Frederik Nevens MD, PhD

Frederik Nevens, MD, is chairman of the Department of Hepatology, the Head Lab of Hepatology at University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and the medical director of the Liver Transplant program In Leuven, as well as a senior clinical investigator of the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders. He is also a professor of medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven.

A specialist in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and hepatology, he earned his medical degree from the Catholic University of Leuven as well as a Ph.D. in the pathophysiology of esophageal varices. Current research interests include complications of cirrhosis, liver transplantation, and chronic hepatitis B and C viruses and polycystic liver disease. The author of more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, Dr. Nevens is a board member of the Flemish Society of Gastroenterology and the Belgian Transplant Society and is a member of the European and International Associations for the Study of the Liver and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.