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Our role Ophthalmology is the medical speciality concerned with the eyes. Our aim is to improve visual health and treat eye disease. Image "Our care is comprehensive: from screening to medical and/or surgical treatment. The academic aspect is and must remain central. We have doctors who are experts in modern treatments designed for all stages of life."  Our specialities The Ophthalmology Department is subdivided into a number of elements: The Orbito-Palpebro-Lacrymal and Onco-Ophthalmology Clinic is concerned with problems of the eye socket, eyelids, tear glands and ducts as well as with the orbital mass.    The Glaucoma Clinic is recognised nationally for its expertise; patients are referred to this clinic from throughout Belgium. The Paediatric Ophthalmology Clinic prevents, screens for and treats eye problems in children.  Examples: refraction problems (myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism), strabism, amblyopia, eye development anomalies, infectious diseases, etc. Corneal medical treatment proposes a range of treatment to stabilise and/or treat degenerative or progressive diseases on the surface of the eye. Corneal surgery is fast developing and carries out all available cornea grafts. Refractive surgery seeks to dispense with optical corrections such as spectacles or contact lenses.    Retinal medical treatment is concerned with pathologies such as age-associated wet or dry macular degeneration (AMD). Retinal surgery is used, for example, to correct detached retinas or to place or change intraocular transplants, etc. Neuro-ophthalmology treats disorders of the optic nerves and all the various ocular disorders associated with a neurological pathology (SEP, stroke, brain tumour, etc.) Some diseases (diabetes, tuberculosis, Sjögren's syndrome, etc.) can affect the eyes and threaten vision. This is why the Ophthalmology Department cooperates with other departments such as endocrinology, rheumatology, paediatrics, haematology, etc.  Our team Image Our medical specialists Research The ophthalmologists at the Erasmus Hospital carry out clinical studies and fundamental research, on: vitreoretinal proliferation, in collaboration with the ULB's Laboratory of Physiopathological and Nutritional Biochemistry (LBPN);cornea cells, in collaboration with the Jules Bordet Institute's Cell Therapy Laboratory. Focus Every year the Ophthalmological Department carries out approximately 2,000 intravitreal injections. This type of treatment can be indicated to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), retinopathies associated with diabetes, intraocular inflammation, etc.  Publications Lien vers Array Neuro-Ophthalmological Manifestations in Children with Down Syndrome: Current Perspectives Auteurs : Lavinia Postolache 1, Anne Monier 2, Sophie Lhoir 1Journal : Eye Brain 2021 Jul 21;13:193-203. doi: 10.2147/EB.S319817. eCollection 2021. 10 August 2023 Lien vers Array Intense Pulsed Light Therapy in the Treatment of Dry Eye Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Auteurs : Demolin L, Es-Safi M, Soyfoo MS, Motulsky E.Journal : J Clin Med. 2023 Apr 21;12(8):3039. doi: 10.3390/jcm12083039.PMID: 37109374 10 August 2023 Lien vers Array Experimental Models to Study Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy. Auteurs : Datlibagi A, Zein-El-Din A, Frohly M, Willermain F, Delporte C, Motulsky E.Journal : Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 24;24(5):4509. doi:  10.3390/ijms24054509.PMID: 36901938 10 August 2023 Lien vers Array Visual field defects and retinal nerve fiber layer damage in buried optic disc drusen: a new insight. Auteurs : Nana Wandji B, Dugauquier A, Ehongo A.Journal : Int J Ophthalmol. 2022 Oct 18;15(10):1641-1649. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2022.10.12. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36262850 10 August 2023

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Management Committee Renaud Witmeur - General DirectorPr Jean-Michel Hougardy - General Medical DirectorSacha Gougnard - Deputy General Director – Anderlecht CampusAnna Groswasser - Deputy General Director – Laeken CampusPatrick Dominé - Director of Finance DepartmentNadine Vanbossuyt - Director of Nursing DepartmentsJacques Rossler - Director of Information Systems & Infrastructure DepartmentsAnn De Permentier - Director of Human Resources DepartmentFrédérique Meeus - Direction of Communication DepartmentPr Pierre Wauthy - Representative of the Faculty of Medicine 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

Our role Orthopaedics is the medico-surgical discipline concerned with pathologies of the musculoskeletal system (skeleton, muscles, tendons, etc.). These pathologies or injuries can be of traumatic, infectious, constitutional (malformation, sequelae, etc.) or degenerative (ageing) origin. Most of our therapeutic activity is surgical.    Image Image Our specialities The Erasmus Hospital's Orthopaedics-Traumatology Department covers a number of structures: The Hip, Pelvis and Infectious Diseases Clinic has a number of subspecialities and recognised areas of expertise, notably: Hip replacement that can be on an outpatient basis, the patient leaving the hospital on the same day as the operation. The department is also reputed for revision surgery and complex hip replacement.  The Orthopaedic Infectious Disease Clinic proposes multidisciplinary consultations to treat infections of the bones and joints (e.g. infected prostheses). The Upper Limb Clinic is concerned with pathologies of the shoulder, wrist or hand, with the emphasis on minimally invasive procedures (e.g. percutaneous surgery of the carpal tunnel). The Foot and Knee Clinic also includes the Sports Clinic that is dedicated to injuries suffered when engaging in physical acidity or playing a sport.  The Orthogeriatric Unit, co-managed with the Geriatrics Department, treats persons aged 75 and over who, in addition to an orthopaedic injury (fractured hop, for example) suffer from other pathologies. The Pathologies of the Plexus and Peripheral Nerves Unit (see Focus).The Paediatric Surgery and Scoliosis Clinic straddles the Erasmus Hospital and the HUDERF.   The Erasmus Hospital is accredited as a Level 1 Trauma Center for the multidisciplinary care of severe traumas (accidents in the home, road accidents, etc.). The department is specialised in treating diverse traumas   (pelvis, acetabulum, complex fractures).The Musculoskeletal Tumours Clinic, in cooperation with the Bordet Institute.Medical appraisal – necessary to obtain compensation or recognition of a disability – concerns the assessment of the physical sequelae of traumas (accidents in private or professional life) or degenerative pathologies.   Our team Image Our specialist doctors Focus The Pathologies of the Plexus and Peripheral Nerves Unit treats pathologies of the brachial and lumbosacral plexus and peripheral nerves, in cooperation with doctors-physiotherapists, neurologists and neuropaediatricians. Surgical intervention and appropriate re-education can correct or compensate for these injuries – of traumatic, inflammatory or obstetrical origin – and their sequels that can induce paralysis, contractures and malposition of the limbs.    Image Research The Erasmus Hospital Orthopaedics Department cooperates in particular with the ULB's  Anatomy Laboratory on fundamental research projects in the field of biomechanics and biokinetics and with spin-offs for cell therapy experimentation (for consolidating bones and cartilage in particular.