ILKE MONTAG
Socialist Mutualities
After more than 20 years of experience as a doctor and member of the board of directors in hospitals, most recently as chief physician at Jan Yperman, Ilke has been a medical policy adviser at the national study service of the Socialistische Mutualiteiten since this year. Ilke is also a former member of the board of directors at Patient Empowerment vzw.
CINDY MONARD
Medical Center St. Joseph
Cindy is a clinical psychologist by training and specializes in Client-Centered-Experiential Psychotherapy. She currently holds the position of General Director at the Medical Center St.-Jozef in Bilzen.
MARLEN FINOULST
Knack / Knowledge Center for Breast Cancer
Marleen is a former general practitioner and made a career switch to the media in the 1990s. As a doctor-journalist and author of a dozen books about health, she was one of the founders of the website Health and Science in 2013, of which she is also a former editor-in-chief. She currently works for Knack and is editor-in-chief at Knowledge Center Breast Cancer.
RUDY VAN GIEL
General Practitioner / Author
Rudy was a general practitioner throughout his career. Only recently retired he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which suddenly made him a patient himself. That opened his eyes and he wrote the book 'Kankeren' about it.
MARC SEGERS
Patient Empowerment vzw
Marc is a member of the board of directors of the non-profit organization Patient Empowerment. He obtained a bachelor's degree in nursing, a pedagogical diploma and a management education. Over the years he was a registered nurse, head nurse, care manager and nursing director. He also taught at the Erasmus University. He has been an independent consultant since 2009.
LYNN DE PELSMAEKER
Patient Empowerment vzw
Lynn has 20 years of patient experience and is active as a patient representative at the local and Flemish level. As a volunteer, she helps to develop the Patient Empowerment story and is co-author of the Praktijkboek patient empowerment for health care providers that will be published on 25 October.
BIEKE DE NEVE
Quality Europe
Bieke is Senior Advisor at Qualicor Europe. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and a License in Medical-Social Sciences. Over the years she was head nurse, director WZC and director of nursing. Her strength lies in inviting healthcare professionals to build an improving quality cycle.
ESTER STEVENS
Hict - Optimizing Healthcare
Ester trained as a nurse and subsequently obtained a doctorate in Biomedical Sciences. After a career at UZ Leuven, RIZIV-INAMI and the Sint-Franciscus hospital, she decided to become a senior consultant become at Hict. There she is closely involved in the development of value-based healthcare (Value-Based Healthcare).
JEAN PAUL VAN BENDEGEM
Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Jean Paul is a mathematician, philosopher, professor of logic and philosopher of science and is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He likes to think outside the box. Or rather, without a box.
LODE VERREYEN
Patient Empowerment vzw
Lode is a physiotherapist with her own group practice and is an expert in interpersonal communication between care recipient and care provider. He is also a member of the board of directors of the non-profit organization Patient Empowerment and he developed a training course for them.
FREYA ROWAERT
Clear Look at Cancer / MSD Belux
Freya is an experience expert and ambassador for 'Clear view of Cancer'. She also works as a Project Manager at MSD Belux.
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HAKKI DEMIRKAPU
Medisina Health Center / VUB
Hakki works as a General Practitioner and is also Chairman of the Medisina Health Center. He is also a researcher at the Department of General Practice and Chronic Care at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
STEFAN GIJSELS
Patient Expert Center
Stefan is an experience expert and chairman of the Patient Expert Center. This training platform aims to train patients to become expert patients in order to improve professional interaction with the various stakeholders: government agencies, hospitals, industries, insurers, ...
PATRICE GIVRON
Sacred Heart Hospital Mol
Patrice is a pediatrician and head of department at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Mol, where he has a subspecialty in pediatric cardiology.
DIRK MAES
AZ Sint-Lucas Ghent
Dirk has been General Director at Sint-Lucas Hospital in Ghent since 2019. During his more than 30-year career in Sint-Lucas, he was previously a Urologist, President of the Medical Council and Medical Director.
EDGARD EECKMAN
Patient Empowerment vzw
Edgard is chairman of the non-profit organization Patient Empowerment, and he was also active as Communication Manager at UZ Brussel for 16 years. Within his PhD in Media and Communication Studies, he studied power and empowerment in the patient-doctor relationship.
ANNABELLE VAN NEWENHUYSE
Moderator - Presenter
ARNULF
Cartoonist
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