Moscow, Russian Federation

Dr. Dominic Power

Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham United Kingdom

Dr. Paul van Minnen

Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Dr. Frederik Verstreken

Hand- and Wrist Surgery Department Monica Hospital & University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium

Our mission is making high-quality handsurgery education accessible for every handsurgeon around the globe and our motto is training from handsurgeons to handsurgeons.

SkillsLab

Esser Erasmus Masterclass SkillsLab: The Erasmus MC SkillsLab & Simulation Centre in Rotterdam is the medical-technical surgical training centre, with fully equipped ultramodern operating rooms. Microsurgery, X-ray scanning, 3-D surgery and virtual reality training are just a small selection of the large armentorium facilities of the SkillsLab. Number one priority of the Esser Masterclass SkillsLab is that the participant has the best possible environment, so that the only focus is to train the operation skills.