Roger Schutgens is a Consultant Haematologist at the University Medical Centre Utrecht. His main responsibilities include care, research and education in the area of benign hematology and clotting diseases. Prof. Schutgens is the Head of at the Van Creveldkliniek, a national expertise center for rare and/or inherited benign hematologic disorders, thrombosis and haemostasis. He completed his medical degree from Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and he completed his PhD from Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Prof. Schutgens areas of focus include patients predisposed to bleeding, congenital abnormalities of platelets and hypercoagulable conditions.