Training and Education
University of Liège, Doctor of Medicine. 1995
Internship License at University Hospital of Liège 1998
Cardiologist License at University Hospital of Liège 2000
Licensed in Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital of Liège 2002
Training in heart transplantation 2001
Post Graduate Degrees
PhD Thesis at University Hospital of Liège 2002
Thesis of Higher Education 2005
Clinical Professor at University Hospital Liège 2007
Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging at University of Liège: 2010
Research Interest
PV-COAT study for the prevention of prosthetic valve thrombosis funded by an ERC (European Research Commission, 2015--‐2019) grant
EACVI/HFA EURObservational Research Programme committee (EORP) on Cardiac-Oncology Toxicity in Breast Cancer(ESC-COT)
New Insights into the Development and Progression of Aortic valve Stenosis (TheNID-PAS Study):FRS-FNRS Funded
Progression and Outcome of secondary mitral regurgitation (POMAR Registry): 3D Echocardiography
Radiation-induced heart disease (AVRI study): Animal study
Normal Reference Ranges for Echocardiography: Rationale, Study design and Methodology (NORRE Study)
HeArt ValvE Clinic International Database (HAVEC)
European multicenter validation study of the accuracy of E/e’ ratio in estimating invasive left ventricular Filling pressure (EURO-FILLING STUDY)
Fellowships/Honours
• Fellow of the European Association of cardiology (FESC) 2010
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology(FACC) 2012
• Honorary member of the British Society of Echocardiography 2014
• Honorary citizen of the city of Liege, Belgium 2014
• Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology 2014
• Invited Professor for the 8th Annual Tajik/Seward lectureship, Mayo Clini 2013
• InBev–‐Baillet Latour Award for clinical research in the field of cardiovascular disease, 2008
• Lambertine Lacroix Award in the field of cardiovascular disease, 2008.
• Award from the «Fondation Jaumain», 2006
• Best poster presented of the French Society of Cardiology, 2005
• Best poster presented of the XXVII Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, 2005
• Jacqueline Bernheim Award of the« foundation pour la chirurgie cardiaque», 2004
• Young Investigator Award of the Belgian Society of Cardiology, 2001
