Education 1981 KUL optievak: Electronics for medical use 1982 KUL optievak: Medical information technology 1977-1984 KUL dokter in genees-, heel- en verloskunde 1985 ILT 3j French 1986 ILT 3j English 1984-1988 Specialisatie: Anesthesie, Intensieve en Spoedgevallen onder Prof VandeWalle, Prof Vandermeersch en Prof Van Aken. 1987 UCSF one year residency at UCSF onder Prof M Miller 1993 Vlerick management school Gent: Management of research and innovation by Koen Debacker. 1994 Kul Geaggregeerde van het hoger onderwijs in de biomedische wetenschappen. thesis title: The ventricular pressure as a function of volume and flow. Promotor: H Van Aken, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Co Promotor: A. Noordergraaf, Penn University Pensylvania, Biomedical Research, 1995 KUL Postgraduate course in applied economics 2008 Wettelijk erkend proefleider voor dier experimenteel onderzoek
Experience / positions 2009 president and founder of the ESPCOP (European society for perioperative care of the obese patient) www.espcop.org 2008 Researcher at KULeuven Research from 2007 Ventilator modes improvements for anesthesia Research from 2006 Anesthesia for obesity and bariatric surgery: bariatric anaesthesiologist and inventor of safety bird Research from 2005 till 2008: Ventilator safety improvements: inventor of safety frog co Founder 1999 IPEC international training course for echocardiography Position 1996 until now AZ Sint Jan Brugge Chairmen of anesthesia Position 1994 1995 KUL supervisor anesthesia KUL Position 1994 KUL adj supervisor brand wonde centrum Co founder 1992 1994 European NO research group founded in Sweden for NO application in anesthesia, intensive care and neonatology Scientific Advisor 1990 1993 Baxter Key consultant for Continuous cardiac output Basic research with animals from 1988 till 1994 CEHA (center for research in surgery and anesthesia) modeling cardiac pump function using animal hearts Position 1990 1994 KUL supervisor cardio anesthesia Co-Founder 1990 Desitech, inc Minneapolis: inventor of cough assist devices. Basic research 1988 Medtronic,inc Minneapolis: dog research on cardio pulmonary synchronisation Research resident 1987 University of California San Francisco Clinical research with Trans esophageal echocardiography
