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SCIENTIFIC LECTURES

JAN DEPREST MD, PHD, FRCOG

INTRUMENTS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE FETAL DIAGNOSIS

AUTHOR
JOÃO GONÇALVES

Professor Jan Deprest was born in 15th His work regards also the develop- His research and clinical work has giv-
of February of 1960. Is a graduate in Med- ment of instruments and operations in en important contributions to the devel-
icine, in the year of 1985 of the Katholieke the field of fetal therapy, applied research opment of instruments and techniques
Universiteitin (KU) Leuven in Belgium. in biomechanics for pelvic floor medicine. for minimally invasive fetal and placental
From 1985 to 1991 Professor Jan spe- Professor Deprest is the Head of the diagnosis and surgery, namely in congen-
cialized in Obstetrics and Gynaecology programme of Fetal Therapy University ital diaphragmatic hernia and in “twin-to-
where he got his license in 1991 in the Hospitals Leuven, a large referral centres twin transfusion syndrome” context.
same University. for diagnostic tests and procedures, per- Professor Deprest current personal
Four years later (1995), also at KU in Leu- forming over 200 invasive therapeutic pro- research lines are fetal congenital dia-
ven, he got his PhD. Since 2012 Professor cedures. He is also the Co-Director of the phragmatic hernia and spina bifida re-
Jan Deprest is a Fellow of the Royal College PELVIC FLOOR Programme, with Professor pair, in utero fetal gene & stem cell ther-
of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. D. Dr Ridder, a programme dedicated to apy, sealing of fetal membranes, and
At the present time, Professor Deprest urogynocology ultrasound and research. reconstructive surgery of pelvic floor.
teaches Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Jan Deprest is also the Director of
the Faculty of Medicine (KU Leuven) and the Centre for Surgical Technologies, an
University Hospitals Leuven. endoscopic training center for specialist
At the University Hospitals Leuven he trainees in surgery or Ob/Gyn. Personal
is the Director Inter-Departmental Cen- research lines are fetal lower urinary tract
tre for Surgical Technologies and a Con- obstruction, congenital diaphragmatic
sultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. hernia and sealing of fetal membranes.
Professor Deprest is the Director of Fetal Professor Deprest is the Academic
Therapy in the Programme of Fetal Medi- Chair of the newly established depart-
cine. He also assumed the Co-direction of ment of Development and Regeneration,
the Programme of Urogynaecology with that groups all the research and teaching
Dirk De Riddler. activities of the clinical departments of
Until 2011, Professor Jan Deprest Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pediatrics,
was the Academic Chair Department of Neonatology, Urology, Orthopedics and
Woman and Child. From 2012 to 2017 he Abdominal Surgery.
assumed the Department of Develop- Regarding his work, Professor Jan is
ment and Regeneration, both depart- the Editor in Chief in the journal Gynae-
ments at the Faculty of Medicine KU Leu- cologic Surgery (2013) an international
ven in Belgium. editorial board of BJOG.
His scientific activities rely on the He was awarded with the Prize of the
publication of more than 400 peer-re- Royal academy of Medicine of Belgium.
viewed papers in scientific journals and Professor Deprest is Fellow ad Eu-
more than 80 book chapters. Professor ndem of the Royal College of Obstetri-
Deprest is also the supervisor of more cians and Gynaecologists (UK) and Mem-
than 20 doctoral students in research in ber of the Dutch Society of Obstetrics
fetal medicine or pelvic floor medicine. and Gynaecology.

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