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Welcome to the official homepage of the
BELGIAN ASSOCIATION of PAEDIATRIC SURGERY (BELAPS),
50 YEARS young in 2024 !
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UPCOMING SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS :
- Friday 25 April 2025 : BELAPS Scientific Spring Meeting at the RBSS Belgian Surgical Week, Ostend
- 25-27 June 2025 : 71st Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) in collaboration with BELAPS, BMCC - Bruges
ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION = OPEN NOW ! until January 25, 2025 !!!
Do Not Miss this Unique opportunity to present your scientific work for an international audience... in Bruges!!
- Every second Monday evening of the month:
BELAPS-ONCO BOARD Teams Meeting
with Difficult case discussions & Study updates
(please contact Aurore Pire, Martine Demarche or Lucas Matthyssens for planning & more info!)
...more info on upcoming meetings very soon
please check regularly below for more information
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BELAPS Aims & Mission statements
What is Paediatric Surgery?
Definitions: "General Surgery in Children" & "Specialised Paediatric Surgery"
The WOFAPS / Kyoto Declaration of Paediatric Surgery (2001)
(Grosfeld JL, WOFAPS. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2001;36(12):1743 doi: 10,1053/jpsu.2001.28811 PMID: 11733896)
Information for parents - pour parents - voor ouders :
please find here already some info in English (from BAPS, with permission)
et en Français (from SFCP, avec permission)
About Training & Recognition of Paediatric Surgery:
Read here our Open letter & position statement (21.12.2020)
to the Minister of Health and all stakeholders involved in the (training of)
surgery in neonates and children in Belgium:
-Dutch version:
"Voorstel voor Hervorming van de opleiding Heelkunde in België: Vergeet de kleintjes
niet." Urgente Open brief en position statement van de Belgische Vereniging voor
Kinderchirurgie, 21.12.2020
-version Française:
Proposition de réforme de la formation en chirurgie en Belgique: N'oublions pas les
petits." Lettre ouverte urgente et déclaration de position de la Société Belge de
Chirurgie Pédiatrique, 21.12.2020
Lettre_urgente_de_la_BELAPS_sur_Réforme_formation_Chirurgie_20201221.pdf:
SCIENTIFIC PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL MEETINGS:
U P C O M I N G BELAPS Meetings : check here regularly!
The Board of BELAPS will organize exciting (inter)national scientific meetings in the near future :
as soon as we have more information you will find it on our homepage !
2025
Friday 25 April 2025 : BELAPS Scientific Spring Meeting at the RBSS Belgian Surgical Week, Ostend
25-27 June 2025 : 71st Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) in collaboration with BELAPS, BMCC - Bruges
ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION = OPEN NOW ! Until January 25, 2025 !!!
Do Not Miss this Unique opportunity to present your scientific work for an international audience... in Bruges!!
please see : https://congress.baps.org.uk/scientific-programme/abstract-submission-71st-baps/
U P C O M I N G (Inter)National Paediatric Surgical Meetings*
2025
25-27 June 2025 : 71st Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) in collaboration with BELAPS, BMCC - Bruges
ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION = OPEN NOW!
Do Not Miss this Unique opportunity to present your scientific work for an international audience... in Bruges!!
please see: https://congress.baps.org.uk/scientific-programme/abstract-submission-71st-baps/s/
P A S T BELAPS scientific meetings
2024
November 16: B E L A P S ' 5 0 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y C O N G R E S S ! !
Scientific Sessions with International Invited Expert Lectures
+ Annual General Assembly
+ Cocktail Reception
+ Gala Dinner with Live Music*
At Hotel Le Plaza, boulevard Adolphe Max laan 118/126, 1000 Brussels
April 26: Annual BELAPS Scientific Spring meeting at the 25th Belgian Surgical week, at Thermae Palace, Ostend, Belgium, with also a Joint session on "Thoracic surgery in children and adults" organised by BeSTS & BELAPS in the morning, and in the afternoon our annual BELAPS Scientific Spring meeting, with Invited Expert Lecture on Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
2023
November 8: Annual Autumn Congress of BELAPS with scientific sessions (free papers and difficult cases sessions) (14:00-17:00h) + Annual General Assembly of BELAPS (17:30-18:30h) + Annual Dinner of BELAPS* at De Abdijhoeve, Abdij van Park 4, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
June 21-23: 69th Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), in collaboration with BELAPS, at BMCC, Bruges, Belgium
June 20: BAPS International Training Day, for international trainees in paediatric surgery (all training years), at Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
April 27-28: Annual BELAPS Scientific Spring meeting at the 24th Belgian Surgical week, at Thermae Palace, Ostend, Belgium, with also a Joint session on Ambulatory surgery in children organised by BAAS & BELAPS in the morning, and in the afternoon our annual BELAPS Scientific Spring meeting
March 16-17: BVK-SBP Annual Congress (Paediatrics), at The Egg, Brussels, Belgium,
with on 17/3/2023 a Parallel subspecialty Joint session on Gastroenterology+Surgery organised by BESPGHAN & BELAPS
2022
November 30: Annual BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting & General Assembly, De Abdijhoeve, Abdij van Park 4, Heverlee, Belgium
May 6: Annual BELAPS Scientific Spring Meeting, at the 23rd Belgian Surgical Week (RBSS), Thermae Palace, Ostend, Belgium
March 21: BELAPS Info Meeting "Future of Paediatric Surgical Training in Belgium"
March 18: Joint Scientific Session of BELAPS & BePICS: "Paediatric Abdominal Emergencies: a Multidisciplinary Approach", at the 50th Annual Congress of BVK-SBP, The Egg, Brussels
2021
December 1: Annual BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting II + General Assembly of BELAPS : virtual meeting ONLINE
September 10: Joint Scientific Meeting "BGES+BELAPS" (9A, 14:30-16:00h) & BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting I (16:30-18:00h), 2021 Belgian Surgical Week, Antwerp (BE)
June 2: ! ONLINE ! ANNUAL BELAPS Scientific Spring Meeting (15-19h) : virtual meeting ONLINE
March 6: ! ONLINE ! "BELGIAN HERNIA DAY-meeting" of BSAWS, the Belgian Society of Abdominal Wall Surgery, with morning session on "Pediatric hernia surgery" in collaboration with BELAPS (9-13h) : virtual meeting ONLINE
2020
November 25: ! ONLINE ! Annual BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting & Annual General Assembly of BELAPS (15-19h) : virtual meeting ONLINE
2019
November 27: SCIENTIFIC AUTUMN MEETING OF BELAPS, with international expert keynote lecture + BELAPS Annual General Assembly + BELAPS Annual Dinner, BRYC, Brussels (BE)
2018
September 26: FIRST JOINT BeNeSwiss INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING of BELAPS, the Dutch Society of Paediatric Surgery (NVKC) and the Swiss Society of Paediatric Surgery (SGKC/SSCP), the day before the start of the 8th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels (BE) more info see this link
March 8: 46th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF BVK/SBP, THE BELGIAN SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRICS (BVK-SBP), Brussels (BE) with a morning joint BVK/SBP + BELAPS session on "Abdominal Pain in Children"
2017
December 22:BELAPS SCIENTIFIC AUTUMN/WINTER MEETING & 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, at the Brussels Royal Yacht Club (BRYC), Brussels (BE)
May 18: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COLLEGIUM CHIRURGICUM ON THE REFORM OF SURGICAL TRAINING IN BELGIUM (Belgian Surgical Week, Thermae Palace, Ostend, BE)
April 6-7: FIRST JOINT CONGRESS of BELAPS & THE SWISS SOCIETY of PEDIATRIC SURGERY (SGKC/SSCP) , at Interlaken (CH) see this link
2016
October 22: FIRST JOINT CONGRESS of BELAPS & BESPGHAN: Annual BELAPS Autumn Congress (+ Annual General Assembly of BELAPS) , in collaboration with the Belgian Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BeSPGHaN), Lamot, Mechelen (BE)
July 19-22: 63rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of BAPS, the British Association of Paediatric Surgery,in association with BELAPS and NVKC, the Dutch Society of Paediatric surgery, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam (NL) with Postgraduate Training Day with IPEG-endorsed Workshop on Minimal Invasive Surgery in Children and Newborns
April 23: JOINT MEETING ON PAIN IN CHILDREN, Annual Congress of the Belgian Association for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (BAPA), organized together with the Belgian Paediatric Pain Association (BePPA) & BELAPS, Leuven (BE)
2015
October 23-24: ANNUAL CONGRESS & GENERAL ASSEMBLY of BELAPS, Luxemburg (LU): congress programme;free papers sessions
March 6: ANNUAL SPRING MEETING of BELAPS, Charleroi (BE) : meeting programme
P A S T Inter/National Paediatric Surgical Meetings
2023
December 4-5: 42ème Séminaire de Chirurgie Pédiatrique: Pathologies Malformatives: du diagnostic anténatal à la chirurgie réparatrice. Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique (S.F.C.P.), Reims (FR)
July 5-7: Joint International Congress of ESPES & IPEG on Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, at Sorrento (IT)
June 21-23: 69th Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), in collaboration with BELAPS, at BMCC, Bruges, Belgium
June 20: BAPS International Training Day, for international trainees in paediatric surgery (all training years), at Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
June 7-10: 24rd Annual Congress of the European Paediatric Surgeon's Association (EUPSA), at Izmir, Turkiye
2022
October 12-15: WORLD CONGRESS of PEDIATRIC SURGERY (WOFAPS), Praha (CZ)
September 29-30: 12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, the European Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, at Barcelona (ESP)
July 13-15: 68th International Annual Congress of BAPS, Birmingham (UK)
June 29-July 2: 23rd Annual Congress of EUPSA, Tel Aviv (ISR)
2021
November 29-30: 40ème Séminaire d'Enseignement du Collège de Chirurgie Pédiatrique et de la Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique (SFCP) , organisé par la Société Francophone d'Urologie Pédiatrique et de l'Adolescent (SFUPA): "L'endo-urologie pédiatrique: actualités et perspectives", à Marseille (FR)
October 11-13: 77ème CONGRES ANNUEL DE LA SFCP, la Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique : virtual meeting 100% digital & ONLINE
September 15-17: 11th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, the European Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, at Lugano (CH)
September 1-4: ! HYBRID MEETING ! 22nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Athens (GR) & ONLINE
July 7-9: ! ONLINE ! 68th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BAPS, the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons - virtual meeting ONLINE
2020
September 18: ! ONLINE ! 10th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, the European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, E-Congress ONLINE
2019
September 11-13: 9th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, the European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, Vicenza (IT)
June 13-15: 20th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Beograd (SRB)
February 21-23: ESHRE course: "Gynecological Pathologies in Adolescence", Alicante (ESP), more information see here
2018
November 15-20: 50th ANNUAL WORLD CONGRESS OF SIOP / IPSO, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES OF PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, Kyoto (JPN)
October 20: ANNUAL FALL MEETING OF BESPGHAN, the Belgian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: "What's New On the Paediatric Oesophagus", STAM Ghent (BE) see here
September 27-28: 8th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS, Brussels (BE) more info see this link
July 18-20: 65th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BAPS, THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, Liverpool (UK)
June 20-23: 19th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Paris (FR)
2017
October 11-13: 74th CONGRESS OF SFCP, THE FRENCH SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, Nice (FR)
September 27-29: 7th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS, Wroclaw (POL)
July 19-21: 26th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF IPEG, THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPY GROUP & 64th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF BAPS, THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, London (UK)
June 22-23: ADVANCED COURSE ON LAPAROSCOPIC NEONATAL SURGERY, Naples (IT)
May 22: 5° SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONAL D'ETHIQUE CLINIQUE CHEZ LE NOUVEAU-NE & L'ENFANT: Transplantation & don d' organes autour de la naissance, Charleroi (BE) more info: tel +32(0)71-921323
May 17-20: 18th EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY OF EUPSA, THE EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS' ASSOCIATION, Limasol (CYP)
May 4-7: 2017 ANNUAL MEETING OF APSA, THE AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION, Hollywood, Florida (USA)
April 6-8: FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEETING of PEDIATRIC AIRWAY TEAMS - INPAT, Genoa & Cinque Terre (IT)
February 14: RENCONTRES DE PERINATALOGIE: L'urgence en périnatalité, Brussels (BE) more info: Jasmine.Fleurquin@erasme.ulb.ac.be
February 9-10: BAPS PAEDIATRIC SURGERY ONCOLOGY COURSE, Oxford (UK)
January 27: UMons TRAUMA & PECTUS COURSE, Mons (BE) more info: france.brohee@hap.be
January 20: INTESTINAL FAILURE & TRANSPLANTATION SYMPOSIUM , Leuven (BE) more info: tim.vanuytsel@uzleuven.be
2016
November 25-26: 51. AKADEMIE FUER KINDERCHIRURGIE (AKIC), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendchirugie und Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie, Luzern (CH)
November 14-16: 9th EUROPEAN PEDIATRIC COLORECTAL & PELVIC RECONSTRUCTION SYMPOSIUM, Paris (FR)
November 9-10: CHILDREN'S ADVANCED TRAUMA (CAT) COURSE, Sheffield (UK)
November 2-4: 16th ANNUAL CONGRESS of BAPES, the British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, Manchester (UK)
October 12-15: IPEG-ENDORSED CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPEAN MEETING ON NEONATAL & PAEDIATRIC MIS: Hands-On Course & International Symposium, Graz (AU)
October 8-11: 2nd WORLD CONGRESS of PEDIATRIC SURGERY (WOFAPS), WashingtonDC (USA)
September 28-30: 6th ANNUAL CONGRESS of ESPES, the European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgery, in collaboration with GECI & SIVI, Madrid (ESP)
September 22-24: 48th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING of CAPS, the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgery, Vancouver (CDN)
September 21-23: 73rd ANNUAL CONGRESS of SFCP, the French Society of Paediatric Surgery, Toulouse (FR)
September 8-10: 29th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PEDIATRIC SURGICAL RESEARCH (ISPSR), Frankfurt / Main (GER)
June 15-18: 17th ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS of PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Milano (IT)
June 9: Meeting of the GRIP, national multidisciplinary Working Group on Pediatric Intestinal Failure, Brussels (BE)
May 24-28: 25th ANNUAL IPEG CONGRESS FOR ENDOSURGERY IN CHILDREN, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, Fukuoka (JPN)
May 14-17: 47th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of APSA, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, in collaboration with IPSO, San Diego (USA)
May 10: INTERNATIONAL MEETIING ON ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA: "10 years CRACMO", CHRU Lille (FR)
April 24-28: 49th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of PAPS, the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Hawaii (USA)
March 19: SECOND BELGIAN HERNIA DAYorganised by BSAWS, the Belgian Section of Abdominal Wall Surgery, with a special session on "Hernia in paediatric patients". Yvoir, CHU Mont-Godinne (BE)
March 3: Meeting of the GRIP, national multidisciplinary Working Group on Pediatric Intestinal Failure, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven (BE)
January 31-February 3: 45th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM PEDIATRIC SURGERY, Obergurgl (AU)
January 22-23: 34ème SÉMINAIRE DE CHIRURGIE PÉDIATRIQUE (SFCP): "La Vidéochirurgie en Urologie Pédiatrique" , Colmar (FR)
2015
December 3: Meeting of the GRIP, national multidisciplinary Working Group on Pediatric Intestinal Failure, Brussels (BE)
November 6-7: 24ème RÉUNION DU GECI, Dijon (FR)
November 5-7: 8th INTERNATIONAL PAEDIATRIC COLORECTAL WORKSHOP, Nijmegen (NL)
October 8-11: 47th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of SIOP, the International Society for Pediatric Oncology, Cape Town (RSA)
September 21: "MINI-INVASIVE SURGERY IN MINI PEOPLE (PEDIATRICS)", an international symposium and BGES monday evening session on minimal invasive surgery in neonates and children, Ghent (BE)
September 17-19: 47th ANNUAL MEETING of CAPS, the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Niagara Falls (CDN), 17-19 sep 2015
September 16-18: 72ème CONGRÈS ANNUEL de la SFCP, Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Lille (FR)
June 17-20: 16th EUROPEAN CONGRESS of PAEDIATRIC SURGERY (EUPSA), Ljubljana (SLO)
BELAPS Documents (member area)
BELAPS Statutes/bylaws
Ongoing BELAPS Studies
BELAPS Consensus statements
Previous BELAPS studies
Previous BELAPS meeting documents
Interesting videos
BELAPS Executive Board:
President: H. Steyaert
First vice-president: L. Matthyssens
Second vice-president: M. Demarche
Secretary FR: A. Targnion
Secretary NL: K. Van Renterghem
Treasurer: C. Vercauteren
Commissioner: M. Miserez
Interesting LINKS
American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)
Belgian Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (BeSPGHaN)
British Association for Paediatric Surgery (BAPS)
British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons (BAPES)
Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (CAPS)
European Pediatric Surgeons' Association (EUPSA)
European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons (ESPES)
German Society of Paediatric Surgery (DGKCH)
Groupe de Etude en Coeliochirurgie Infantile (GECI)
International Pediatric Endoscopy Group (IPEG)
International society for Paediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO)
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kinderchirurgie (NVKC)
Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendchirurgie
Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Société Francaise de Chirurgie Pédiatrique (SFCP)
Société Internationale de Oncologie Pédiatrique (SIOP)
Swiss Society of Paediatric Surgery (SGKC/SSCP)
World Federation of Associations of Paediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS)
More information?
for all questions, also on how to become a member of BELAPS or
* to add your meeting to the BELAPS Scientific Calendar,
please contact the webmaster L. Matthyssens
or by conventional mail: BELAPS secretary, Winston Churchill - laan 11/30, 1180 Ukkel