Prof.
Jan Gielen
Medical and radiology education at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) Belgium. Muskuloskeletal radiology fellowship in the department of D. Resnick (UCSD, California) and B. Maldague (UCLouvain). Since October 2000 musculoskeletal radiologist at Antwerp University Hospital (UZA) with special interest in radiological imaging of sports lesions. PhD since February 2004, thesis “Magnetic resonance imaging of soft tissue tumors”. Since October 2006 associate professor at Antwerp University (UA). “Believer” in multidisciplinary approach. Organisation of ESSR accredited cyclus hands-on courses musculoskeletal ultrasound since 2004 and MRI since 2007. Organisator of Yearly International Hands on course on US guided intervention since 2011, ESSR accredited. Organisator STMS (Society for Tennis Medicine and Science) congress februari 2007 Antwerp and EFSMA 2015 congress. Past president and treasurer of the „Flemish society of Sports Medicine” (VVS). Author and co-editor of a specialised book on sports radiology „Imaging in Orthopedic Sports Injuries” (2006 Springer Verlag), soft tissue tumors “Imaging of soft tissue tumors” (3 editions Springer Verlag), Nuclear Medicine and Radiological Imaging in sports injuries (2015 Springer Verlag), Image guided intra- and extra-articular musculoskeletal interventions (2015 Springer Verlag).