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Pek van Andel
Dutch physician · Netherlands · On the map · Doctors · Born 1944 · age 82
Menko Victor (Pek) van Andel, known as a "serendipitologist", obtained his university degree in medical research in Groningen. There, he developed an artificial cornea as a treatment for blindness alongside the inventive ophthalmologist Jan Worst.
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Pek van Andel is read about 3.5 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 12 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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This low-cost prosthesis was honored with the Wubbo Ockels innovation prize in 1994 and remains widely manufactured and implanted in India.
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Country
Netherlands
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82
