Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KULeuven, Belgium

Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Head of Department UZLeuven, Belgium

Coordinator Anesthesiology UZLeuven training program

Marc obtained his medical degree at the Catholic University Leuven Belgium. He completed his residency in Anaesthesiology in 1996 at the University Hospitals Leuven. In 2000, he received his PhD degree following research related to metabolic support of the stunned myocardium. Until 2010 he was clinical director of obstetric anesthesia and non-operating room anesthesia (NORA). Since 2010, he is Head of the Department Anesthesiology and Professor at the Leuven University. He has given >525 invited lectures, has published over 320 articles and more than 30 book chapters. His H-index at SCOPUS is 50. He is within the top 1% most cited authors in his field in 2020.

He is editor of 3 textbooks in obstetric anesthesia: “Maternal Critical Care” (2013, Cambridge University Press), “Obstetric Anesthesia” (2016, Oxford University Press) and “Anesthesie en de Normale Zwangerschap” (2017, Acco). He was President of the ESRA society. He is member of the Executive Committee of the OAA, he is PROSPECT Chair and Chair of the ESRA Educational Committee. Currently he is Editor-In-Chief of Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology. He also is Deputy Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology. His primary clinical interest focuses on obstetric anesthesia and anesthesia for children and adults with congenital heart disease undergoing non cardiac surgery. Most of his current research focuses on obstetric anesthesia.

He is married with Eva and has five children, Sofie, Michiel, Bas, Ella and Juliette. He loves to travel en play golf. Italian food and wine make him smile ! Dog Toto and cat Copper make sure he is never bored.