Qualifications:
June 1979
Candidate Medicine, RUCA, Antwerp Belgium – Great distinction
June 1983
Medical Doctor, UIA, Antwerp, Belgium with distinction
June 1983
Tropical institute
1988
Internal Medicine UA
1989
Diabetologist -endocrinologist
1999
European Recognitian for Diabetology-endocrinology
2001
PhD UA: “The Diabetic foot, a challenge for policy makers and health care professionals”
Professional Experience
1989-2003
UZA, Antwerp Belgium – endocrinologist
2003-2007
Maria Middelares, Sint Niklaas, Belgium - consultant Diabetic Foot Clinic
1989-01/05/2009
St Jozef Hospital, Bornem, Belgium- Head of Department Endocrinology ( convention diabetology(1300 patients) -pumptherapy-footclinic)
Various:
- First multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot clinic in Belgium at the university of Antwerp in 1989.
- Vice president of the EURODIALE ( see publications)- European Consortium in 10 countries and 14 centres working on Diabetic Foot
- National Diabetic Foot program started in 1993 till 2002.
- Thesis: Diabetic Foot: a challenge for policy makers and health care professionals in 2001
- Partner in the IWGDF (International working group of diabetic foot) ; president Karel Bakker.
- co author of the consensus document IWGDF( International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot)
- co author of Time to Act, IDF, 2005( Year of Diabetic Foot)—IDF-International Diabetes Federation
- Board member of SSCC: Step by Step Contact Committee ( part of WDF: world diabetes foundation, foot project/IDF), president
