Past Co-ordinator

Professor Thomas D'Hooghe

U.Z. Gasthuisberg

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Herestraat 49

3000 Leuven

Belgium

Tel +32 16 343624

Fax +32 16 343607

E-mail: thomas.dhooghe@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

Academic education

1978-1985 Medical Doctor - Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven, Summa cum laude
1985-1990 Specialisation in obstetrics and gynecology, Leuven University Hospitals
1991-1994 PhD: The baboon as a model for the experimental study of endometriosis.
Defended University of Leuven, November 29th, 1994.

Professional experience

1995-present Professor, Division of Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Leuven, Belgium.
1995- present Coordinator and Clinical Head, Leuven University Fertility Center, Leuven, Belgium
1997- present Member, Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven University, Belgium
1998- 2008 Fundamental Clinical Investigator Endometriosis, Foundation Scientific Research, Belgium
2001- present Research Associate, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya (WHO collab. center)
2002- present Editor-in-Chief, Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, Basel, Switserland
2003-2009 Deputy Coordinator (2003-2006); Coordinator (2006-2009) Special Interest Group Endometriosis/Endometrium, Europ. Society Human Reproduction Embryology (ESHRE)
2005- present Vice-Chairman, Department Woman/Child, Faculty Medicine, University Leuven
2005-2010 Serono Chair in Reproductive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven University, Belgium
2006-2010 Co-founder and Board member of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation
2007-present Chair, International Advisory Board, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya
(WHO Collaborating Center)

Publications

1) Publications in international peer reviewed journals: 137 papers (list available on request) including Nature Medicine, Lancet, J Clinical Oncology, Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
2) Chapters in books: 34 chapters (list available on request)
3) Invited lectures at international scientific meetings or in prestigious universities: 85 since 1997 (list available upon request)
4) Abstracts presented at international scientific meetings: 120 since 1997 (list available upon request)