Medical school KULeuven Belgium 1981
Training Cardiovascular Surgery KULeuven 1987
Resident Cardiovascular Surgery AZ Middelheim 1987-1989
Senior Resident Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium 1990-1998
PhD on cerebral protection 1996
experience with homograft banking ( EHB 1990)
aortic surgery
combined cardiac procedures
cardiac assist devices
scientific work on myocardial protection