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Welcome to the Erasmus Hospital! The Erasmus Hospital Since 1977, the Erasmus Hospital has been providing general care adapted to the individual patient.  Also recognised as a Belgian reference centre for 12 rare diseases and a member of numerous European reference networks, the hospital is located on the Erasmus hospital and academic campus in Anderlecht. Two internal centres (the Erasmus Medical Centre – EMC and the Erasmus Imedia Centre), one external polyclinic (Lothier) and two external centres (Trauma and Rehabilitation Centre – CTR and the Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre – CRG) complete the patient care facilities. Image Image Institution Since 1977 the Erasmus Hospital has been proposing general care adapted to the individual patient. Also recognised as a Belgian reference centre for 12 rare diseases and member of several European reference networks, the hospital is situated on the Erasmus hospital and university campus in Anderlecht. Institution Values and missions As a university institution, the Erasmus Hospital pursues three major missions: patient care, research and teaching. Through these missions, the hospital strives to provide the highest quality care to patients while advancing scientific knowledge and passing on its knowledge to future generations. Values and missions Organisation and institutions In order to meet patients' expectations as effectively as possible, the Erasme Hospital has several committees: the Management Committee, the Board of Directors, the Medical Council. Organisation and institutions Quality The Erasmus Hospital is driven by a dynamic of continuous improvement rooted in a quality culture that is evident across all its activities and that involves all members of staff. Quality Patient-Partnership The Erasme Hospital ensures that every patient can be a partner in his or her own care. We also encourage patients to play an active role in our institution by setting up a patient partnership committee to help improve the quality and safety of your care, and that of other patients, as well as the ongoing training of carers. Patient Partnership

The Erasmus Hospital Communication Department is at the disposal of the media for any request for interviews, reports or photographs. We will be pleased to direct you to the specialist best able to answer your questions.  Director of Communication Frédérique Meeus frederique.meeus@hubruxelles.be +32 2 555 84 30 +32 499 54 05 16 Media Officer Louis Dijon louis.dijon@hubruxelles.be +32 478 83 06 49 Press releases Rare diseases: raising awareness of a double burden Brussels, 28 February 2025 – In Belgium, one in twenty people is affected by a rare disease. But beyond the often complex diagnosis, thesepatients face a "double burden": the disease itself and the numerous systemic obstacles to accessing care. On the occasion of Rare DiseaseDay, an open letter signed by Franck Devaux, Ethicist and President of the Ethics Committee at HUDERF, Coordinator of the Rare DiseasesFunction at H.U.B, and Professor Béatrice Gulbis, Director of the Rare Diseases Function at H.U.B and Co-Coordinator of EuroBloodNet, theEuropean Reference Network for rare hematological diseases, calls for collective awareness and concrete actions to ensure fairer and moreinclusive care. 27 February 2025 Download Outpatient hysteroscopy comes to the H.U.B! The Department of Gynaecology recently inaugurated a new fully equipped unit dedicated to outpatient hysteroscopy at the Erasmus Hospital. The H.U.B is the third French-speaking centre in Belgium to propose this operative procedure during consultations for patients with abnormal uterine bleeding due to an intracavitary pathology. Dr. Ludovica Imperiale, gynaecologist specialised in minimally invasive surgery and head of the H.U.B Bleeding Clinic, discusses the benefits of offering such an integrated approach to hysteroscopy. 13 February 2025 Download Embolisation as treatment for adhesive capsulitis: an innovative solution now possible at the H.U.B The Department of Interventional Radiology at the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B) is now proposing a promising and minimally invasive new treatment for adhesive capsulitis. Clinical results obtained to date confirm its effectiveness where other treatments have failed, even in the most advanced cases. 21 January 2025 Download Fast track diagnosis of colorectal cancer within the H.U.B Brussels, 29th February 2024 – The teams at the Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology of the Erasmus Hospital and Jules Bordet Institute propose a fast track diagnosis of colorectal cancer for patients showing warning signs, a positive result for the presence of blood in the stools or at high risk. On 20 and 21 March a giant colon will be installed in the lobby of the Erasmus Hospital and Jules Bordet Institute. Professionals from our institutions will be present to accompany you as you discover this organ and to stress the importance of colorectal cancer screening.  29 February 2024 Download The hospital and YOU : Your hospital’s magazine Whether you are a patient, relative of a patient, future patient or visitor, we invite you to discover the H.U.B’s new magazine:  “The hospital and YOU”. Packed with information and news on our care and care staff, our fields of expertise and innovations! Your health is at the centre of our concerns.  Discover all the issues here and keep up to date on all that is happening at the H.U.B! File hub_decembre_2023.pdf

Together, we can save lives and improve the health and well-being of all.  Your donation is vital In making a donation you give us the means to achieve progress in medicine. Our research projects increase our understanding of diseases, improve our diagnoses and provide the basis for developing  new treatments.  Support medical progress today. THANK YOU To make a donation Contact & info Discover all the projects  supported by the Erasmus Fund Contact the Erasmus Fund fonds.erasme@ulb.be +32 2 555 43 59  

The Erasmus Hospital for care that is accessible to all Since 1977 the Erasmus Hospital has been proposing general care adapted to the individual patient. With a capacity of 1,048 beds, every year it is able to treat between 25,000 and 30,000 hospitalised patients and between 350,000 and 400,000 who attend for consultations as outpatients.    Also recognised as a Belgian reference centre for 12 rare diseases and member of several European reference networks, the hospital is situated on the Erasmus hospital and university campus in Anderlecht. The campus is also home to the Jules Bordet Institute, the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the Faculty of Motor Sciences and the School of Public Health.    Two internal centres (the Erasmus Medical Centre – EMC and the Erasmus Imedia Centre), an external polyclinic (Lothier) and two external centres (Trauma and Rehabilitation Centre – CTR and the Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre – CRG) complete the patient care.    The Erasmus Hospital within the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B.) Since 2021 the Erasmus Hospital has been a part of the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B.), alongside the Jules Bordet Institute and the Queen Fabiola University Children's Hospital. These three renowned institutions have the same ambition to improve intra-hospital cooperation and to guarantee optimal care pathways while retaining their individual identities. Each is recognised nationally and internationally for their high quality care at the leading edge of technology and for their projects and medical innovation, whether in the field of oncology, paediatrics or specialised treatment. By bringing together these individual hospitals within an umbrella structure, the patient is guaranteed a complete care pathway.    The Erasmus Hospital in figures 986 beds Between 25 000 and 30 000 hospitalisations a year Between 350 000 and 400 000 consultations a year Our history Since it was founded in 1977, the Erasmus Hospital has continuously developed its activities with the sole aim of guaranteeing high quality care for patients. As a university hospital, the development of infrastructures on the campus is also a priority.    Discover the history of the Erasmus Hospital :  1977 : Inauguration of the Erasmus Hospital and its first 27 beds   1982 : Creation of the Erasmus Fund for medical research   1989 : Signing of the quality charter with the aim of improving the quality of all the hospital's activities, for patients and staff  1991 : Inauguration of the Faculty of Medicine on the campus  2004 : Inauguration of the new Day Hospital   2007 : Inauguration of the Geriatric Day Hospital     2015 : Inauguration of the Lothier Polyclinic in Brussels city centre    2017 : Inauguration of the Trauma and Rehabilitation Centre (CTR) in Laeken    2021 : Grouping of the Erasmus Hospital alongside the Jules Border Institute and Children's Hospital under the name Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B.)    New Erasmus : This major project will make it possible to welcome new modern hospital services while respecting planning and landscaping requirements

Our philosophy The hospital is located on a hospital and university campus and is exemplary in its pursuit of the university's key missions of teaching, research and service to the community.    The hospital is named after the famous humanist and philosopher Erasmus who lived many years in the Anderlecht district. Born between 1466 and 1469, he was a champion of education in the firm belief that it was the best way of reforming the mediaeval Church. The hospital is located on a hospital and university campus and is exemplary in its pursuit of the university's key missions of teaching, research and service to the community.    Our values We are guided by the fundamental values of respect and consideration for the individual, open-mindedness, tolerance, solidarity, constructive criticism and reasoned doubt.    Our ambition is excellence. An excellence that requires constant vigilance and an attention to quality in all our actions and in all our relations.     To meet this challenge, we need the skills of each and every one of us.   Every one of us must be able to identify with the hospital's successes and to take pride in them.    It is in this spirit that we seek to define specific goals and set a clear strategy, satisfy the expectations and needs of all, ensure a welcoming environment with a focus on information and training, encourage dynamism and innovation, favour dialogue, simplify procedures and respect our commitments.    In particular:  In regard to patients, we must guarantee optimal medical information and promote quality care by questioning our methods, continuously evaluating our results and actively seeking new concepts and procedures.    In regard to students, we must provide a qualification that equips them to become effective professionals and establish lasting bonds   In regard to staff, we must promote a certain quality of life and team spirit and acknowledge and ensure recognition for their achievements and successes.    All members of staff are invited to share responsibility for our success in their individual roles as they exercise their skills.   

Management Committee The Board of Directors of the University Hospital of Brussels (H.U.B.), a grouping of the Jules Bordet Institute, the Erasmus Hospital and the Queen Fabiola's Children's Hospital, is the supreme executive authority. The General Management, General Medical Management and all the Directors meet within this Board of Directors twice monthly. By giving priority to consultation and the participation of the various departments in making day-to-day decisions, the Board of Directors favours collective decision-making. The multidimensional nature of most of the subjects discussed is also taken into account. All the departments are subsequently able to ensure that all information on life at the hospital is communicated in full. COMPOSITIONGeneral ManagementM. R. WITMEURGeneral Medical ManagementPr J-M. HOUGARDYGeneral Management  Deputy - Campus AnderlechtM. S. GOUGNARDGeneral Management  Deputy - Campus LaekenMrs A. GROSWASSERFinancial ManagementM. P. DOMINEDirection Nursing DepartmentMrs N. VANBOSSUYTManagement of the Physiotherapy service – Paramedical RepresentativeMr E. BRASSINNEDirector of Information Systems & Infrastructure DepartmentsM. J. ROSSLERDirector of Communication DepartmentMevr. F. MEEUSHuman Ressources ManagementMrs A. DE PERMENTIERRepresentative of the Faculté de MédecinePr P. WAUTHYLast update: 22/01/2026 Medical Board President:Sylvie TenoutasseVice-presidents:Jean-Corentin SalengrosTurgay TunaAline VuckovicSecretary:To be definedBoard members:Olivier De WitteMichael Fernandes Y ViescaMembers:Laurence BuisseretMartin DuboisDiane FranckGéraldine GebhartEric HawauxMartial Kalisa RuzindazaAudrey MoureauMarie VercruyssenNicolas YinSecretariat : Delphine RaesMail : cmc [at] hubruxelles [dot] beTél. : 02 555 32 13 Management Board Medical Management Board COMPOSITIONDirector-General for Medical AffairsProf. J-M. HougardyChief Medical Officer and Deputy Medical DirectorProf. J. CréteurChief Medical Officer and Deputy Medical DirectorDr C. SpilleboudtChief Medical Officer and Deputy Medical DirectorProf. J-C. BeghinDeputy Medical DirectorProf. P. SmeestersRepresentative of the Faculty of MedicineProf. P. WauthyAcademic Director for EducationProf. F. VandergheynstDirector of the Physiotherapy Department and Representative of ParamedicsMr E. BrassinneDirector of the Nursing DepartmentMs N. VanbossuytLast update: 04/02/2026

Trauma Center Since September 2022 the Erasmus Hospital has been an accredited “Trauma Center”.  A certification that recognises quality care for patients who have suffered a serious level 1 trauma. Every day at the Trauma Center a multidisciplinary medical and paramedical team acts to ensure that patient care is transverse and optimal. A chain of survival that begins with the 112 call and continues to patient stabilisation and through to rehabilitation. Whether the patients are victims of a road, occupational or domestic accident, a severe trauma is the principal cause of death for persons aged under 40. To guarantee effective care, the Erasmus Hospital has both the infrastructure and material and medical resources to permit a complete care pathway.     Quality charter The Erasmus Hospital is driven by a dynamic of continuous improvement rooted in a quality culture that is evident across all its activities and that involves all members of staff. Its missions of patient care, teaching and research are pursued in a context of continuous assessment and optimal rigour, transparency and security.    The hospital undertakes to:  Place the patient at the centre of its concerns so as to provide the desired care and services by integrating them in pre- and post-hospitalisation care.    Help develop new approaches to care and provide the most advanced care in its fields of excellence    Support the care activities with standardised, written practices    Encourage respect for the values and goals of the institution    Encourage the well-being of all members of staff by providing a working environment propitious to personal development   Provide a teaching tool of excellence for the community and university faculties and training colleges that provide vocational training in the field of health and care    Provide training in a humanist environment in which the youngest benefit from the skills and experience of more senor staff  Make available to university faculties and training colleges an effective tool for conducting or participating in all dimensions of research focused on medical and care activities.    The "Baby-Friendly Hospital" Label In 2008, the Maternity Department was proud to be awarded the "Baby-Friendly Hospital" label, renewed in November 2016. An international programme launched by the WHO and UNICEF, this label aims to ensure that every newborn and mother have an optimal health and well-being capital. It therefore encourages maternity wards and departments to encourage an early bond between mother and baby and to promote breast-feeding. In addition to providing an optimal diet for the baby, protecting against infections and allergies and preventing obesity, breast-feeding is also beneficial for the mother. For the latter, a reduced risk of breast cancer and osteoporosis and easier weight loss after childbirth are the two principal benefits.   To meet the conditions for label renewal, the hospital undertakes to:    Make every effort to encourage a solid bond between mother and baby during pregnancy, during delivery and after birth.     Inform and assist in making a well-informed decision on the method of feeding that is best suited to the mother and baby. Once the decision is taken, the Maternity Department undertakes to respect it and support the mother in her choice   Ensure that our staff benefit from specific training to provide quality support for mothers who decide to breastfeed their children.    Encourage initial skin-to-skin contact for at least one hour a day, from the time of birth. To reassure the baby, we encourage the mother to offer the baby her breast.    Avoid separating mother and baby during their stay in maternity. If the baby has to spend time in the Neonatal Department,  nurses help the mother to express breast milk, whenever possible in close proximity to the baby.    

The Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B), consisting of the Erasmus Hospital, the Jules Bordet Institute and the Queen Fabiola University Children's Hospital, employs more than 800 doctors. To improve collaborations, inter-departmental communication and care pathways, at the end of December these doctors voted to set up a single Medical Council. An initiative seen as a logical next step and that respects the identities of each hospital. This form of transverse representation of the medical staff makes it possible to support both respective and common projects in the interests of medicine, both today and into the future.  All the doctors represented within the same body The attachment of each hospital to the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) already enabled the three medical councils to cooperate regularly in the past. The creation of the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B) as an academic hospital for the City of Brussels in October 2021 served to consolidate this cooperation. Common governance was therefore soon seen as the logical next step. Thus, on 20 December 2020, doctors from the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B) came together and opted, by more than 80% of votes, to deploy a single medical council. This form of representation of the medical staff within the hospital governance aims to facilitate and improve inter-departmental cooperation and promote an efficient sharing of activities. The future doctors' representatives on this single Medical Council will be appointed when new elections are held at the start of the next academic year. Voting will be by electronic means.    Unifying while respecting the identity of each hospital The role of the Medical Council is to coordinate medical activities, promote quality care and harmonise patient pathways that are accessible to all within the hospital networks while maintaining the spirit of cooperation between the doctors. Although the Brussels University Hospital is deployed through its governance and its transversality, the desire to preserve the identity of each institution, for both staff and patients, remains a priority. Each of these constituent institutions is recognised nationally and internationally for its medical projects and innovations, whether oncological, paediatric or specialised.  The communication challenge Regular meetings of all the H.U. B doctors are needed to ensure that the deployment of a common medical project is a shared experience. The existence of two distinct hospital sites (Anderlecht and Laeken) remains the biggest challenge in terms of communication for the teams, especially when members of the medical staff must be present physically. Using the right means of communication at the right time remains a key issue in ensuring the smooth functioning of the institution.  A union in keeping with the triple mission: care, research and teaching As a university structure with many researchers and research physicians, the Brussels University Hospital offers a stimulating environment that permits the continuous recruitment of young specialists. A youth that has a vital place within the institution and to which established staff are always attentive. The medical staff also interact very closely both with the paramedical teams and support services (data processing, human resources, etc.) as well as with GPs, with the aim of always guaranteeing the best care for the patients.

Teams from the Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology Departments of the Erasmus Hospital and Jules Bordet Institute are now working hand-in-hand within the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B).  They propose a rapid diagnosis pathway reserved for patients showing warning signs, a positive result in a search for blood in the stools or who are at high risk.  On 22 and 23 March a giant colon will be installed in the lobbies of the Erasmus Hospital and Jules Bordet Institute. Professionals from our institutions will be there on the day to help you discover this organ and highlight the importance of screening for colorectal cancer.     Essential screening   Every year more than 8,000 Belgians, both men and women, are diagnosed with colorectal cancer. In 90% of cases they are aged over 50. One third of these persons will die from their cancer due to a late diagnosis. If detected in time, 90% of these persons are cured.  Faced with this problem, our professionals decided to put into place a rapid diagnosis pathway for patients presenting a warning sign or a high risk.  Colonoscopy screening is essential as it reduces the risk of developing colorectal cancer and reduces the mortality by 50%. This examination has therapeutic as well as diagnostic benefits as it not only allows a cancer to be detected at an early stage but also prevents its occurrence by removing colorectal polyps and early cancers.    Who is the screening targeting?   You can make an appointment with our professionals who will rapidly schedule a colonoscopy if you present warning signs such as an unexplained and lasting change in bowel movements, the presence of blood in the stools, abdominal pain or unexplained weight loss. If you have a personal or family history of polyps and/or colorectal cancer, inflammatory diseases of the digestive tube (Crohn's disease or proctocolitis) or a family history of multiple polyposis or hereditary colon cancer you will be prioritised.    With or without warning signs, from the age of 50 you can also undergo a simple test for the presence of blood in the stools, carried out in your own home following an invitation sent by the Region.    Do you show any of these symptoms? Then make an appointment with our specialists who will schedule your tests as quickly as possible on the basis of your symptoms.    Gastroenterology consultation: • Jules Bordet Institute 02 541 34 80 • Erasmus 02 555 35 04  Screening consultation at the Jules Bordet Institute (if no symptoms): 02 541 30 00   A giant colon to boost awareness   March is awareness month for colorectal cancers. On this occasion the Brussels University Hospital invites you to come and discover a giant colon. Accompanied by health professionals you can actually go inside the structure to discover this organ, in 3D, and better understand why and how to protect yourself against colorectal cancer, one of the most deadly cancers in Belgium.  The dates are 22 March at the Erasmus Hospital between 9 am and 4 pm and 23 March at the Jules Bordet Institute between 9 am and 4 pm.