Curriculum vitae

Personal information

Name: Nijs
Surname: Yannick
Date of birth: February 26, 1982
Place of birth: Leuven, Belgium
Civil status: Married
Belgium

Mobile: 0032 470 588 537
Email: y.nijs@cliniquesdeleurope.be

Secondary school

1994-2000 Koninklijk Atheneum Keerbergen, Keerbergen, Belgium

University

Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Bachelor of Medicine: Catholic University of Leuven 2000 – 2003
1^st year
2^nd year
3^rd year

Master of Medicine: Catholic University of Leuven 2003 – 2007
1^st year
2^nd year
3^rd year
4^th year

Graduation: Doctor of Medicine – Surgery – Obstetrics

June 28, 2007

Residency in General Surgery and Orthopedics
1^st and 2^nd year:
Abdominal Surgery, Orthopedics, Urology, Vascular Surgery, A&E: AZ St. Joseph Hospital, Turnhout, Belgium
Mentor: Prof. Dr. P. Cheyns

August 1, 2007 – July 31, 2009

3^rd year:
Abdominal Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery: University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium Mentor: Prof. Dr. P.L.O. Broos

August 1, 2009 – July 31, 2010

4^th year:
SpR Colorectal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom Mentors: Mr. W. M. Chambers / Mrs. P. Z. Boorman

August 5, 2010 – March 31, 2011

SpR Vascular Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom Mentors: Prof. W. M. Campbell / Mr. J. F. Thompson

April 1, 2011 –July 31, 2011

5^th year:
Abdominal Surgery: University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Mentors: Prof. A. D’Hoore / Prof. F. Penninckx

August 1, 2011 – October 31, 2011

Oncological Surgery: University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Mentor: Prof. M. Stas

November 1, 2011 – January 31, 2012

Transplantation Surgery: University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Mentor: Prof. J. Pirenne

February 1, 2012 – April 30, 2011

Thorax Surgery: University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Mentor: Prof. P. De Leyn

May 1, 2012 – July 31, 2012

6^th year:
Abdominal Surgery: Virga Jesse Hospital Hasselt, Belgium
Mentors: Dr. G. Vangertruyden – Dr.W.Bouckaert

August 1, 2012 – Januari 31, 2013

Abdominal Surgery: University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Mentor: Prof. A. D’Hoore

February 1, 2013 – July 31, 2013

7^th year:
Abdominal Surgery: University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Mentor: Prof. A. D’Hoore

August 1, 2013 – July 31, 2014

Part-time Sports Medicine RSC Anderlecht Youth Team

August 1, 2013 – July 31, 2014

8^th year:
Colorectal Surgeon: Europe Hospitals Brussel, St. Michel

August 1, 2014 – present

Part-time Sports Medicine RSC Anderlecht U21

August 1, 2014 – present

Scientific qualifications:

• Intensive Course in Laparoscopic General Surgery, IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg , France, 8th to 12th December 2008.
• 7th Edition Warm-up Package, Workshop in Laparoscopy, IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France, Thursday 4th to 5th March 2010.
• Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Advanced Course, IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg , France, June 25th to 26th 2010.
• Colorectal M25 Course, Pelican Centre, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, 23 to 25th March 2011.
• Cambridge Anastomosis Workshop, Addenbrook’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 11th to 15th July 2011.
• TME Course Prof. Bill Heald, Pelican Centre, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, 5^th September 2012
• International course The Donor Surgeon, 4^th edition, Padua, Italy, 4^th to 6^th December 2012
• Colorectal VIP Event, IRCAD, Straatsburg, 22 to 23th October 2015
• Workshop Baxer/Wenen, 17 to 18th November 2016
• ESSO Course on Colorectal Robotic Surgery, Hamburg 9th to 10th December 2016
• TaTME course, Barcelona, 20 to 21th February  2017

International presentations:

• “Arthroplasty for avascular necrosis after osteosynthesis of the proximal humerus” 11th European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Brussels 2010.
• “The effect of repetitive infiltrations as a part of a new multidisciplinary algorithm for chronic postoperative inguinal pain”
  36th European Hernia Society Congress Edinburgh 28-30 May 2014.
• “Determinants of Hospital Mortality for Pancreatic Resections: a Single Center Experience on 1001 Pancreatectomies for Tumor” F. Huysentruyt, D.Michiels, R.Aerts, A.Van den broeck, Y.Nijs, and B.Topal. Belgian Surgical Week , May 2014,

Author of scientific articles:

• Co-author of scientific article “Impact of wound edge protection devices on surgical site infection after laparotomy: multicentre randomised controlled trial (ROSSINI Trial)”. West Midlands Research Collaborative, Old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Pinkney TD , Calvert M,Bartlett DC,Gheorghe A,Redman V,Dowswell G,Hawkins W,Mak T,Youssef H,Richardson C,Hornby S,Magill L,Haslop R,Wilson S, Morton D; West Midlands Research Collaborative ; ROSSINI Trial Investigators.
• Co-author of scientific article ” Long-term outcome of surgical treatment of chronic postoperative groin: a word of caution” with Prof. Miserez of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. Valvekens E, Nijs Y, Miserez M. Long-term outcome of surgical treatment of chronic postoperative groin pain: a word of caution. Hernia. 2013 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23780574
• Co-author of scientific article “Combined kidney and intestine transplantation in patients with enteric oxaluria and short bowel syndrome ” with Prof. Pirenne of Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. Ceulemans LJ, Nijs Y, Nuytens F, De Hertogh G, Claes K, Bammens B, Naesens M, Evenepoel P, Kuypers D, Vanrenterghem Y, Monbaliu D, Pirenne J. Combined kidney and intestinal transplantation in patients with enteric hyperoxaluria secondary to short bowel syndrome. Am J Transplant. 2013 Jul;13(7):1910-4. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12305. Epub 2013 Jun 3. PubMed PMID: 23730777.
• Co-author of scientific article: “Vomiting in an oncological patient: Intussuscepting ileal metastasis, a case report”, Tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 67, vol:10, 512-515, 2010.

Languages:
Dutch: Mother tongue
English: Fluent, experience as an SpR in the United Kingdom, Full GMC registration
French: Fluent
Russian: Basic
Spanish: Basic
Portuguese: Basic