Linda de Vries, MD received her degree from the Medical School in Groningen, completed a Pediatric residency at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht, The Netherlands carried out a research fellowship at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, United Kingdom. Subsequently she also trained as a Pediatric Neurologist in Leuven, Belgium. Since 1989, she has worked in the department of Neonatology in Utrecht since 1989, where she is an Em. Professor in Neonatal Neurology.