Sara Z. Kuiper was born on the 13th of July 1995 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. She attended secondary school at the Bernhard Lievegoed Vrije School in Maastricht after which she commenced her medical studies at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) of Maastricht University in September 2013. During her second year of the Bachelor of Medicine, she started as a research-assistant in the field of faecal incontinence at the department of Surgery (Maastricht University Medical Centre, MUMC+). Her interest in surgical research sustained and, in 2016, she made the transition to the area of haemorrhoidal disease. At the MUMC+, she completed her research internship on the quality of life of patients with haemorrhoidal disease under the supervision of dr. R.R. Van Tol and dr. S.O. Breukink. In her fifth year of Medicine, Sara was offered the chance to initiate and co-write a ZonMw research proposal regarding the most optimal treatment of recurrent haemorrhoidal disease. The research proposal was granted to the project team in June 2019 and, in the same month, she graduated from medical school. Following the acceptance of the research proposal, Sara started as a PhD-student at Maastricht University under supervision of prof. C.D. Dirksen, dr. S.O. Breukink and dr. M.L. Kimman. Currently, Sara works as a resident not in training at the Urology department of Zuyderland Medical Centre, the Netherlands.