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Olivier M. Vanderveken, MD, PhD

Professor
Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp
Edegem, United States

Professor Dr. Olivier M. Vanderveken MD, PhD, is an ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon at the Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium, currently appointed as Chair of the Department. He is also appointed as Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Antwerp. Professor Vanderveken is the President of the Research Group on Translational Neurosciences and Head of the Spearpoint Neurosciences.

Prof Vanderveken received his medical degree from University of Antwerp in 2001. He completed an ENT-HNS residency at the Antwerp University Hospitals. In 2007, he obtained a PhD in Medical Sciences on the topic of the fundamental and multidisciplinary approach to upper airway collapse during sleep-disordered breathing.

His main research is in the area of sleep-disordered breathing, in particular pathophysiological assessment of upper airway collapse including phenotyping, drug-induced sleep endoscopy, treatment of sleep apnea with mandibular advancement devices and upper airway surgery including hypoglossal nerve stimulation and transoral robotic surgery.

Prof Vanderveken has co-authored several scientific publications in high-impact peer reviewed journals. In the past, Olivier Vanderveken has been awarded several national and international scientific awards including the “AADSM Clinical Research Award” in 2011, the “AADSM Clinical Excellence Award” in 2011, and the “Pierre Robin Academic Award” of AADSM in 2012.

Professor Dr. Vanderveken is an Associate Editor of 'Sleep and Breathing', the Deputy Editor of the ‘Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine’ and the Editor in Chief of the journal B-ENT, the official publication of the Royal Belgian Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.

Olivier Vanderveken holds a Senior Clinical Investigator Fellowship at the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) in Belgium (2016-2026) supporting him to pursue a full-fledged career in translational research.

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