FACULTY

Meet our Speakers & Chairs!

The TNS Symposium offers an authentic comprehensive 2-day scientific experience, featuring the most renowned experts from the international and global scientific community.

Meet the esteemed professionals listed below who will lead the conversation, share their expertise, offer their perspectives, and guide the scientific discussions.

Join them in the debate and actively contribute to the discourse!

Invited & International Faculty 

René Adam
René Adam
Paul Brousse Hospital, Hepato-Biliary Center, Villejuif, France
Andrea Cercek
Andrea Cercek
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Quentin Denost
Quentin Denost
Bordeaux Colorectal Institute, France
Eloy Espin Basany
Eloy Espin Basany
Hospital Valley de Hebron & Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
Benoit Gignoux
Benoit Gignoux
Clinique de la Sauvegarde Lyon, France
James Kinross
James Kinross
Imperial College London, Department of Surgery and Cancer, United Kingdom
Tim Maughan
Tim Maughan
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Isacco Montroni
Isacco Montroni
National Cancer Institute Milan, Italy
Rodrigo Olivia Perez
Rodrigo Olivia Perez
Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
Yves Panis
Yves Panis
Group Hospitalier Privé Ambroise Paré - Hartmann, France
Anton Peperstraete
Anton Peperstraete
AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium
Yolanda Ribas
Yolanda Ribas
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
Francesco Sclafani
Francesco Sclafani
Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Antonino Spinelli
Antonino Spinelli
Humanitas University, Italy
Ellen Van Eetvelde
Ellen Van Eetvelde
UZ Brussel, Belgium
Christopher Williams
Christopher Williams
Leeds Cancer Centre, UK
Jakob Nikolas Kather
Jakob Nikolas Kather
University Hospital Dresden, Germany

Host Faculty

A. D'Hoore
A. D'Hoore
University Hospitals Leuven, Abdominal Surgery, Belgium
Albert Wolthuis
Albert Wolthuis
University Hospitals Leuven, Abdominal Surgery, Belgium
Gabriele Bislenghi
Gabriele Bislenghi
University Hospitals Leuven, Abdominal Surgery, Belgium
Ellen Coeckelberghs
Ellen Coeckelberghs
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Jeroen Dekervel
Jeroen Dekervel
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium
Karin Haustermans
Karin Haustermans
University Hospitals Leuven, Radiation Oncology, Belgium
Joris Jaekers
Joris Jaekers
University Hospitals Leuven, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Belgium
Gertjan Rasschaert
Gertjan Rasschaert
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium
Xavier Sagaert
Xavier Sagaert
Pathology
Sabine Tejpar
Sabine Tejpar
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium
Eric Van Cutsem
Eric Van Cutsem
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Vincent Vandecaveye
Vincent Vandecaveye
University Hospitals Leuven, Radiology, Belgium
Filip Van Herpe
Filip Van Herpe
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium
Tim Vanuytsel
Tim Vanuytsel
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium

Faculty workshop

Anita Van den Bosch
Anita Van den Bosch
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Eva Pape
Eva Pape
UZ Gent, Belgium
Hadi Waelkens
Hadi Waelkens
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Inge Geraerts
Inge Geraerts
KU Leuven, Belgium
Julie Pierrart
Julie Pierrart
UZ Leuven, Belgium
Liesbet Lauwereins
Liesbet Lauwereins
KU Leuven, Belgium
Lynn Debrun
Lynn Debrun
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium