Staff - Huisartsenpraktijk Bergse Bos

General practitioners

Wouter Boswinkel was born and raised in Rotterdam. He is a general practitioner in Hillegersberg-Terbregge since 1992. To pass on his passion for the general practitioner profession to the next generation, he has been a general practitioner trainer since 2010. Since 2014, he has also been additionally qualified for expertise in the musculoskeletal system, with a specialization in chronic back pain. As a general practitioner with an additional specialization, he is guest lecturer at the Erasmus MC with the aim of educating general practitioners (in training).

Renske Kuppens studied Medicine in Utrecht and continued to work as a physician in pediatrics after obtaining her physician’s diploma. After that, she did scientific research at the Sophia Kinderziekenhuis and obtained her PhD. Renske has officially become a general practitioner with us in June 2020. Renske works on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Practice manager

Ria Doekhie-Biekhram has been practice manager at Huisartsenpraktijk Bergse Bos for many years. Besides that, she has been training the doctor’s assistants over the last years. She works in the practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Doctor’s assistants

Carmen Duinkerke started working with us this year. She is a nurse and a doctor’s assistant in training. Carmen works on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Shaan Sewgobind has worked in education as a biology teacher for a long time and recently made a career change. In December 2021 she started working for our practice as a doctor’s assistant. Shaan works on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Carmen and Shaan can help you with:

Smears
Blood, urine and pregnancy tests
ECG’s (electrocardiograms)
24-hour and regular blood pressure measurements
Ear cleaning
Treatment of warts with liquid nitrogen
Injections (vaccinations, injectable contraceptive, tetanus, etc.)
Removal of surgical suture
Vaccination advice for travel to the tropics
Wound care

General practice-based nurse specialist (somatics)

Elleke van Vliet works as a general practice-based nurse specialist in somatics in our practice. She offers support in care tasks related to diabetes, asthma, COPD, CVD-risk management and in elderly care. Elleke has had years of experience working in other general medical practices, amongst others at the Minervaplein and in Blijdorp. Elleke works on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

General practice-based nurse specialists (mental health care)

Heike Klinken has years of experience as a psychologist and psychotherapist. With those qualities, she supports our practice. Heike works in our practice on Friday morning.

If you feel like you are facing psychological difficulties or problems, in many cases Heike will be able to help. For example with the following: