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
Paul Brousse Hospital, Hepato-Biliary Center, Villejuif, France

Andrea Cercek
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Quentin Denost
Bordeaux Colorectal Institute, France

Eloy Espin Basany
Hospital Valley de Hebron & Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain

Benoit Gignoux
Clinique de la Sauvegarde Lyon, France

James Kinross
Imperial College London, Department of Surgery and Cancer, United Kingdom

Tim Maughan
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Isacco Montroni
National Cancer Institute Milan, Italy

Rodrigo Olivia Perez
Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil

Yves Panis
Group Hospitalier Privé Ambroise Paré - Hartmann, France

Anton Peperstraete
AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium

Yolanda Ribas
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

Francesco Sclafani
Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium

Antonino Spinelli
Humanitas University, Italy

Ellen Van Eetvelde
UZ Brussel, Belgium

Christopher Williams
Leeds Cancer Centre, UK

Jakob Nikolas Kather
University Hospital Dresden, Germany

Host Faculty


A. D'Hoore
University Hospitals Leuven, Abdominal Surgery, Belgium

Albert Wolthuis
University Hospitals Leuven, Abdominal Surgery, Belgium

Gabriele Bislenghi
University Hospitals Leuven, Abdominal Surgery, Belgium

Ellen Coeckelberghs
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Jeroen Dekervel
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium

Karin Haustermans
University Hospitals Leuven, Radiation Oncology, Belgium

Joris Jaekers
University Hospitals Leuven, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Belgium

Gertjan Rasschaert
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium

Xavier Sagaert
Pathology

Sabine Tejpar
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium

Eric Van Cutsem
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Vincent Vandecaveye
University Hospitals Leuven, Radiology, Belgium

Filip Van Herpe
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium

Tim Vanuytsel
University Hospitals Leuven, GI Oncology, Belgium

Faculty workshop


Anita Van den Bosch
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Eva Pape
UZ Gent, Belgium

Hadi Waelkens
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Inge Geraerts
KU Leuven, Belgium

Julie Pierrart
UZ Leuven, Belgium

Liesbet Lauwereins
KU Leuven, Belgium

Lynn Debrun
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium