Dr. Van Sassenbroeck Diederik

Additional training

• Emergency medicine

Additional qualification

• Doctorate in Medical Sciences
• Master of Science in healthcare management and policy (KU Leuven)

Additional certification

• Advanced Life Support (ALS) certified
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certified
• Financial Management for the hospital doctor. 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 Care Pathways. Centre for Hospital and Nursing Sciences, KUL
• Essential ED Leadership Course. International Emergency Department Leadership Institute, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Boston, MA.

Additional positions

• Head of Emergency Department
• Medical care manager clinical diagnostics and treatment
• Academic Consultant Emergency Medicine UZ Gent
• Lecturer in Pharmacology in BanaBa intensive care and emergency care, Vesalius University College Ghent
• Member Medical Council

Scientific activities

Prizes and distinctions

• Winner of the Pfizer Educational Grant, UGent, 2007
• Prize of the Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University 2003
• First winner of the Dr Monique Govaerts Prize, 2000-2002 of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine

Memberships

• Belgian Society for Internal Medicine
• European Resuscitation Council
• Belgian Resuscitation Council
• Belgian Society for Emergency and Disaster Medicine
• Representative of the AZ Maria Middelares within the Provincial Medical Commission for Emergency Medical Care (MB 7/5/2009)
• Representative of the Emergency Physicians within the permanent office of the Provincial Medical Commission for Emergency Medical Services (9/2012-present )
• European Pathway Association