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Dirk E.M. Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD, FEBTS, FERS
BACKGROUND
MD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1977-1984)
General Surgery Residency, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium (1984-1989) [Prof Dr JA Gruwez]
Thoracic Residency, East Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, UK (1990) [Prof HR Matthews]
Research Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York (1991) [Dr RJ Ginsberg]
Cardio-thoracic Transplant Fellow, Freeman Hospital, UK (1991) [Prof JH Dark]
Staff member, Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium (1992-present)
PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1998)
Professor of Surgery (Oct 2005 – present)
Head of Clinic, Thoracic Surgery (Nov 2001 – present)
Head of Leuven University Hospital Transplant Center (2007-present)
Program Director Medical School, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (2012-2020)
OTHER INTERESTS
Lung Transplantation
Emphysema Surgery
Pulmonary Metastases
Thymic Tumors
Chest Wall Tumors
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
RESEARCH
Lung Transplantation (LTx)
Lung Preservation
Extended-Criteria Donors (ECD)
Donors after Circulatory Death (DCD)
Ex-vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP)
Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) before, during, and after lung transplantation
Thoraco-Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion (TA-NRP)
Pulmonary Metastasectomy (PM)
Mediastinal Tumors
