Maarten Naesens is a nephrologist at the University Hospitals Leuven, with specific interest in kidney transplantation. Next to the clinical duties, he performs translational research at the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation at the KU Leuven, focusing on risk factors, diagnosis, and impact of kidney transplant rejection. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Transplant International, the official journal of the European Society of Organ Transplantation and is involved in the organization of the ESOT and Banff congresses. He has published more than 240 peer-reviewed articles in the field of kidney transplantation.
PhD in Medical Sciences
KU Leuven | 2004 – 2008
MD
KU Leuven | 1995 – 2002
Latin and Mathematics
Instituut Klein Seminarie Roeselare | 1988 – 1995
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Transplantation
KU Leuven | 2019 – Present
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
KU Leuven | 2014 – 2019
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
KU Leuven | 2011 – 2014
Senior Clinical Investigator
Research Foundation Flanders – FWO | 2018 – Present
Councillor
ESOT – European Society for Organ Transplantation | 2017 – Present
Associate Clinical Director of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
UZ Leuven | 2011 – Present
Staff Member of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation
UZ Leuven | 2010 – 2011
MD, Resident in Internal Medicine and Nephrology
UZ Leuven | 2007 – 2010
Predoctoral Research Fellow
Research Foundation Flanders – FWO | 2005 – 2008
Predoctoral Research Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine | 2006 – 2007
Fellow
Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc. | 2006 – 2007
MD, Resident in Internal Medicine
Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg (ZOL), Genk | 2002 – 2003