Serge Motte, MD, PhD HUB Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles Dr Motte qualified as a medical doctor in 1982, went on to complete his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine in 1987, and was awarded his PhD in 1997, all at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He was from 2002 to 2021 Head of the...
An Van Berendoncks MD, PhD, FESC, is a cardiologist at Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium with main focus on Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD), Cardio-obstetrics and Echocardiography. She coordinates multidisciplinary meetings for ACHD, patients with young stroke and PFO and pregnancy heart team. She is Assistant Professor at the Antwerp University, Research group Cardiovascular Diseases, GENCOR...
Jef Van den Eynde is an Internal Medicine resident and researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium, with a focus on cardiovascular sciences. He developed a passion for research early in his medical studies, gaining expertise in various methodologies at diverse laboratories. In 2021, he was a Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA. At the age...
Elayne Kelen de Oliveira graduated in Physiotherapy at the University Center of Brasília (UniCEUB) in Brasilia, Brazil, in 2009. Later, in 2017, she obtained her medical degree from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Following this, she completed her specialization in Internal Medicine at the same university. Currently, she is a Ph.D....
Dr. Charlotte Van Edom is a researcher at KU/UZ Leuven, combining a clinical training in cardiology with PhD research on haemocompatibility and mechanical circulatory support. She is part of the ESC’s Young ACVC community;
Dr. Johanna Jacobs is a resident in Cardiology who recently completed her PhD on risk prediction and modeling of cancer therapy-related cardiotoxicity. She has a special interest in cardio-oncology, heart failure, heart transplantation and cardiogenetics.
Marilies De Kegel graduated as a Master of Science in Nursing from Ghent University. She is now a specialized heart failure nurse at AZ Delta and a member of the Belgian Association of Nurse Specialists (BVVS), where she is part of the education working group. She also serves on the board of the Belgian Heart...
Sarah Hoedemakers is a Cardiology trainee at University Hospital Brussels. She performed research on exercise physiology in aortic valve stenosis during her joint PhD at Jessa Hospital/Hasselt University and University Hospital Brussels/Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Baeyens is a physiology and cardiovascular biomechanics professor and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology director at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université libre de Bruxelles. His research interests revolve around mechanical homeostasis and include tissue repair, cardiovascular remodeling, and extracorporeal circulation.
Dr. Samuel Max, BM BCh (Oxon), blends his expertise in engineering with his medical proficiency as a physician and PhD candidate at Leiden University Medical Center’s Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Having graduated from the Universities of Surrey, Utrecht, and Oxford where he achieved prizes as first in his cohort at each institution, he is now...
