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Lode Dewulf

Lode Dewulf MD

Pharmacy and Medicine
Huldenberg, East Flanders, Belgium

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Lode is a physician with a passion for patient perspectives and understanding. When he studied and practiced medicine in Belgium and South Africa, he quickly realized that good education about health and disease was at least as important as good medicines to help patients achieve the best outcomes. To have a broader impact he then joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1989 and worked to provide good education around certain diseases and new treatment options. Ten years later, when the internet opened new possibilities to provide quality medical information, he took a one-year sabbatical leave to co-found PlanetMedica, the first Healthcare internet portal in Europe.

He then returned to the pharmaceutical industry and accumulated about 25 years of Medical Affairs, including senior global roles. In recent years he worked as Chief Patient Affairs Officer at UCB, Belgium, an executive role he piloted in the industry. In December 2016 he joined Doctors Of The World as medical coordinator and consulting physician for the Winter Plan. He also founded Corvalus, coaching, and consultancy company around core values. Lode considers the internet, social media, and true stakeholder partnering central to improving education and awareness on health and disease. He also advocates that a true understanding of the patient experience is the foundational key to improve health care for all.
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