Filip Casselman

Filip P. A. Casselman, M.D., Ph.D., FETCS

Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
OLV Clinic – Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

K.U.L. (Leuven-Belgium) Medical School ( M.D. 1991)
K.U.L. General Surgery Residency (1991-1995)
K.U.L. Cardiac Surgery Residency (1995-1997)
Fellowship Adult Cardiac Surgery – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation – USA 1997-1998
Fellowship Adult Cardiac Surgery – St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein – Netherlands (1999-2000)
Ph.D. Thesis – University of Utrecht – Conservative aortic valve surgery in adults (2000)
Fellow of the European board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (2001)
Fellow CV surgery OLV Aalst (2001-2003)
Staff Surgeon Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, OLV Aalst, Belgium (2003 – present)

Adult Cardiac Surgery
Minimally invasive surgery (thoracoscopic and robotic)
Aortic and Mitral valve reconstructive surgery
Surgery for atrial fibrillation
TAVI
Sports : skiing, cycling
Violin
Wine