CV - Dr. Dieter Thijs

Complexe wervelkolomchirurgie (volwassenen en kinderen), okt-dec 2023, Rigshospitalet, Kopenhagen (DK) onder begeleiding van prof. dr. M. Gehrchen en prof. dr. B. Dahl

Adulte spinale deformiteit, scoliose volwassenen, tumoren van de wervelkolom, adolescente idiopathische scoliose, neuromusculaire scoliose.

• 2017 – 2018: Neurologie, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem onder begeleiding van prof. dr. P. Cras.

• 2018 – 2019: Algemene heelkunde, Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, Dordrecht (NL) onder begeleiding van dr. P. Plaisier.

• 2019 – 2020: Neurochirurgie, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, onder begeleiding van prof. dr. T. Menovsky

• 2020 – 2021: Neurochirurgie, AZ Nikolaas, Sint-Niklaas, onder begeleiding van prof. dr. E. Van de Kelft

• 2021 – 2022: Neurochirurgie, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, onder begeleiding van prof. dr. T. Menovsky

• 2022 – 2023: Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Lille, Lille (FR), onder begeleiding van prof. dr. J.-P. Lejeune en prof. dr. R. Assaker

• 2017-2023: Master in de specialistische geneeskunde neurochirurgie, Universiteit Antwerpen, België
• 2013 – 2017: Master of Science in Medicine, Universiteit Antwerpen, België
• 2010 – 2013: Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Universiteit Antwerpen, België

• Certificaat Basic Life Support/Automatic External Defibrillator, European Resuscitation Council, 21 december 2012
• Certificaat Course on Acute Care Ultrasound Beginner, International Fluid Academy, eFAST (echografie van hart, longen en abdomen bij trauma), transcraniële doppler, vasculaire toegangsweg, 26 november 2016
• Certificate of Training 6^th BNSS (Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society) Cadaver Training Course, 24 maart 2017
• Certificaat Course on Acute Care Ultrasound Beginner, International Fluid Academy, eFAST (echografie van hart, longen en abdomen bij trauma), transcraniële doppler, vasculaire toegangsweg, 23-25 november 2017
• Certificate of Training 7^th BNSS (Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society) Cadaver Training Course, 9 maart 2018
• Certificaat Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), 10e editie, American College of Surgeons met uitnodiging tot deelname aan ATLS instructor course (invitation letter instructor potential), 20-21 september 2019
• Certificate of Training 8^th BNSS (Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society) Cadaver Training Course, 1 februari 2019
• Certificate of Training Surgical anatomy of the leg in relation to nerve injuries cadaver course, Boerhaave Committee, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (NL), 22 maart 2019
• Certificate Hands on microsurgery course, BAU University, Istanbul (TR), 2-4 mei 2019
• Certificate Fundamentals of open and endoscopic skull base approaches, CHU Liège, 17 februari 2020
• Certificate Spinal Balance Course, Brussel, 4-5 maart 2020
• Certificate of Training 9^th BNSS (Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society) Cadaver Training Course, 6 maart 2020
• Certificate Belgian Interdisciplinary Spine Symposium, online, 30 oktober 2020
• Certificate of the EANS European Training Course in Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury, Thessaloniki (GR), 22-25 mei 2021
• Certificate of the EANS Peripheral Nerve Surgery (pre-congress course), online, 2 oktober 2021
• Certificate Fundamental Curriculum Spinal Training Cadaver Workshop, Leiden (NL), 15-16 februari 2022
• Certificate of Training 10^th BNSS (Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society) Cadaver Training Course, 21 februari 2022
• Certificate of the EANS European Training Course in Neurosurgery, Spine, Limassol (CY), 27-31 mei 2022
• Certificate of Training Cadaver workshop latest innovations in spine surgery for fellows, Cologne (DE), 23-24 juni 2022
• Certificate of Training Kopenhagen Peripheral Nerve Surgery Course, Kopenhagen (DK), 14-16 september 2022
• Certificate of Extension Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), 20 september 2022
• Certificate Surgical Synergy Symposium: future perspectives and new technologies, Rome (IT), 12-13 mei 2022
• Certificate Cambridge advanced cadaveric skull base neurosurgical masterclass, Cambridge (UK), 1-2 december 2022
• Certificate of the EANS European Training Course in Neurosurgery, Vascular neurosurgery, Istanbul (TR), 22-25 januari 2023
• Certificate Global Nerve Foundation & Esser Nerves Esser Masterclass Peripheral Nerve course, Rotterdam (NL), 16-18 februari 2023
• Certificate Nerve transfers in the upper limb, Symposium de l’Institut de la Main, Parijs (FR), 26-27 mei 2023
• Certificate of Training Surgical anatomy of the arm in relation to nerve injuries cadaver course, Boerhaave Committee, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (NL), 22-23 juni 2023
• Certificate of participation ESPINEA World Summit Masterclass Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (UK), 13-15 juli 2023
• Certificate Treatment of Spinal Deformity Pathologies, IRCAD, Strasbourg (FR), 6-7 september 2023
• Certificate Meet the Masters Symposium, Waterloo, 7-9 september 2023

Peer reviewed publicaties

• Van den Brande R, Thijs D, Bilsky M, Peeters M, Billiet C, Van de Kelft E. Treatment of ambulatory patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 Oct 27:1-10. doi: 10.3171/2023.8.SPINE23541. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37890190.
• Thijs D, Van de Kelft E, 2023. Percutaneously Placed Gasserian Neurostimulation Electrode Migration Into the Quadrigeminal Cistern: Pathophysiological Hypothesis and Report of Successful Repositioning. Neuromodulation 2023; -: 1–4.
• Verdonck P, Thijs D, Monsieurs K, “Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid endarterectomy presenting with ipsilateral subarachnoid hemorrhage and contralateral vertebral artery occlusion” in Patrick Van de Voorde, Said Hachimi-Idrissi & Sabine Lemoyne (2022) 2022 Besedim congress ‘it’s all about imaging’ – selected abstracts supplement, Acta Clinica Belgica, 77:sup1, 1-33, DOI: 10.1080/17843286.2022.2064607
• Thijs D, Menovsky T, “The Mayfield Skull Clamp: A Literature Review of Its Complications and Technical Nuances for Application”, World Neurosurgery, Volume 151, 2021, Pages 102-109, ISSN 1878-8750, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.04.081.
• Thijs D, Flipse W, “Enterovirale meningitis: een literatuurreview”, Vlaams Infectieziektenbulletin 2017/3.

Poster presentaties          

• Thijs D, Hamelinck Z, Menovsky T, “Extradural opening of the cisterna magna in retrosigmoid craniotomy: a technique for efficient and safe posterior fossa relaxation”, Belgian Society of Neurosurgery annual meeting, Brugge, 10-11 maart 2023
• Thijs D, Jerjir A, Van de Kelft E, Van Buyten JP, “Percutaneously placed Gasserian ganglion neurostimulation electrode migration into the quadrigeminal cistern: pathophysiological hypothesis and report of successful repositioning”, Belgian Society of Neurosurgery annual meeting, Leuven, 26 maart 2022
• Boogaarts HD, Thijs D, Menovsky T, Endovascular Guided Superselective Indocyanine Green Videoangiography for Selecting Cortical Recipient Vessel in STA-MCA Bypass: a Case Report, presented at Bypass2020, Zurich (CH), 8-10 januari 2020

Mondelinge voordrachten

• Thijs D, Belgian Neurosurgical Trainees (voortgangsrapport), Annual Meeting of the Belgian Society of Neurosurgery, Brugge, 11 maart 2023.
• Thijs D, Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid endarterectomy presenting with ipsilateral subarachnoid hemorrhage and contralateral vertebral artery occlusion, Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine Congress, Gent, 25 maart 2022
• Thijs D, Extradural opening of the cisterna magna in retrosigmoid craniotomy: a novel technique for efficient and safe posterior fossa relaxation, the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) annueal meeting in Hamburg (virtual congress), 3 oktober 2021
• Thijs D,Neurosurgery on the Intensive Care Unit, Vlaamse Vereniging voor Neurologie Lentesymposium, Berchem, 23 april 2022

Masterthesis

• Francinetti A, Thijs D, De genetische risicofactoren voor intracraniële aneurysmata en subarachnoïdale bloedingen onder promotie van prof. dr. P. Jorens, Universiteit Antwerpen, 2017.

• Lessen postgraduaat cursus klinische elektrocardiografie
  Cardiologie UZA, 2013-2014
• In a heartbeat: hoe in één seconde je leven kan veranderen
  Prof. dr. Jorens, EMSA Symposium, 4 november 2014
• Menselijk model op cursus echografie
  4th International Fluid Academy Days, Hilton Antwerp, 27 november 2014
• Seminarie heelkunde: echo-doppler bij niertransplant patiënten
  Prof. dr. De Greef, UZA, 20 oktober 2015
• 5th International Fluid Academy Days
  Hilton Antwerp, 27-28 november 2015
• Seminarie kinder- en jeugdpsychiatrie: Kinderen, jongeren en politie
  Dr. Neves Ramos, ZNA Middelheim, 16 februari 2016
• Seminarie Traumatologie: Sportongevallen in de sneeuw
  Dienst Traumatologie, UZ Leuven, 25 februari 2016
• Chirurgie van de heup (niet-arthroplastie)
  MaNaMa-opleiding orthopedie, UZA, 26 februari 2016
• Samenwerkingsvormen in de medische sector
  EMSA lezing, Universiteit Antwerpen, 1 maart 2016
• 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
  The Square, Brussel, 14-18 maart 2016
• Annual meeting of the Belgian Society of Neurosurgery,
  Paleis der Academiën, Brussel, 19 maart 2016
• Traumatologie van het axiale skelet en bekken
  MaNaMa-opleiding orthopedie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 22 april 2016
• 8e Antwerpse Neurovasculaire Meeting, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, 2 mei 2016
• Next generation sequencing: new opportunities in genomic medicine
  Prof. dr. Mortier, Research Club Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, 4 mei 2016
• Fourth Skull Base Day – Unceiling the cavernous sinus, Sint-Augustinus, 3 september 2016
• Hands-on seminarie chirurgische basistechnieken, Dr. Janssens, ZNA Jan Palfijn, 6 september 2016
• Interprofessionele Samenwerking in de Gezondheidszorg, Associatie Hogescholen en Universiteit Antwerpen, 6-10 maart 2017
• Hands-on kadavercursus thoracale wervelkolomchirurgie, Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society, CHU Liège, 24 maart 2017
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Degenerative and Tumoral Diseases of the Spine, KU Leuven, 28 april 2017
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Pediatric and Congenital Pathology & Ethicolegal Issues, Universiteit Antwerpen, 29 september 2017
• Hands-on kadavercursus lumbale wervelkolomchirurgie, Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society, CHU Liège, 9 maart 2018
• Annual meeting of the Belgian Society of Neurosurgery, Provinciehuis Leuven, 17 maart 2018
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, UC Louvain, 27 april 2018
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) cursus, 10^e editie, Washington (USA), 20-21 september 2018
• Hands-on kadavercursus cervicale wervelkolomchirurgie, Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society, CHU Liège, 1 februari 2019
• Annual meeting of the Belgian Society of Neurosurgery, Provinciehuis Leuven, 16 maart 2019
• Hands-on kadavercursus surgical anatomy of the leg in relation to nerve injuries, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (NL), 22 maart 2019
• Hands on microsurgery course, BAU University, Istanbul (TR), 2-4 mei 2019
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Traumatic Brain Injury, UZ Brussel, 20 september 2019
• Hands-on kadavercursus thoracale wervelkolomchirurgie, Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society, CHU Liège, 6 maart 2020
• 11^e Antwerpse Neurovasculaire Meeting, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, 18 mei 2020
• London World Masters Tumour Symposium, online, 15-16 augustus 2020
• Annual meeting Belgian Association of Neuro Oncology, online, 11 december 2020
• International Brain Mapping Course, online, 20-21 maart 2021
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery and Ethics, online, 30 april 2021
• The Masters X^th Annual Live World Course in Brain and Spine Tumour Surgery, online, 12-16 augustus 2021
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, online, 24 september 2021
• European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, part 2: Interventional Therapy, online, 8 november 2021
• 13^e Antwerpse Neurovasculaire Meeting, Edegem, 13 december 2021
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Oncology, UZ Gent, 6  mei 2022
• Cadaver workshop new spinal fracture treatment and carbon composite surgery, ORSI Academy Melle, 17 juni 2022
• Annual meeting of the Belgian Society of Neurosurgery, online, 5 juni 2021
• 14^e Antwerpse Neurovasculaire Meeting, Edegem, 13 juni 2022
• Belgian Inter-University Seminar in Neurosurgery, Academic Hospital of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, 22 september 2023