Dr Van Sassenbroeck Diederik

Additional training

• Acute medicine

Additional expertise

• Doctorate in Medical Sciences
• Master of Science in Management and Administration of Health Care (Catholic University of Leuven)

Additional certification

• Advanced Life Support (ALS) certified
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certified
• Financial Management for Hospital Doctors Vlerick Management School
• European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) certified
• Generic Instructor Course The European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
• Full instructor. The European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
• Introduction to care paths Centre for Hospital and Nursing Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven
• Essential ED Leadership Course International Emergency Department Leadership Institute, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Boston, MA.

Additional responsibilities

• Head of the A&E Department
• Medical Care Manager for Clinical Diagnostics and Treatment
• Academic Consultant for Acute Medicine for the Ghent University Hospital
• Lecturer in Pharmacology in BanaBa Intensive Care and Emergency care, Vesalius College of Ghent
• Medical Board Member

Research activities

Awards and achievements

• Winner of the Pfizer Educational Grant, Ghent University, 2007
• Award from the School of Medicine,Ghent University, 2003
• First winner of the Dr Monique Govaerts Award 2000-2002 of the Belgian Royal Academy for Medicine

Memberships

• Belgian Society for Internal Medicine
• The European Resuscitation Council
• The Belgian Resuscitation Council
• Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine
• Representative of the Maria Middelares General Hospital for the Provincial Medical Commission for Urgent Medical Aid Services (MB 5/7/2009)
• Representative of the Emergency Physicians as part of the office of the Provincial Medical Commission for Urgent Medical Aid Services (9/2012 – present)
• European Pathway Association