University Hospital Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Steven De Vleeschouwer ( SDV ), MD, PhD, Dept. Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium is trained as a neurosurgeon in Belgium and Germany. SDV started his career as staff neurosurgeon in the academic department at the University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium in 2005 where he has been responsible for the clinical care program of patients with intracranial tumors. He’s professor at the Neurosciences department at KU Leuven, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Belgium as Head of the Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy.
From a research perspective, he’s mainly active in the field of both clinical and experimental neuro-oncology, basic and applied brain tumor immunology/immunotherapy and strategies to modify the brain tumor micro-environment. He has a special interest in research valorisation. ORCID ID 0000-0002-9576-9917