Ivo de Blaauw went to medical school at Radboud University. He then started as resident in surgery and tropical medicine and worked for Medicine sans Frontiere (MSF). He also worked for 4 years in a laboratory to write a thesis on protein and amino acid metabolism in cancer at the Maastricht University.
Since 2014 he has been the head of the pediatric surgical department of the Radboudumc-Amalia Children’s Hospital in Nijmegen. The pediatric surgical department at the Radboudumc is nationally and internationally recognized as center of expertise for pediatric colorectal diseases. Since 2016 he was appointed as professor of pediatric surgery at the Radboud University Nijmegen
Over the last 5 years, he has beeninvolved in several international teaching courses focused on anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung’s Disease.
His research now is now focused on pediatric colorectal diseases, CDH and vascular malformations. He is involved in the European network for anorectal malformations (ARMnet.eu) and is now participating in European Reference Networks (eUROGEN, ERNICA). Finally, he is involved in research on the possibilities of tissue engineering for the pelvic floor and diaphragmatic hernias