ENT surgery involves children, adults, the elderly, men and women. That variety is what makes the profession so enjoyable for me. It’s also a profession that involves the senses: smell and hearing. Improving someone’s hearing after ear surgery or making their ear suitable for swimming is the most rewarding part of my job.
Developing a plan with the patient to alleviate their symptoms is a collaborative and sometimes challenging process. There are always multiple options, and I believe that identifying and explaining this aspect to each patient is something everyone deserves—something we call “shared decision-making.”
Specialty/areas of interest
Ear surgery, cholesteatoma, bony obliteration techniques, ear canal and middle ear reconstruction, canaloplasty, and meatoplasty.
Hearing-enhancing ear surgery, eardrum closures, eardrum reconstructions, middle ear reconstructions, and stapedotomy
BAHA surgery
FESS surgery (revision surgery using navigation)
General ENT
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German
Work experience
KNO-arts Bonaire 2025
KNO-arts Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam 2007-2025
KNO-arts Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht 2007
AIOS KNO AMC, Amsterdam 2002-2007
ANIOS KNO Centraal Militair Hospitaal, Utrecht 2000-2002
ANIOS Chirurgie Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis loc. Zwijndrecht 2000
Education
ENT surgery , University of Amsterdam 2002- 2007
Geneeskunde , Erasmus University Rotterdam 1992 – 1999
Extracurricular positions/memberships
Member ENT society Netherlands
Publications
An unusual cause of sinusitis. Hummelen R, Zeegers T, den Hollander J, Tabink I, ten Koppel P. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2012;156(48):A5373. Dutch
Nasal septal abscess in children: reconstruction with autologous cartilage grafts on polydioxanone plate. Menger DJ, Tabink IC, Trenité GJ. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Aug;134(8):842-7
Treatment of septal hematomas and abscesses in children.Menger DJ, Tabink I, Nolst Trenité GJ. Facial Plast Surg. 2007 Nov;23(4):239-43
“Gustatoir zweten na extirpatie van de glandula submandibularis.”
IC Tabink, PJFM Lohuis, KNO tijdschrift 12 – 2006 : 2, april
Kraakbeenregeneratie bij groeiende konijnensepta. Een studie bij 24 New Zealand White konijnen naar histologische veranderingen na septumcorrecties. IC Tabink, Prof. Dr. GJ Nolst Trenité (niet gepubliceerd, promotieonderzoek)
“Duizeligheid in de 1e – en 2e – lijns gezondheidszorg “ in samenwerking met Dr. Tj. D. Bruintjes en Dr. R. van Leeuwen (Gelre – ziekenhuis, Apeldoorn)
“Evaluatie van de transantrale orbitadecompressies tussen 1989 en 1998 bij patiënten met morbus Graves” IC Tabink, RM Teeuw , RML Poublon (Erasmus Medisch Centrum Rotterdam)
“Differential effect on mast cells in Morbus Crohn” IC Tabink, FJ Zijlstra, MAC Meijssen, JHP Wilson Digestive Diseases & Sciences, supplement ‘98
“Verschillen in leukocyten en hun cytokinen tussen Morbus Crohn en Colitis Ulcerosa” , presentatie onderzoeksresultaten voorjaarscongres van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gastro-Enterologie (NVGE) in 1998, Veldhoven
