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Education

• University of Gent, BS – Basic Sciences in Medicine, Belgium, 1970-1973
• University of Gent, MD, Belgium 1973-1977

• University of Gent, Belgium, Internship, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1977-1978
• University of Gent, Belgium, Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1978-1982
• Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Fellowship – Gynecologic Oncology, 1987-1989

Certification:

• Diplomate, Belgian Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1982
• Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1987
• Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1994
• Division of Gynecologic Oncology Recertification, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1997

Licensure:

• Physicians and Surgeons, Belgium, 1977
• Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Belgium, 1982
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), 1984
• Visa Qualifying Examination (VQE), 1984
• Federal Licensuring Examination (FLEX), 1985
• Medical Physician and Surgeon, Pennsylvania, 1985
• Physicians and Surgeons, Illinois, 1990
• Iowa Board of Medical Examiners, 2003

Professional and Academic Positions Held

Academic Appointments

• Research assistant, Pharmacology, Heymans Institute, University of Gent, Belgium, 1974-1976: Dopamine receptors in the renal vasculature
  
• Research assistant, Biochemistry, University of Gent, Belgium, 1978-1980: Aromatization of androgens; Estrogen receptors
  
• Lieutenant, Military Hospital of Cologne, Germany and Military Hospital of Brussels, Belgium, 1982-1984
  
• Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 1984-1985: Progesterone receptors in endometrial carcinoma
  
• Assistant Professor - Full Time, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University, The M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, 1985-1987
  
• Assistant Professor - Full Time, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL., 1990-2003
  
• Director, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, RushPresbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL., 1995-2003
  
• Principal Investigator, Gynecologic Oncology Group, Buffalo, New York, 1996-2003
  
• Associate Professor, Full Time, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL., 1999-2003
  
• Vice-Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush, Chicago, IL., 2000-2003
  
• Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA., 2003–
  
• Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2004-2009.