PhD Candidate, UMC Utrecht; Netherlands

Mathé Delissen obtained his medical degree from Utrecht University in 2021. After graduation, he worked for one year as a resident not in training at St. Antonius Hospital in Utrecht. In 2023, he began his PhD trajectory at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. D.L. Zwart, Prof. Dr. F.H. Rutten, and Dr. E. de Groot. His PhD research focuses on implementing evidence-based improvements in telephone triage for patients calling out-of-hours primary care for chest discomfort. Mathé combines his PhD work with a postgraduate master’s in Epidemiology at Utrecht University.