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Date of Birth: February 12, 1956 |
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Birthplace: Belgium (Berchem St-Agathe) |
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1973 M.D., University of Padua, Italy |
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1977 Special license in gymnastics, Free University of Brussels |
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1980 M.D., Free University of Brussels |
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1986 Qualified general surgery |
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1991 Participated in surgical university degrees at the University of Paris XIII (Pr. Testas), Paul Sabatier of Toulouse (Pr. Fourtanier), Bordeaux (Pr. Perissat), France |
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1995 Professor at the University of Toulouse, France |
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1997 Ph.D., Free University of Brussels. Doctoral work: "Contribution to the systematization of the surgical technique of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication," and "Place of surgical treatment of morbid obesity." |
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Experience |
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Lectures at Universities in Paris, Martinique, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Strasbourg (France), Seville (Spain), and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, U.S.A. |
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Pioneered work in laparoscopy, robotics and telementorin |
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Member of the editorial board for the Journal of Surgical Endoscopy |
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Founding member of the Belgian Group of Endoscopic Surgery (BGES) |
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Teaching member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES) |
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Performed over 100 live operations in front of audiences in Barcelona, Alger, Lisbon, Bordeaux, Martinique, London, Maastricht, Padua, Toulouse, Asuncion, Nice, Valencia, Hanoi, Paris, Limoges, Jerusalem, Porto, Cadiz, Oregro, Marseilles, Lugano, Strasbourg, Amsterdam, Geneva, Zurich, Tunis, Rome, Malaga, Cordoba, Coimbra, Hamburg, Valencia |
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Broadcasted over 30 live operations from Brussels to Toulouse, Luxembourg, Strasbourg, Nimes, Nantes, the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Tours, Dusseldorf, Sao-Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Trondheim, Barcelona, London |
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Has given over 30 conferences and 320 lectures abroad |
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Published over 66 medical articles in journals worldwide including the British Journal of Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, Obesity Surgery, Journal de Coelio-Chirurgie, Annales de Chirurgie, American College of Surgery, American Journal of Surgery, Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, International Surgery, Hepato-Gastroenterology, Encyclopedie Medico-Chirurgicale |
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Hospitals |
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Dr. G.B. Cadiere and other ILOST surgeons work at the department de Chirurgie in Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Contact |
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive |
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E-mail: cadiere@obesitylapbandsurgery.com |
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Date of Birth: February 15, 1953 | ||||
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Birthplace: Belgium | ||||
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1977 M.D., University of Leuven, Belgium | ||||
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1977–1982 Training at the University Hospital of Leuven | ||||
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1982 Qualified general surgeon | ||||
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1982–1984 Benefited from additional training at the New York Medical College | ||||
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1984 Private practice in Belgium | ||||
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1991 Joined the Free University of Brussels where he is presently active in the department of digestive and laparoscopic surgery (director, C.B. Cadiere) | ||||
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Performed laparoscopic procedures as early as December 1990 | ||||
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Performed the first laparoscopic nephrectomy in Belgium in 1992 | ||||
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Experienced in functional surgery of the stomach and performed over 100 laparoscopic Nissen and gastric laparoscopic band procedures with excellent results | ||||
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Regularly performs live procedures in front of audiences in London, Rotterdam, Linkopping, Fallkopping, Malmo, Stockholm, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Madeira, Lisbon, Sevilla, Valencia, Hamburg, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Fukuoka, Bangkok, and Seoul | ||||
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Performed the world's first obotic laparoscopic operation surgery in 1997 | ||||
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Published more than 66 medical articles in journals worldwide including the British Journal of Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, Obesity Surgery, Journal de Coelio-Chirurgie, Annales de Chirurgie, American College of Surgery, American Journal of Surgery, Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, International Surgery, Hepato-Gastroenterology, Encyclopedie Medico-Chirurgicale, Journal of Surgical Engineering, Injury | ||||
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Dr. Himpens and other ILOST surgeons work at the department de Chirurgie in Brussels, Belgium.
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive | ||||
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E-mail: himpens@obesitylapbandsurgery.com
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