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Maarten Naesens, MD, PhD

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN AND KU LEUVEN

Maarten Naesens, MD, PhD

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.

Education

PhD in Medical Sciences
KU Leuven | 2004 – 2008

 

MD
KU Leuven | 1995 – 2002

 

Latin and Mathematics
Instituut Klein Seminarie Roeselare | 1988 – 1995

Experience

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