CURRICULUM VITAE

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Kristof Pierets, MD
orthopaedic surgeon, traumatology

° 21/03/1969, Ghent
Hospital adress AZ Zeno
Kalvekeetdijk 260
8300 Knokke-Heist
Belgium
Email kristof.pierets@azzeno.be
Office tel.nr. +32 50 53 45 10
Departement orthopaedic surgery: knee surgery, foot- and ankle surgery, arthroscopy
traumatology

Education

1981-1987: secondary school: Sint-Amandusinstituut Ghent, wetenschappelijke A
1987-1995: university RUG (Rijksuniversiteit Gent), medicine
1995-2003 : orthopaedic training
- Roeselare (1st, 2nd and 3rd yr: Dr. L. Vanden Daelen)
- Auvelais, CHR du Val de Sambre (Sambreville) (4th yr: Dr. A. Velghe)
- Liège, CHR La Citadelle (5th yr: Dr. J.P. Ledoux)
- Liège, CHU Sart Tilman (6th yr: Prof. Dr. R. Lemaire)
2003-currently: Board Certified Surgeon Orthopedic and Traumatology, AZ Zeno, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Sports

Triathlon, enduro, hunting

Work experience during studies

• Assistent human dissection and topographic anatomy, University Ghent (RUG), Prof. D. Vakaet

• Assistent neuro-anatomy and dissection of the central nervous system (RUG), Prof. De Reuck

• Postgraduate ECG

• Co-author "Five years follow-up of ACL-plasty", UZ Gent, 1993-1994, Dr. W. De Graeve, Prof. R. Verdonk

• Assistant PhD thesis of Dr. B. Poffyn "Survival of bone grafts in the vertebral column", UZ Gent, 1994

• Certificate E.H.B.O. ambulance, Rode Kruis since 1991

• Chief Doctor Rode Kruis since 1995

• Certificate Radioprotecion since 2000

• Publication "Jumper's knee: postoperative assessment. A retrospective clinical study", K. Pierets, R. Verdonk, M. Demuynck, J. Lagast
  Published in ESSKA Journal of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy, rewarded with the first price on BRUCO sports congress 11-12 October 1996, Bruges

• Study "CLS stem (Sportorno) 4 to 10 years follow-up" together with Dr. L Vanden Daelen, Dr. P. Gunst, Dr. L. Missinne, Dr. S. Muermans, presented on the BVOT congress, Antwerp, 2000

• AO Basic and Advanced Course, Davos, 1997, 1999

• Advanced Arthroscopic Course, Courmayeur, 2001

• Chief Medic assistance Atlas Adventure in Marocco Rally, Africa Challenge sinds 1999 untill present

Work experience after residency

Training foot- and ankle surgery

• Basel, Prof. Hintermann

• Seattle, Dr. S.T. Hansen

• Ghent, Prof. P. Bursens

• Bordeaux, Dr. L. Barouk

• Zürich, Dr. P. Ripstein

• Amsterdam, Niek Van Dijk

Reconstructive surgery of the fore-, mid- and hindfoot

• Basel, Prof. Hintermann

• Seattle, Prof. T. Hansen

• Oakland (California), Prof. R.A. Mann

• Bordeaux, Dr. L.S. Barouk

• Baltimore (Maryland), Dr. M. Myerson

• Durham (North Carolina), Prof. J.A. Nunley

• North Carolina, Dr. R. Anderson

Ankle prosthetic surgery

• Zürich, Dr. P. Ripstein (mobility prothesis)

• Bristol, Dr. I. Winson (Zenith prothesis)

RSNA

Cum laude for presentation of "Interdigital US guided alcohol injection of Morton's neuroma, single operator technique with web space compression" at the 99th scientific assembly and annual meeting of the radiological society of North America, dec 2013

Specific foot- and ankle training
Arthrex arthrolab Münich

Training knee surgery and arthroscopy

• Roeselare, Dr. L. Vanden Daelen

• Liège, Prof. Dr. Huskin

• Liège, Prof. Dr. R. Lemaire

• Ghent, Prof. Dr. R. Verdonk

• multiple international courses TKP, UKP, revision surgery, osteotomies around the knee

• London, knee revision course (2012)

• Hamburg, partial knee instructional course (2013)

• Biomet traveling fellowship (2013)

• Oxford Partial knee instructional course (2014)

• yearly multiple update courses

Since 2014: our knee surgery departement in AZ Zeno is "centre of excellence" total knee arthroplasty Vanguard XP, Oxford uni knee arthroplasty, flexion first balancing

special interests in prosthetic knee surgery, ligament balancing, PSI, Robotic assisted surgery

knee arthroplasty Rapid Recovery Centre using patient journey app

Scientific memberships

Member of EFAS, BVOT, BKS, ESSKA