Joost Lagast MD

Dr. Lagast achieved his MD title in 1981 at the Catholic University of Leuven, before completing several fellowships in 1981 – 1983 in Deurne and Exeter. Dr. Joost Lagast currently works at the AZ Maria Middelares Clinic in Ghent, Belgium, where he is specialized in Knee and Hip Surgery. Alongside his particular interest in joint arthroplasty, he is also an experienced sports injury surgeon. He has already performed over 5.000 Total Hip Arthroplasty and over 5.000 Total Knee Arthroplasty procedures.

In 1998, he was the first to use the Medial Pivot Design of TKA on the European continent and since then he has undertaken over 3.000 Medial Pivot TKA surgeries. The last decade he was a Faculty member at many Hip and Knee meetings throughout the world: Europe, Russia, China, India, Latin America.