Olivier M. Vanderveken MD, PhD

Prof. Dr. Olivier M. Vanderveken, MD, Ph.D., is a full-time ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon at the Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium. He is appointed as Chairman of the Department of ENT-HNS at Antwerp University Hospital. He holds a position as a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Antwerp. Prof. Dr. Vanderveken received his medical degree from the University of Antwerp in 2001. He completed an ENT, Head and Neck Surgery residency at the Antwerp University Hospitals. In 2007, he obtained a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences on the topic of the fundamental and multidisciplinary approach to upper airway collapse during sleep-disordered breathing.

His main research is in the area of sleep-disordered breathing, in the particular pathophysiological assessment of upper airway collapse including phenotyping, drug-induced sedation endoscopy, treatment of sleep apnea with mandibular advancement devices, and upper airway surgery including hypoglossal nerve stimulation and transoral robotic surgery. His other research topic is in the area of the microbiota of the upper respiratory tract.

Prof. Dr. Vanderveken has co-authored several professional scientific publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal 'Sleep and Breathing' and the Deputy Editor of the ‘Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine. In the past, Olivier Vanderveken has been awarded several national and international scientific awards including the “AADSM Clinical Research Award” in 2011, the “AADSM Clinical Excellence Award” in 2011, and the “Pierre Robin Academic Award” of AADSM in 2012 from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.

Olivier Vanderveken holds a Senior Clinical Investigator Fellowship at the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) in Belgium supporting him to pursue a full-fledged career in translational research. Professor Vanderveken is the founding President of the 'interdisciplinary Belgian Dental Sleep Medicine Academy (iBEDSMA)', is a member of the board of the Belgian Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Association, and is currently appointed as the vice-president of the Medical Board at Antwerp University Hospital.