Surgical Week Subsite 2020

Gabriel Liberale, MD, PhD       Erasme/Bordet

Gabriel Liberale, MD, PhD, ESBQ, graduated as a medical doctor in 1997 at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium) and later obtained his PhD at the same university with a doctoral thesis entitled 'Role of ICG-Fluorescence Imaging in the staging and treatment of colorectal cancer'. Currently, he is a senior surgeon in the department of Surgical Oncology at Institut J. Bordet (ULB) and he is Head of Digestive Surgery.

Gabriel Liberale is ‘associate professor’ of Surgical Oncology at ULB Medical School and he is responsible for the management of peritoneal surface malignancies of colorectal and ovarian cancer. He has an interest in Fluorescence Imaging in the field of surgical oncology including the sentinel lymph node detection. He is (co)author of over 60 publications. He is a board member of the Royal Belgian Society for Surgery (RBSS), Belgian Surgical Society of Oncology (BSSO) and Belgian Group for Endoscopic Surgery (BGES). He is a member of several international scientific societies (European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO), European Organization for Research and Treatment  of Cancer (EORTC), European Society of Molecular Imaging (ESMI), …).  

Dr. Liberale accepted to give two lectures during the virtual BSW dedicated to COVID-19:

-      "Snapshot of surgical activity in Belgium during the lockdown" during the 'Surgery in times of COVID-19: Some aspects of surgical activity' session on November 27th 2020.

Jonas Brouwers, MD KU Leuven

Jonas Brouwers obtained his MD from the Leuven university in 2018. 

He is currently combining his residency in orthopaedic surgery with a master in healthcare policy and management and is a PhD-researcher at the Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy.

At present, he is president of the Leuven Association of Medical Residents (LVGA) and board member of the Flemish Association of Medical Specialists in Training. 

As such, he is also member of the medical council from the UZ Leuven and of the Permanent EducationCcommittee of the faculty of medicine in Leuven.

Dr. Brouwers accepted to give his lectures during the virtual BSW dedicated to COVID-19 entitled:

-      "Impact of the first COVID-19 wave on surgical training in Belgium" during the 'Surgery in times of COVID-19: Some aspects of surgical activity' session on November 27th 2020.

Gabrielle van Ramhorst MD, PhD  FECSM, FEBS coloproctology, FSSO University Hospital Ghent

Gabrielle Van Ramhorst obtained her MD in Leiden in 2004. She trained as a surgeon in Vlaardingen, Rotterdam and Amsterdam and did fellowships in complex pelvic surgery in Amsterdam and Sydney.

In 209, she was a consultant in oncologic surgery focussing on complex oncologic pelvic surgery  in Glasgow and  was honorary senior clinical lecturer at the  university of Glasgow.

Since one year, she is consultant in oncologic surgery in the University hospital in Ghent. Her focus lies with complex surgery for colorectal and gynecological cancer, recurrent rectal cancer and retroperitoneal sarcomas.

Dr. van Ramshorst accepted to give a lecture during the virtual BSW dedicated to COVID-19:

-      "Operating on COVID-19 patients : M & M : an international cohort study" during the 'Surgery in times of COVID-19: What are the risks?' session on November 27th 2020.

Carlos Magalhães, MD CHU Porto, Portugal

Carlos Magalhaes is a general surgeon. 

He is director of the Ambulatory General Surgery Department  at the university hospital of Porto. 

Besides, he is president Portuguese Ambulatory Surgery Association (APCA) and President Elect  of the International association of ambulatory surgery (IAAD).

He teaches at the  Universidade do Porto - ICBAS / Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto.

Dr. Magalhães accepted to  alectures at the virtual BSW:

-      “Ambulatory surgery in times of COVID” during the plenary session of Friday November 27th