Education

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

University of Gent, Belgium 1973-1977 MD

Post-Graduate Education

University of Gent, Belgium 1977-1978 Internship, Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Gent, Belgium 1978-1982 Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Hershey Medical Center, 1987-1989 Fellowship – Gynecologic Oncology

Pennsylvania State University

Certification:
Diplomate, Belgian Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Recertification, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology

Licensure:
Physicians and Surgeons, Belgium
Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Belgium
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) 1
Visa Qualifying Examination (VQE)
Federal Licensuring Examination (FLEX)
Medical Physician and Surgeon, Pennsylvania
Physicians and Surgeons, Illinois
Iowa Board of Medical Examiners

Professional and Academic Positions Held

Academic Appointments

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