Sara Janssens qualified in 2008 from the University of Ghent, Belgium. She started an internship at the Department of Medical Imaging and Orthopaedics at the University of Ghent, whereafter she worked as general practitioner at two busy general practices in Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2012 Sara started her residency in small animal surgery at Utrecht University and she is still working as a surgeon at the University Clinic of Utrecht. Her main interest is soft tissue surgery, with a focus on hepatic, urogenital and minimal invasive surgery.