Who works on what

Going Through Changes

The financial situation of the Antwerp City Hospitals ( Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn - OCMW) has always been difficult, because of the services to the poorer community. The recent influx of large numbers of asylum seekers has brought the system down and radical measures had to be taken. The City Hospitals have been regrouped in an independent structure "Ziekenhuis netwerk Antwerpen". The ZNA no longer solely dependent of the OCMW. The ZNA's objective is to lead the different hospitals to selfsufficiency to come to a financial breakeven in 2006.
  
The ETCA has remained the same but it now takes more efforts of the different teachers as teaching  is done mostly after hours.
  
Gynaecology

• Bruno J van Herendael  teaches out of ZNA site Stuivenberg. He is secretary of the Gynaecological Endoscopic Platform of the Flemish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (VVOG). His main interest is ambulatory hysteroscopy and major laparoscopic surgery including,cancer surgery, pelvic floor and adhesiolysis.
    
• Bart De Vree teaches out of ZNA site Middelheim. He is actively involved in the steering group of the GEP. His main interest is ambulatory hysteroscopy. He is active in operative laparoscopy. He runs the hysteroscopy see and treat clinic.
    
• Marc Francx teaches out of ZNA site Middelheim. He is involved in the steering group of the GEP. His mean interest is out-patient hysteroscopy and classical laparoscopic surgery. He is actively involved in the hysteroscopy see and treat clinic.

General Surgery

• Robrecht Van Hee teaches out of ZNA site Stuivenberg. His main interest is history of medicine. He holds the chair on the subject at the University of Antwerp UA. He is especially interested to teach the juniors the fundamentals of endoscopic surgery so that they are able to execute the routine endoscopic procedures flawlesly. He heads the Academic Surgical Centre at the ZNA site Stuivenberg.
    
• Leo Hendrickx teaches out of ZNA site Stuivenberg. He has recently been appointed as head of the surgical division. His main interest is bariatric surgery. He is the president of the bariatric surgery association.
    
• Toon Sonneville teaches out of ZNA site Stuivenberg andhis main interest is pelvic floor surgery where he has developed a novel technique for rectopexy.

Logistical coordination of the ETCA

• Chris Van de Mosselaer is for over 20 years the right hand of Bruno J van Herendael. Thanks to all the efforts and her coordination the ETCA is recognized as a center of excellence around the world.