BRUNO DILLEMANS Born : 27th January 1961 Place of birth : Leuven Nationality : Belgian Married to Kathleen Sintobin Children : Julie, Charlotte and Laura

Address:
Professional:
Department of General Surgery
AZ St.–Jan AV
Ruddershove, 10
B-8000 BRUGGE (Belgium)

Studies:

Medicine Studies
* 1979- 1986 : Catholic University of Leuven , Graduated  ‘Magna cum Laude’.

Specialisation in General Surgery:
* 1986 - 1990 : Heilig Hart Hospital,  Roeselare
* 1990 - 1992 : University Hospitals Leuven

Super Specialisation in Abdominal and Laparoscopic Surgery
* 1992 - 1994 : Academic Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands

Professional activities:

Surgical Activities
Since 1994 : Staff member of the Department of General Surgery AZ  St.- JAN AV , Brugge  (940 beds)

He performs 1.300 Upper GI surgeries a year, 900 of them are pure Bariatric procedures ( Lap Band, Lap Vertical Banded Gastroplasty , Laparoscopic or Open Gastric Bypasses and (rare) Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch).

He has several certifications of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery with active participation at different teaching programs and postgraduate courses ( SOSB, BGES, IRCAD) for residents and general surgeons. Tyco Healthcare recently recognized him as an ‘Expert’ in Advanced Bariatric Surgery with teaching services and performing ‘live’ procedures for Bariatric Surgeons from Europe. He is renowned as ‘Expert in digestive surgery‘ for IRCAD ( Strasbourg).
He has given numerous oral and video presentations at International Congresses (EAES, IRCAD, EUROSURGERY, OESO)  with topics around bariatric surgical procedures, laparoscopic treatment of reflux oesophagitis,  laparoscopic splenectomy etc.  He performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypasses in the United Arab Emirates ( University hospital, Al Ain) June 2005 and in the Sultanate of Oman ( Royal Hospital, Muscat) January 2006. He was invited expert at the ‘First Laparo-Endoscopic Congress for the Middle East‘ in Dubai,  May 2006 . He was course director of the international meeting ‘Master Class in Gastric Bypass’ in AZ St JAN AV in Bruges, June 2006

Other Medical Activities:
President of the Medical Council of AZ St. Jan AV  (1999-2002) and (2002 -2005).
Vice- President of the Medical Council of AZ St. Jan AV (1996-1999) and (2005-2008).
President of the ‘Commission for External Relations’, AZ St. Jan AV Bruges, Belgium.
President of the Advisory Board of ‘AZ Nieuws’, Belgium.
Secretary General of the SOSB ( Belgium Section for Obesity Surgery)
Board Member of the BSUGI ( Belgium Section of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery)
Board Member of the BGES ( Belgium Group of Endoscopic Surgeons)
Board Member of the BSAWS ( Belgium Section for Abdominal Wall Surgery)

Redaction Member of the RBSS ( Royal Belgium Society for Surgeons)  

Hospital AZ St.-Jan AV in Bruges, Belgium