Education:

• Secondary school: Sint-Pieterscollege, Minderbroederstraat 13, Leuven

• University

• “Master of Medicine”, KU Leuven, 1983

• “Master of Dentistry”, KU Leuven, 1986

• “Dr. Med Dent.”, Universiteit Freiburg, Germany, 1990

• “Specialist in Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery”, 1990

• 1985 - 1986: Assistant Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial surgery, UZ Leuven

• 1986 - 1988: Assistant Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial surgery, University of Freiburg in Breisgau

• 1988 - 1989: Assistant Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial surgery, AZ St. John’s Hospital Bruges

• 1989 - 1990: Fellowship in Children’s Hospital Harvard & Brigham en Women’s Hospital, Boston

• 1990: Fellowship Lausanne and Paris

• Since 1990 staff member of the department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, AZ St. John’s Hospital, Ruddershove 10, Bruges

• 1994: Leibinger prize at the 12th Congress of the European Association for Cranio-, Maxillo-, Facial Surgery, The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1994 for the article: Van Butsele B., Mommaerts M., Abeloos J.: “Creating lip seal by Maxillo-Facial osteotomies.”

• Since 1996 Fellow of the ‘’European Board of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery”

• 2000: Coordinator of the interdisciplinary workgroup ‘’Oncology and Maxillo-Facial surgery’’ at St. John’s hospital in Bruges (BOHHC - “Brugs Oncologisch Hoofd en Hals Centrum”)

• Since 2002 staff member of the department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, St. Rembert Hospital, Rembertlaan 22, 8820 Torhout

• Since 2014 Head of the department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery, AZ St. John’s Hospital, Ruddershove 10, Bruges

Professional:

• Oncological Craniofacial surgery

• Reconstructive surgery

• Orthognathic surgery

• Preprosthetic surgery

• Reviewer: - International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  - European Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery

Memberships:

• Councillor for Belgium in the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (EACMFS)

• Member of ‘Vlaamse Werkgroep voor Hoofd en Hals Tumoren (VWHHT)’ (Flemish Workgroup for Head and Neck Tumors), President from 2012 until 2015

• Member of the Royal Belgian Society of Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial Surgery (KBUSMFH), incoming President 2016-2017

• Councillor ‘Verbond der Belgische Specialisten’ (VBS) (Belgian association of specialists), President from 2000 until 2008

• Member of the International College of Surgeons (ICS)