Frank Huygen is full Professor in Anesthesiology especially Pain Medicine in Erasmusmc and University Medical Center Utrecht. 

He is principle investigator in several research lines especially focusing on CRPS and neuromodulation. He authored more than 200 peer reviewed articles, chapters in books and journals. He is member of the editorial boards of the journal of Pain Practice and the journal of Neuromodulation. In 2019 he chaired the scientific committee of the 11th EFIC World congress of pain in Valencia. Since 2020, he chairs the Education Committee of the European Pain Federation (EFIC).