Filip M. Vanhoenacker MD, PhD

Filip Vanhoenacker, Belgian radiologist who studied at the Catholic University of Leuven. He is a staff radiologist at the General Hospital of St-Maarten, Mechelen-Duffel since 1991 and a consultant radiologist at the University of Antwerp since 1995, as well as a guest lecturer since 2007 and guest professor since 2013. He is also a guest professor at the University of Ghent since 2011. In 2003, he obtained a PhD based on “congenital abnormalities of the skeleton”, one of his numerous fields of interest. He has published 296 peer-reviewed papers referenced on PubMed and is the author or co-author of 61 book chapters and monographs. He is the editor and co-editor of “Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors” by AM De Schepper, PM Parizel, L De Beuckeleer, F Vanhoenacker 2001, 2006, and a forthcoming 2017 edition (Springer-Verlag) and “Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries” by FM Vanhoenacker, M Maas, JL Gielen, 2007 (Springer-Verlag). He is a referee for European Radiology, JBR-BTR/JBSR, European Journal of Radiology, Skeletal Radiology, Singapore Medical Journal, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Eurorad, and Insights into Imaging.

The impact of his research topics on the present and future practice of radiology is mainly educational, launching the careers of young radiologists and residents.