Paul Sergeant

Paul Sergeant, Professor, M.D. Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Department Herestraat 49 Leuven 3000 Belgium +32 (16) 344219 +32 (16) 344616 (Fax) http://www.opcab-training.eu

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• RUGent Medical School (1974)
• Fellow Cardiac Surgery Milwaukee (1978-79)
• Resident Cardiothoracic Surgery Nieuwegein NL (1979-80)
• Belgian Surgical Licence (1980)
• Ph.D. KULeuven (1988) Hazard Analysis
• Business Management KULeuven (1991-92)
• Adviser to Governmental Agencies on macro- and micro- health economics
• Adviser to Medical Industry on Strategy and R&D
• K.U.Leuven OPCAB Training and Re-training School

Interests

• My wife and children
• Annihilation of early risk and optimisation of late result in CABG
• Knowledge generation (databases, mathematical modeling, CABG, OPCAB)
• Knowledge transfer (surgical training and re-training)
• Knowledge distribution (CTSNet)
• Implementation of business concepts into medicine (process management, innovation and re-engineering
• Implementation of business concepts in scientific organisations