Steering Committee
![]() | Mathieu Vandecandelaere Chairman 18th Symposium on Perfusion | ![]() | Kenny Van Zwam |
![]() | Dieter De Keyzer Clinical Perfusionist ZOL Genk | ![]() | Didier Lintermans |
![]() | Margot Vandersteegen Clinical Perfusionist ZOL Genk | ![]() | Korneel Vandewiele |
Scientific Faculty
![]() | Kristof Van de Voorde
"Implementation of Organ Perfusion in Clinical Practice: The Leuven Experience" |
![]() | Mona Momeni
Full professor at Université Catholique de Louvain "Monitoring the Young Brain during Cardiac Surgery" |
![]() | Harlinde Peperstraete Anesthesiologist and Intensive Care Physician, University Hospital of Ghent "Beyond Survival: Unveiling the Hidden Realm of Post-ECPR Quality of Life" |
![]() | Veerle Lantinga PhD student in ex-vivo kidney perfusion, Organ Perfusionist, Course Director International Course for Organ Perfusion Groningen "Reducing Cold Ischemia During Backtable Procedures using Machine Perfusion" |
![]() | Matthias Thielmann MD, PhD, Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon, West-German Heart & Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen "Bleeding Risks within Cardiac Surgery" |
![]() | Lourdes Chacon-Alberty Research Scientist, Texas Heart Institute "Effect of Intraoperative Support Mode on Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers after Lung Transplantation Surgery" |
![]() | David Chambers Consultant Clinical Scientist, Guys & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust "Myocardial Protection or Endothelial Protection" |
![]() | Marco Ranucci MD, IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato "The Multifactorial Perfusion Index" |
![]() | Ruben Foubert MD, Residency at UZ Leuven "Protamine Titration to Optimize Heparin Antagonization after Cardiopulmonary Bypass" |
![]() | Isabelle Van Herzeele Associate Professor at Ghent University "The Legacy of Mary H. Gibbon and Mary Edwards Walker anno 2023" |
![]() | Leen Vercaemst Clinical Perfusionist UZ Leuven "The Legacy of Mary H. Gibbon and Mary Edwards Walker anno 2023" |
![]() | Lisa Prahl Wittberg Professor of Fluid Mechanics "Cannulation confuguration and recirculation in veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation" |
![]() | Ariane Willems Senior Medical Specialist PICU "Anti-Xa versus time-guided anticoagulation strategies in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis" |
![]() | Martje Suverein PhD candidate Intensive Care "Early Extracorporeal CPR for Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest" |