Patrycja Puiman

Dr. Patrycja Puiman is a consultant pediatrician with expertise in child abuse pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. She leads the child abuse team of the Sophia Children’s Hospital at the Erasmus Medical Center and is involved in several projects and initiatives such as the ‘Erasmus MC Child Sexual Assault Center’, the ‘Rotterdam Center for Domestic Violence and Child Abuse’ and the national ‘Dutch Expertise Center for Child Abuse’. Dr. Puiman her research focus is on recognition of child abuse. She initiated the Dutch consortium on screening for child treatment that resulted in a new Screening instrument for Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) followed by a multicenter study “Implementation of SCAN in the Netherlands”. Together with European collaborators, Dr. Puiman addresses recognition of child maltreatment in emergency departments and is currently working on implementation of strategies to improve child maltreatment recognition in Europe.