Professor Vincent van Pesch
Professor of Neurology and Associate Clinical Head of Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, University of Louvain
Belgium
Areas of expertise
- Neuroimmunology
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- neuro-inflammatory disorders
About the expert
Professor Van Pesch is currently Adjunct Head of Neurology Department and Professor of Neurology at university of Louvain. He is also Principal investigator at the Neurochemistry Unit, Institute of Neuroscience, university of Louvain. He is responsible for coordination and supervision of the neurophysiology unit at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. He is a member of a number of scientific organizations and is the co-editor of a number of scientific journals such as Acta Neurologica Belgica. Prof. Van Pesch has contributed to 240 Publications and reputable researches.
Dr Van Pesch obtained his medical degree in 1999 from university of Louvain and then completed his PhD thesis in neuroimmunology in 2003.
He served as neurology resident at Department of Neurology, Saint-Luc Hospital and then progressed in positions from Adjunct Clinical Head to Associate Clinical Head and finally to Adjunct Chief of Neurology Department at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. He is also responsible for a number of other services within the same place such as coordination and supervision of the neurophysiology unit and supervision and teaching of electroencephalography and evoked potentials to neurology residents.
At university catholic of Louvain, he is a Professor of Neurology and is responsible for teaching neuroimmunology and cerebrospinal fluid/neurochemistry analysis as he is the Principal investigator at Neurochemistry Unit at UCL.
Doctor Van Pesch also greatly contributes to scientific publications and has over 200 published papers in a number of renowned journals. He is also co-editor of Frontiers Neurology, section of Multiple Sclerosis and neuroimmunology and section of Neuroepidemiology
and also Co-editor of the Acta Neurologica Belgica
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Professor of Neurology
2013 - TodayUniversité Catholique de Louvain
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Adjunct Head of Neurology Department
2021 - TodayCliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Principal investigator at Neurochemistry Unit
2014 - TodayInstitute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain
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Internal Consultant in the Clinical Biology
2017 - TodayDepartment of Neurochemistry, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Coordinator and Supervisor of the neurophysiology unit
2006 - TodayCliniques Saint-Luc
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Clinical Head of Neurology Department
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Associate Clinical Head of Neurology Department
2013 - 2018Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Adjunct Clinical Head of Neurology Department
2007 - 2013Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Neurology Resident
2006 - 2007Department of Neurology, Saint-Luc Hospital
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Certificate of Completion of specialist training (CCST) in Neurology
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2006
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PhD in biomedical science (orientation immunology and virology
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2003
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Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
1999
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Member of the ECTRIMS Council (2020)
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Member of the executive committee of the Belgian Multiple Sclerosis Study Group
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Member of the medical council of the Belgian MS patient association
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Member of BioMS-eu: Consortium for CSF Biomarker Research in MS
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Board Member of PARADIGMS foundation
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