Dr Willaert Willem

Additional expertise

• Minimally-invasive Aortic Surgery FEVAR (Fenestrated Endo-vascular Aneurysm Repair), TEVAR (Thoracic Endo-vascular Aneurysm Repair)
• Carotid artery stenting
• Phlebology

Additional certification

• Doctor in Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium and Imperial College London, UK (PhD).
• European Certification in Vascular Surgery, Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery (FEVBS).
• Certification in Vascular Surgery, Belgian Society for Vascular Surgery, Belgium.
• Certification in Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent University Medical School, Belgium
• Certification in Medical Radiation Protection, Ghent University, Belgium
• Certification in General Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Louvain Medical School, Belgium.
• Acute Trauma Life Support, Columbia University, New York New York, USA.
• Masters degree, Catholic University of Louvain Medical School, Belgium (MD).

Additional responsibilities

• Head of the Vascular Surgery Department
• Guest Lecturer, Artevelde College

Research activities

Publications:

• >20 A1 peer-reviewed scientific articles (see list on PubMed)
• >30 C2 peer-reviewed scientific abstracts with 10 scientific awards (CIRSE, VEITH, SITE, MEET, ICCA, BSET)
• Two book chapters

Memberships

• Royal Belgian Society of Surgery
• Belgian Society of Vascular Surgery
• Belgian Young Flow Masters
• Dutch Society of Surgery
• Dutch Society of Vascular Surgery
• British Society for Endovascular Therapy
• European Society of Vascular Surgery
• International Society of Vascular Surgery