Education:

• Secondary school : Sint-Jan Berschmanscollege, Meir, Antwerp

• University

• “Master of Medicine”, UA Antwerp, 1995

• “Master of Dentistry”, ULB Brussels, 1998

• ‘’Doctor of Medicine”, Medical University Hanover, 2002

• “Specialist in Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery”, Medical University Hanover, 2002

• “Doctor of Dentistry”, Medical University Hanover, 2002

• “Habilitation (PhD)”, Medical University Hanover, 2004

• Acknowledgement “Plastic and aesthetic Surgery”, Medical University Hanover, 2005

• Professor “Maxillo-Facial and Plastic Surgery”, Medical University Hanover, 2009

• Affiliated Professor, University of Catalunya, Barcelona, 2013

• 1995 – 1998: Trainee in Maxillo-Facial surgery (ULB, Brussels, Prof. Dr. C. Malevez / Prof. Dr. J. Van Reck) and Plastic Surgery (ULB, Brussels, Prof. Dr. De Mey)

• 1998 - 2002: Trainee in Maxillo-Facial surgery, Medical University Hanover (Prof. Dr. Dr. J.-E. Hausamen)

• 2002 - 2004: Trainee in Plastic and Aesthetic surgery, Medical University Hanover (Prof. Dr. Dr. J.-E. Hausamen)

• 2004 - 2005: Trainee in Plastic and Aesthetic surgery, ULB, Brussels (Prof. Dr. A. De Mey)

• Since the first of November 2005: Staff member of the department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, AZ St. John’s Hospital, Ruddershove 10, Bruges

• Since the first of April 2007: Co-founder of the “Three-dimensional Facial Imaging Research Group (3-D FIRG)” Bruges - Nijmegen

• Since 1 of September 2008: Fellow of the European Board of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (FEBOMS)

• Since 1 of January 2012: Coordinator of the “Cleft and Cranofacial Center”, AZ St. John’s Hospital, Bruges-Ostend

• Since the first of January 2012: Fellowship director of the department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery, AZ St. John’s Hospital, Bruges-Ostend

• Since the first of November 2014: authorised training supervisor for Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial surgery, AZ St. John’s Hospital, Bruges-Ostend

Professional:

• Orthognathic Surgery

• Aesthetic facial Surgery

• Plastic en Reconstructieve Surgery of the face

• Cleft and Craniofacial surgery

• Nonsurgical cosmetic facial procedures

• Section-editor “Imaging” International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IJOMS)

• Book author: “Three-Dimensional Cephalometry” and “Three-Dimensional Virtual Planning of Orthognathic Surgery”.

Memberships :

• European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS)

• European Association for Cranio- Maxillo- Facial Surgery (EACMFS)

• International Association of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons (IAOMS)

• Royal Belgian Society for Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Royal Belgian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

• Member of the “editorial board” of the “International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IJOMS)”

• Member of the “educational committee” of the ‘International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IAOMS)”

• Member of SORG (Strassbourg Osteosynthesis Research Group / Section Orthognathic Surgery)

• Scientific councillor of the Royal Belgian Society for Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery