Dirk Schrijvers MD, PhD

Dirk Schrijvers MD, PhD, studied medicine at the Limburgse Universitaire Campus, Diepenbeek, Belgium (1978-1981) and graduated from the Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium (1981-1985). He obtained a degree in Tropical Medicine at the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Prins Leopold", Antwerp, Belgium in 1986. From 1988 till 1993, he went on to specialize in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology at the Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Edegem, Belgium. Dr. Schrijvers obtained his doctoral degree (PhD) in Medical Sciences after defending the thesis: “Anticancer drugs in head and neck cancer: clinical pharmacologic studies." He received postgraduate training in epidemiology and public health, clinical pharmacology, management and palliative care.