Interventional cardiologist in UZ Gent since 2006. Special interest in peripheral arterial and renal artery disease, carotid artery disease and interventional hypertension management. In the coronary field: complex lesion management: left main, bifurcation lesions and CTO.
Dr. Maarten De Smet obtained his medical degree at Ghent University in 2014, after which he further specialized in internal medicine and cardiology at the AZ Sint-Jan Hospital in Bruges and Ghent University Hospital. During his cardiology training, he conducted doctoral research on cardiac ion channels that are involved in life-threatening arrhythmias. He did research...
Dr. David Derthoo has been a cardiologist at the AZ Groeninge hospital in Kortrijk since 2013. He has a special interest in the treatment of heart failure and cardiac rehabilitation. He received his training at ZOL Genk and UZ Leuven. In 2017 he started a transmural care pathway for heart failure in the South and...
Philippe Debonnaire (MD, PhD, FESC) graduated as cardiologist at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 2011 and additionally obtained a Master degree in Sports Medicine. Then he moved to the Netherlands for several years to become a doctoral research fellow at the non invasive cardiac imaging department at Leiden University Medical Hospital (LUMC), supported by...
Prof. Dr. Jan De Pooter (°1984) graduated as cardiologist at the University of Ghent in 2015. He continued his education with a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at the University hospital of Ghent (2016-2017) and AZ Sint-Jan Bruges (2017-2018). In 2018 he defended successfully his PhD: An electrocardiographic study in patients eligible for CRT”. His clinical...
Interventional Cardiologist at University Hospital in Brussels (UCL) and Owner of Medimarien He obtained his degree in Medical Science with honours at the UCL in 1986. In 1991 he was acknowledged as Internal Medical Science Specialist and in 1993 as Cardiology Specialist at the UCL. In 2001, he acquired an Academic Certificate in Medical...
Carlos Collet Bortone completed his education as an interventional cardiologist at the Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2011 and had subsequent training in cardiac computed tomography angiography at the Holy Cross Hospital, Florida, USA. Dr. Collet Bortone continued his education with a doctorate in Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of...
