FACULTY

Patrick W.

Patrick Wouters MD, PhD is full Professor of Clinical Physiology and Chair of the Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. He is a Cardiac Anesthesiologist in the Medical Department of Anesthesia and Pain Therapy at the Ghent University Hospital. His clinical expertise is in cardiac anesthesia including congenital heart surgery. Scientific fields of interest and activity are: “right ventricular failure and the pulmonary circulation”, "diastolic heart failure in anesthesia", " hemodynamic monitoring & echocardiography" and “organ protection”. He is a regular invited speaker at international meetings and published more than 150 peer reviewed scientific articles. Prof Dr. Wouters is President of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care (EACTAIC), Secretary-General of the Belgian Society of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Therapy (BeSARPP) and permanent member of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Belgium (KAGB).