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Pancreatology and Nutritional Support Clinic
The Pancreatology and Nutritional Support Clinic is a specialised medical unit dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of pancreatic diseases, as well as to the nutritional management of patients suffering from undernutrition, digestive disorders or requiring artificial nutrition.
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- Are you a doctor and would like to obtain your patients’ medical results?
- Are you looking for information or do you need to deal with an administrative matter?
Contact our medical secretariat by email at SecMed [dot] GastroMed [dot] erasme [at] hubruxelles [dot] be (SecMed[dot]GastroMed[dot]erasme[at]hubruxelles[dot]be)
Provide each patient with specialised care
The Pancreatology and Nutritional Support Clinic is dedicated to providing each patient with specialised, personalised and multidisciplinary care, incorporating the latest medical and scientific advances in the fields of pancreatology and clinical nutrition.
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We are committed to:
- Diagnose and treat all pancreatic diseases, whether inflammatory (acute and chronic pancreatitis), autoimmune, hereditary or tumour-related, using state-of-the-art technical facilities (interventional endoscopy, advanced imaging and specialised surgery).
- Provide nutritional support for patients suffering from malnutrition, malabsorption or dependence on artificial nutrition (enteral or parenteral nutrition), in close collaboration with dietitians, clinical nurses and specialised pharmacists.
- Coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to ensure a rigorous diagnostic assessment and individualized therapeutic management, in line with current scientific recommendations.
- Promote clinical and fundamental research in the fields of pancreatology and nutrition, in order to continuously improve practices and provide our patients with access to the most innovative treatments.
- Train tomorrow’s healthcare professionals as part of our university mission, by sharing our expertise with students and doctors in training or visiting doctors who join us.
Our range of care services
• Acute pancreatitis
• Chronic pancreatitis, including idiopathic and genetic forms
• Pancreatic cysts
• Autoimmune pancreatitis
• Malnutrition requiring artificial nutritional support (enteral or parenteral nutrition)
• Placement and management of enteral feeding tubes (by the Digestive Endoscopy Clinic)
• Short bowel syndrome
• Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding originating from the small intestine
Our team
Our multidisciplinary team, comprising specialist physicians, nurses and paramedical professionals, provides comprehensive and coordinated care for pancreatic diseases and nutritional disorders, in close collaboration with the general practitioner to ensure continuity of care.
Prof. Marianna Arvanitakis, Director of the Pancreatology and Nutritional Support Clinic
Gastroenterologist specialising in pancreatic diseases, interventional endoscopy and clinical nutrition. Professor Marianna Arvanitakis specialised in pancreatology and interventional endoscopy as part of Professor Jacques Devière’s team at Erasme Hospital. After obtaining a university diploma in Clinical Nutrition in 2005, she took over the medical coordination of the nutritional support service in 2018. The research conducted within the clinic focuses in particular on optimising the management of patients with severe acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis, as well as on the management of patients suffering from short bowel syndrome. A member of several scientific societies, she is Secretary General of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) for the 2025–2027 term and a clinical supervisor in gastroenterology for the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Prof. Alia Hadefi
Professor Hadefi is a gastroenterologist with expertise in clinical nutrition and metabolic liver diseases. She completed her doctoral thesis in 2024 on the interaction between the intestine and liver diseases, and undertook additional training in 2025 within the Department of Gastroenterology, Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) and Nutritional Support at Beaujon Hospital (Paris).
Languages spoken: French, English, Arabic.
Dr Michael Fernandez Y Viesca
Dr Fernandez is a gastroenterologist with expertise in pancreatology, acquired after obtaining a university diploma in pancreatology in 2017 (Sorbonne). He is the coordinating physician for benign pancreatic diseases within the multidisciplinary pancreatology consultation and is currently preparing a doctoral thesis on severe acute pancreatitis.
Languages spoken: French, English, Spanish.
The departments with which the clinic collaborates
The departments with which the clinic collaborates
Digestive surgery
Digestive Oncology
Medical Imaging
Interventional Radiology
Anatomical Pathology Centre
Dietetics
Hospital Pharmacy
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Research and Innovation
The Pancreatology and Nutritional Support Clinic is involved in various research projects
- Optimisation of the management of patients with severe acute pancreatitis (Dr Fernandez Y Viesca), in collaboration with the Medical Imaging Department
- Chronic pancreatitis: Quality of life and Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROMs) (Dr Fernandez)
- Prevention of refeeding syndrome (RFS) using an application (Prof. Hadefi)
- Impact of endoscopic suturing gastroplasty (ENDOMINA) on liver diseases (steatohepatitis associated with liver dysfunction), in collaboration with the Centre of Pathological Anatomy (Prof. Hadefi)
- Study of new medications for short bowel syndrome (GLP-2 analogues) (Prof. Hadefi)
- Relationship between short bowel syndrome and liver diseases (Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease (IFALD) (Prof. Hadefi)
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