University of Liege
Liege, Belgium
Philippe H. Kolh, cardio-vascular surgeon, is Full Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry at the University of Liège, Belgium, and CIO and Chairman of the Department of Medico-Economic Informations at the University Hospital (CHU) of Liège. His background involves significant experience in scientific research, and he has served on several scientific advisory boards, mainly in life sciences and information technology. The author of >280 publications-Hindex 75 in peer-reviewed Journals, Pr. Kolh has given >320 international lectures.
Philippe Kolh received his medical training at the University of Liège, where he graduated in 1989 with summa cum laude. He completed most of his residency training in general, cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery at the CHU of Liège. In 1993-1994, he was fellow of Heart-Lung Transplantation at Yale University Medical Center, and, in 1994-1995, fellow in Cardiac Surgery at the MGH and Instructor - Teaching Assistant in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
He is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2016-2019) of the European Journal of Vascular and EndoVascular Surgery, Associate Editor Emeritus (2013-2019) of the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Editorial Board member of the European Heart Journal, and Consulting Editor of EHJ – Digital Health. He is co-Editor of the 2019 Global Vascular Guidelines on CLTI.
Professor Kolh is Member of the Royal Belgian Academy for Medicine. Past President of the Belgian Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and of the Royal Belgian Society of Surgery, he currently is President of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) and of the World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS).
ESVS: Global Burden, Pattern and Management of CLTI Patients across the Globe
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
6:31 AM – 6:37 AM ET