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department were approached by using innovative methods such as using “Lean Six Sigma programs” to eliminate waiting lists. Furthermore open working spaces were created for staff members and residents. Teaching of medical students was modernized. The training of residents was updated. Research focused on two major topics: genodermatology and oncology. The number of staff members and residents increased significantly as well as the quality of patient care. In November 2007 the first World congress on Genodermatology was organized in Maastricht, which was the first of a number of successful conferences on this topic. Maurice Adrianus Monique van Steensel In 2010 the university patient department was extended with a second outpatient clinic (the so called location “West”), containing “daycare” facilities. The scientific zeal of the department culminated in the appointment of Maurice Adrianus Monique van Steensel (1969) as professor of Genodermatology in 2011. Research Oncology In 1992 Mohs micrographic surgery was introduced in Maastricht. From that year on, patients were referred to Maastricht from all over the country, as it was in those days the only hospital in the Netherlands where this method was practiced. Today, our dermatologists play an important role in many multidisciplinary teams, like the head and neck oncology team and the melanoma team. Many skin tumors are treated multidisciplinary with plastic surgeons, ENT specialists, maxilla-facial surgeons, ophthalmologists, radiotherapists and medical oncologist. The dermatology department of the Medical faculty in Maastricht was the first in the Netherlands where new targeted therapies, like Vismodegib, were offered to patients with large basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or with metastases and patients with basal cell nevus syndrome. Research originally focused on prevention. A large screening campaign for melanoma was conducted and evaluated.[1] Later on the interest focused more on sunscreens. A lot of publicity was attracted with 146 BWEADVSMGFINCORR:Opmaak 1 21-07-2014 17:40 Pagina 146