Professor, Head of Department of Paediatrics, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Yvan Vandenplas did his medical studies at the ”Vrije Universiteit Brussel” and trained in pediatrics (1981 1986) at the same University. He became Head of the Unit for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 1987 and is Head of the Pediatric Hospital, the "KidZ Health Castle", at the Univerity Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel) and has the Chair of Pediatrics since 1994. His Ph. D. Thesis was on "Oesophageal pH monitoring for Gastro Esophageal Reflux in Infants and Children" in April 1991. He has over 400 publications listed in Medline and had over 800 talks at diverse international meetings. His main interests are gastro-esophageal reflux (diagnostic procedures, treatment), probiotics and prebiotics, cow's milk protein allergy, constipation, infant nutrition, Helicobacter pylori. He published many original research and review papers on topics such as infant nutrition and gastro-esophageal reflux and other gastro-intestinal disorders. He is now associate editor of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and edited in 2017 a book on GER-disease in children.
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