Curriculum Vitae

Bruno Absil, MD, FETCS, CardioThoracic Surgeon

Personal information     



Citizenship : Belgian Date of Birth : 08 September 1965 Residence : 143 Allée du Bois de Bercuit, 1390 Grez-Doiceau, Belgique Mobile + 32 474 36 4004 Home + 32 10 22 4015 Email : [email protected]

Diploma   

Medical Doctor : ULB 1993 General Surgery : ULB 1999 Cardiac Surgery : 2004

Official Belgian and European Aggregations    



Licence practice number: 1-86539-89-140 Belgian Royal Society of Surgery in 1999 European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Leipzig, Germany - certified 2004 DIU in Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Paris V, Necker, France 2006 Licence : Radio Protection in Medicine 2004

Summary: Surgeon with a wide experience in all areas of cardiac surgery, I want to integrate and be part of a dynamic team in which I could use my skills, my motivation, my ability to work with side benefit in the collaboration and expertise with a team. Basically, I would like to develop an expertise in all procedure on beating heart surgery including offpump bypass surgery, aortic valve surgery, arythmia’s surgery in addition to usual procedures. Professional activities :    

2009 - : Clinic Edith Cavell (CHIREC), Brussels, Belgium, Consultant Surgeon Cardiothoracic Surgeon, LUMC, Leiden, Pr. R. Klautz, Netherlands 2008 Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Fellowship, Pr. Bart Meyns, Catholic University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg, Belgium, 2007 – 2008 Flying Physician (Humanitarian Mission), 2000 -

       

From Augustus 2006 - 2007 Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis,OLV, Aalst, Fellow Unit of Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Belgium April - July 2006 DIU of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Profs. Pascal Vouhe, Fr. Lecas, Faculté de médecine René Descartes Paris 5 - CHU Necker- Enfants Malades, France July 2005 - Augustus 2006 Attending Surgeon Cardiac Surgery UCL Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc Unit of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Belgium October 2004 -July 2005 Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Professor Jean Rubay UCL Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc Unit of Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery. Belgium September 2003-2004 Resident Surgeon in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Bruxelles UCL Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc Unit of Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium September 2001-Augustus 2003 Fellowship in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Canada, ( R09374 ) Laval University, The Québec Heart Institute. Unit of Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Doyle MD, Hôpital Laval. (2725 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Sainte-Foy, G1V 4G5, Canada Phone : 001.418.656.47.17) May 2000- August 2001 CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Unit of General and Robotic Surgery (Intuitive Surgical Technologies, Da Vinci), Prof Guy-Bernard Cadière Surgeon. Belgium November 1999 March 2000 CHU Brugmann, Brussels, Unit of General Surgery Fellowship.

Residency (Training Surgery) 1993-1999 (DES)   

CardioThoracic & Vascular Surgery CHR Citadelle, Liège, Prof. R. Limet, Dr G. DeKoster, Dr J.0 Defraigne Clinique Universitaire Mont Godinne, Yvoir, Prof. J.C. Schoevaerdts Centre Hospitalier Etterbeek Ixelles Dr D. Munck General and Abdominal Surgery Bracops Hospital, Brussels, Dr. J.Blondiau, Dr Van Gysel Centre Hospitalier Etterbeek Ixelles Prof. J M. Limbosch Clinique Universitaire Mont Godinne, Yvoir, Prof. L. Michel Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology CHR Citadelle, Liège, Dr. J P. Ledoux Centre Hospitalier Etterbeek Ixelles Prof. J. Baillon, Prof Blaimont Hôpital Auvelais, Basse Sambre Dr. A.Velghe

Thesis : ‘Place of Coelioscopy in treatment of acute and chronic intestinal occlusions’ - Degree in Surgery 26-10-1999 Result : Magna cum Laude – Belgian Ministery of Public Health recognition. Cardiac Training :           

2007-2008 Cardiac Surgery, adult & Congenital, Fellowship, Prof B. Meyns, Gasthuisberg, KUL, Leuven, Belgium 2006-2007 Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery at OLV Aalst,Belgium, ALS 2007 2006 DIU of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Paris V, Necker, Prof P. Vouhe, F.Lecas.France 2003-2006 Fellow at UCL, Brussels, Belgium, 2004 Fellow of The European Board of Thoracic and Cardio-Vascular Surgery. FETCS 2001-2003 Fellowship in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Canada, ( R09374 ) The Quebec Heart Institute, Quebec(Laval) University, Dr D. Doyle 2001 Certificate of competency in Radioprotection. 1993 Certificate of competency in Electrocardiography. Doctorate in Medicine 1993 Medical Degree Free University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels Medical Science grade Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Brussels 1989

Surgical demonstrations  

Gastroplasty by coelioscopy (LASBG). Gastroplasty training course INAMED, CHU St Pierre, Brussels. October 2000. Cholecystectomy by robot colectomy by laparoscopy Congress of laparoscopic surgery Hamburg, Germany 3 November 2000.

Presentation to congress     



‘Future of robotics in surgery’ - 36th day of training courses of Hospital sciences Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), 1200 Brussels - 10 November 2000 Presentation to the European Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery’- Monaco - 23 September 2002 ‘Does moderate mitral regurgitation impact on early or late clinical outcome in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement’ Soha El Behery, B. Absil, C. Barrea, J.Rubay,T.Sluysmans, C.Ovaert Mid term follow up after Ross operation in children :Is bicuspid aortic valve a contraindication ? 4th world Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery, September 18-22, 2005, Buenos Aires, argentine. Changing trends in Cardiac surgery in a multisurgeon group 1991 - 2005 : Wellens F. ,Absil B., Geelen R., De Geest R., Degrieck I., Van Praet F., Casselman F., Vermeulen Y., Vanermen H. Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium BACTS 18 November 2006. Combined Surgical cryoablation and Left Ventricular Remodelling for the Treatment of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias B.Absil, F.Wellens, N. Walcot,R. Beelen, P.Geelen, O.Lev-Ran, F.Van Praet, F.Casselman,I.Degrieck,H. Vanermen, Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, OLV Clinic, 54 Congress of cardiology, Tel Aviv, Israel, 19 April 2007 Vascular complications during minimally invasive port-access valve surgery.Incidence and Prevention B. Absil, O. Lev-Ran, F. Wellens, N. Walcot, F. Casselman , F. Van Praet, Y. Degrieck, H. Vanermen Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, OLV Clinic, 54 Congress of cardiology, Tel Aviv, Israel, 19 April 2007

Congress and training courses       

      

Participations as member of Royal Belgian Society of Surgery, Congress of European Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) - 2000 BACTS (Belgian Association of Cardio-Thoracic surgery) Brussels - 2000 Cardiac Residents Congress - 11/10/01-13/10/01 - Costa Mesa - Los Angeles, Californie o Prof. Randolph Chitwood, Prof. M. Argenziano Peak Performance XV - 28/2-3/3/02 - Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada o Prof. Tirone David : ‘ Aortic valve disease’ Prof. Raymond Cartier :’Off pump versus On pump CABG’, Prof. Jean Dumesnil, Dr Guy Fradet. Symposium of Cardio-thoracic Surgery of Québec - 11 May 2002 : ‘Nouvelles techniques en Chirurgie Valvulaire, coronarienne, de l’aorte thoracique, congénitale adulte, transplantations et assistance circulatoire mécanique.’, Dr Doyle 16 th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Monaco 22-25 September 2002 Toronto congress ‘ The Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre Day, Dr. Lee Errett, St Michael’s Hospital. Magog June 8 11, XXIIIrd Meeting of the Society of Cardiac Surgeons/Sociedad de Cardiocirujanos, Manoir des Sables, Magog-Orford PQ Canada. BACTS - 2003 ‘Le Club Mitrale’, Prof. A Carpentier, Centre Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris 2-5 December 2003 European course Cardiac Surgery Bergame 2004 4 th Symposium : Aortic and Mitral reconstructive Surgery, Prof. G.El Khoury, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL, June 2-3, 2004 BACTS - 2004 5 th Symposium : Aortic and Mitral reconstructive Surgery, Prof. G.El Khoury, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL, June 2-3, 2005 Hand On in Cardiac Morphology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital London- July 11-13, 2005 BACTS - 2005 Mitral Plasty Symposium, Prof. G.El Khoury, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL,December 8-9, 2005

     

Arrhythmia Surgery/Radiofrequency modified Maze procedure, Hauw. T. Sie, M.D., Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, Nederlands, December 19-20, 2005 DIU of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Profs : P.Vouhe, C.Planche, A.Serraf, E.Belli, Y.Lecompte, D.Metras, O.Bical, A.Pavie, Fr.Lecas - CHU Necker, Paris V, France April- June 2006. 6 th Symposium : Aortic and Mitral reconstructive Surgery, Prof. G.El Khoury, D.E.Cameron, Ch.Acar, R. Pretre Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL, June 2-3, 2006 OLV College, Options and Outcomes in the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, Dr H. Vanermen, Ph. Casselman, F.Van Praet, Fr. Wellens, R. De Geest, I.Degrieck. Aalst October 13, 2006. 54 Congress of cardiology, Tel Aviv, Israel, 19 April 2007 7 th OLV College on advanced Mitral Valve Surgery, The Endoscopic Techniques Course, Drs H.Vanermen, G.Dreyfus, D.Adams, J-L.Pomar, D.Murphy, C.Hargrove, S.Srivastava, A.Berrebi, P.Casselman.

Professional Associations     

EACTS Belgian Royal Society of Surgery. Belgian Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (BACTS) Member of B.G.E.S Belgian Group of Endoscopic Surgery. CTSnet

Publications :  

  

Midterm results of the Ross procedure in a pediatric population : bicuspid aortic valve is not a contraindication. El Behery S, Rubay J, Sluysmans T, Absil B, Ovaert C. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Apr ;30(3):219-24. 2009 Jan 3. B. Absil, F. Dagenais, P. Mathieu, J. Métras, J. Perron, R. Baillot, R. Bauset, D. Doyle - Does moderate mitral regurgitation impact early or mid-term clinical outcome on patient undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis. European Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2003 Aug ;24(2):217-22. B.Absil,F.Dagenais,P.Mathieu, Robert Guidouin ‘L’homme réparé, succès et limites de l’implantologie’ : livre en collaboration avec l’équipe de chirurgie cardiaque de l’Hôpital Laval, Québec - Chapter about bioprothesis and mechanical valves, mechanical assist device. M.L. Druart, K. Crener, B. Absil, I. Rahier, L. Engelholm, J.M. Limbosch. Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix. A rare tumour of the right iliac fossa. Acta Chir Belg. 1999 Dec ;99(6):303-5. B.Absil, P.Mendes Da Costa : Cholecystectomies : from laparotomy to laparoscopy.Acta Chir Belg. 1994 May-Jun ;94(3):180-4.

Posters :     

JI.Saez de Ibarra, R.Baillot, F.Dagenais, B.Absil, R.Bauset, G.D’Ancona, D.Desaulniers. Chirurgie coronarienne chez l’octogénaire : évolution et résultats précoces. Magog, Canada 2003. B. Absil, F. Dagenais, P. Mathieu, J. Métras, J. Perron, R. Baillot, R. Bauset, D. Doyle. Does moderate mitral regurgitation impact early or mid-term clinical outcome on patient undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis. Edmonton, Canada 2003. G.D’Ancona, G.Raymond, JI.Saez deIbarra , B.Absil, R.Bauset, D.Desaulniers, D.Doyle, P.Mathieu, J.Metras, J.Perron, F.Dagenais Aortic valve replacement : pledgetted or unpledgetted ? Edmonton, Canada 2003. JI.Saez de Ibarra, R.Baillot, F.Dagenais, G.D’Ancona, R.Bauset, D.Desaulniers, M.Lemieux, P. Mathieu, J. Métras, J. Perron, G.Raymond, B.Absil, D. Doyle. Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality in octogenarians undergoing first isolated cabg. Magog, Canada 2003. Intracardiac thrombus and spontaneous echocontrast after orthotopic transplantation in asymptomatic heart transplant recipients. S Verstreken, A Feys, B Absil, R Beelen, M Walravens, M Vanderheyden, M Goethals, F Wellens, Cardiology, OLV-Hospital, 54 Congress of cardiology, Tel Aviv, Israel, 19 April 2007



Intracardiac thrombus and spontaneous echocontrast after orthotopic transplantation in asymptomatic heart transplant recipients. S Verstreken, A Feys, B Absil, R Beelen, M Walravens, M Vanderheyden, M Goethals, F Wellens, Cardiology, OLV-Hospital, USA San Francisco, April 2007

Main surgical interests :     

On & Off Pump CABG, Plasty and Valvular Replacement Congenital cardiac surgery Cardiac transplantation and Mechanical assist device Arrhythmia Surgery New technologies, Computer assist surgery (Robotic Da Vinci, Intuitive Surgical Technologies)

Languages :   

French : Mother language English Dutch

Others :   

Hardware Computers : very good knowledge Skiing, Horses, Sailing Licence. Humanitarian Mission (as Flying Physician )