David Glineur MD, PhD

Dr. Glineur received his medical degree with honors from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Brussels, Belgium in 1998. During his surgical residency, he underwent advanced laparoscopic training at the University of Lille in France. He obtained his General Surgery Board Certification in 2004. While a cardiac surgery fellow, he also completed a three-month mini-fellowship in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

After extensive training in the United States in robotic cardiac surgery, specializing in mitral valve repair, Dr. Glineur started the robotic mitral valve program at Clinique Saint-Luc Bouge, Namur, Belgium, in December 2011. He also received his“Agrégé de l’Enseignement Supérieur” (corresponding to the Ph.D. degree) in 2011.

Dr. Glineur has done extensive research in coronary revascularization physiology. While still in training, he conducted several prospective randomized trials on coronary revascularization surgery focusing on full arterial grafting. He is one of the few top world experts on fractional flow reserve testing for surgical coronary revascularization. Dr. Glineur is also an internationally recognized specialist in robotic cardiac surgery, especially for minimally invasive mitral valve repair.