Professor Karin Haustermans

Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Leuven Cancer Institute of the University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Belgium.

Country

Belgium

Speciality

Oncology

Subspeciality

Radiation-oncology.

Experience

1995 years

Languages

Dutch, English, French.

Areas of expertise

Radiation-Oncology
Gastro-Intestinal Oncology
Genito-Urology Oncology

About the expert

Professor Karin Haustermans is the Medical Director of Proton Therapy at the Leuven Cancer Institute of the University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Belgium and a Full Professor at the Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. She has contributed to 320 scientific papers published both nationally and internationally. She has a vast experience in treating cancer including gastrointestinal and Genito-urinary cancers.

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Professor Karin Haustermans graduated in 1987 as a Doctor in Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics (MD) at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium. In 1993, she completed her training and qualification in Radiation Oncology.

After a research fellowship at the Laboratory of Experimental Radiotherapy at the KU Leuven, she obtained her PhD in Medical Sciences.

Currently, Karin Haustermans is Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Leuven Cancer Institute of the University Hospital Gasthuisberg (Belgium) and a Full Professor at the KU Leuven.

She is specialized in Gastro-Intestinal and Genito-Urology oncology and has a part-time research appointment as a Fundamental, Clinical Researcher that is sponsored by the Research Foundation – Flanders. She is also a member of several international scientific organizations.

She is also heavily involved in the Belgian Cancer Registry as a member of the board and Chair of the Coordination Council.

Medical Director of the Protontherapy Centre
2018 - Today
University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology
2009 - Today
University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven
President
2016 - 2017
Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure, Belgium
National Node Director
2014 - 2016
Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure, Belgium
Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee of EORTC

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussels, Belgium
Chair
2006 - 2009
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussels, Belgium
Head of Oncology Department
2005 - 2009
Group Biomedical Sciences KU Leuven
Senior Clinical Investigator
2004 - 2019
Research Foundation – Flanders

Coaching leadership

Catholic research University in Leuven, Belgium

2015
PhD

Research Fellowship at the Laboratory of Experimental Radiotherapy, KU Leuven.

1995
MD

Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven).

1987

Clinical committee of European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (Chairman) (2017)
Scientific Council of the Federal Agency of Nuclear Control (FANC) (2015)
European Academy of Cancer Sciences (2015)
Royal Academy of Medicine (2011)
Scientific board of OncoRay, Institute of Radiooncology, HZDR, Germany

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