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Gastroenterology
For comprehensive care of digestive disorders
The Gastroenterology and Hepato-pancreatology department at H.U.B-Erasme provides comprehensive care for digestive disorders within a centre of excellence in university hospital care. Our mission is based on three fundamental pillars: the highest quality of care, the transmission of knowledge through teaching, and continuous innovation through research.
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A world-leading reference centre
The scope of our expertise is broad, covering the entire digestive system—from the oral cavity to the end of the digestive tract—while also incorporating the study and treatment of accessory glands such as the pancreas and liver. Built up over several decades, our department has developed a benchmark expertise that now encompasses every area of the specialty. Choosing to receive treatment at the Brussels University Hospital for a digestive disease means being cared for at one of the 200 best hospitals in the world specialising in Gastroenterology, according to official rankings, and benefiting from a care model in which technical expertise and know-how are combined with profound humanity.
Continuously pushing the boundaries of medicine
We advocate a comprehensive, integrated approach through an integrated medical and surgical model. By bringing physicians, surgeons and paramedical professionals closely together within the same inpatient units, we ensure a smooth and coherent care pathway for every patient. Our strengths are built on fundamental pillars: excellence, expertise, multidisciplinarity and privileged access to the most innovative treatments. This virtuous circle is continuously fuelled by cutting-edge academic research. Research is the foundation of the quality of our care; it is through this alliance between clinicians and researchers that we continue to push back the boundaries of gastroenterology and give our patients the best possible chance of recovery.
Our specialised clinics
Our specialised clinics
Digestive Endoscopy Clinic
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic
Liver Diseases Clinic
Liver Transplantation Clinic
Pancreatic Diseases and Nutrition Clinic
Clinic for Functional Digestive Disorders
Integrated Obesity Centre
Our collaboration with the Jules Bordet Institute and HUDERF
In addition to these clinics, there is also a Digestive Oncology Department which aims to organise care pathways and treat people with cancer of the digestive tract—that is, tumours located between the mouth and the anus. This inter-hospital department is based at Erasme Hospital and the Jules Bordet Institute. Patients therefore move from one site to the other, depending on their care pathway.
A specialised consultation for liver diseases is also available at the Children's Hospital (HUDERF) and involves close collaboration between paediatricians and gastroenterologists specialising in liver diseases in children.
Contacts
For all administrative enquiries, please contact the medical secretariat:
- Medical gastroenterology, by email at Secmed [dot] gastromed [dot] erasme [at] hubruxelles [dot] be (Secmed[dot]gastromed[dot]erasme[at]hubruxelles[dot]be) or by telephone on +32(0)2 555 37 12
- Digestive oncology, by email at Secmed [dot] oncodig [dot] erasme [at] hubruxelles [dot] be (Secmed[dot]oncodig[dot]erasme[at]hubruxelles[dot]be) or by telephone on +32 (0)2 555 37 14
To make an appointment for a consultation or to request information:
- Medical gastroenterology, by email at Cons [dot] GastroMed [dot] erasme [at] hubruxelles [dot] be (Cons[dot]GastroMed[dot]erasme[at]hubruxelles[dot]be) or by telephone on +32(0)2 555 35 04
- Digestive oncology, by email at cons [dot] oncomed [dot] eramse [at] hubruxelles [dot] be (cons[dot]oncomed[dot]eramse[at]hubruxelles[dot]be) or by telephone on +32 (0)2 555 39 40
Our team
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Our specialists
Professor Christophe Moreno
Director of the Department of Medical and Surgical Management of Digestive Diseases and of the Gastroenterology and Hepato-pancreatology Department
Professor Christophe Moreno has headed the Gastroenterology and Hepato-pancreatology Department since 2023. He specialises in the management of liver diseases and liver transplantation. His clinical research has led to the publication of more than 200 scientific papers, and he is a world-renowned expert in alcohol-related liver diseases, metabolic syndrome and viral hepatitis.
Our specialists by clinic
Digestive Endoscopy Clinic
- Prof. Arnaud Lemmers
- Prof. Sara Teles de Campos
- Prof. Marianna Arvanitakis
- Dr Michael Fernandez
Consultants:
- Prof. Jacques Devière
- Prof. Pierre Eisendrath
- Prof. Vincent Huberty
- Dr Sohaib Ouazzani
- Dr Mariana Figueiredo Ferreira
Clinic for Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD Clinic)
- Prof. Denis Franchimont
- Prof. Leila Amininejad
- Prof. Anneline Cremer
- Prof. Claire Liefferinckx
- Dr Clémence Vuckovic
Consultants:
- Dr Haydeh Vafa Zanjani
Liver Diseases Clinic and Liver Transplantation Clinic
- Prof. Christophe Moreno
- Prof. Thierry Gustot
- Dr Nathalie Boon
- Prof. Delphine Degré
- Dr Laura Weichselbaum
Consultants:
- Prof. Pierre Deltenre
- Dr Antonia Lepida
- Dr Sophie Lorea
- Prof. Thomas Serste
- Prof. Eric Trepo
Pancreatic Diseases and Nutrition Clinic
- Prof. Marianna Arvanitakis
- Dr Michael Fernandez Y Viesca
- Prof. Alia Hadefi
Functional Digestive Disorders Clinic
- Prof. Hubert Louis
- Dr Cagla Gulkilic
Consultants:
- Dr Haydeh Vafa Zanjani
Integrated Obesity Centre
Consultants:
- Prof. Vincent Huberty
- Dr Jean Saikaly
Digestive Oncology Department
- Prof. Jean-Luc Van Laethem
- Prof. Anne Demols
- Prof. Francesco Sclafani
- Prof. Ana Maria Bucalau
- Dr France Gay
- Dr Laura Mans
- Dr Rita Saude Conde
- Dr Gontran Verset
The departments we collaborate with
The departments we collaborate with
Digestive oncology
Digestive surgery
Radiology and medical imaging
Anatomical pathology
Nuclear medicine
Radiotherapy
Physiotherapy Department
Dietetics
Psychiatry
Transplantation
Endocrinology
Research and Innovation
Research plays a crucial role in the Gastroenterology Department. It is part of the department’s DNA, gives it its university dimension and enables us to offer our patients innovative treatments and techniques.
Research within the department is conducted at several levels:
- Clinical Research Unit in Gastroenterology: our clinical research unit is a large research structure enabling members of the department to participate in clinical studies aimed at offering our patients innovative treatments, improving our understanding of digestive diseases and collaborating with the leading European Gastroenterology centres. The driving force is always to provide even better care for patients with digestive diseases.
- Experimental Gastroenterology Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Libre de Bruxelles: the Gastroenterology Department has very close links with the Experimental Gastroenterology Laboratory, enabling clinicians to conduct translational research in order to better understand susceptibility to developing certain digestive diseases. It also contributes to a better understanding of digestive diseases. The laboratory has several permanent researchers, PhD students and laboratory technicians.
- Support from the Erasme Fund. Numerous research projects within the Gastroenterology Department have come to fruition thanks to the support of the Erasme Fund, without which this research would not have been possible. It is thanks to this partnership between donors, researchers and clinicians that we continue to push back the boundaries of Gastroenterology and give our patients the best possible chances of recovery.
- Close collaboration with ULB engineers: this close collaboration has enabled the development of new medical devices designed to address technological gaps in critical indications, such as rare cancers, obesity treatment and complications following bariatric surgery. These cutting-edge solutions are already transforming patient care. Some of these devices are already clinically operational, while others, currently in the study phase, will be available in the short to medium term.
