Professor Marc Foquet
MARC A.M.R.M. FOCQUET MD
Nationality : Belgian
Born June 14 1954
Married to Marina Bogaert
Three children : Julie ( 1980° ), Nicolas ( 1983° ), Stephanie ( 1987° )
Riedeplein 9
9660 Brakel
Belgium
Tel : work + 32 9 3648445, GSM + 32 475 472682
Email : marc_focquet@hotmail.com, marc.focquet@telenet.be, marc.focquet@sezz.be
QUALIFICATIONS :
° MD in 1979 awarded by the Catholic University of Louvain ( Belgium )
° Specialist in general surgery by Ministerial Decree , issued on 19.07.1985 by the Ministry of
Public Health in Belgium.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT :
general, abdominal, laparoscopic surgeon at the clinic St. Elisabeth in Zottegem ( Belgium ) since 2000.
Permanent member of the ER team for in-hospital and pre-hospital interventions.
Since 2009 expertclinic for obesity and laparoscopy
MEDICAL REGISTRATION :
° Licensed to practice general surgery in Belgium by certification of the Ministry of Public Health dated
19.07.1985
° Certificate of Full Registration as Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration - Speciality General
Surgery - GMC reference number 6049078 ( United Kingdom )
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT :
1985 - 2000 at the Saint Mary Hospital in Geraardsbergen ( Belgium ).
Joined the surgical staff in July 1985.Member of the Medical Council. Head of surgical staff since 1990.
General surgery, gastro intestinal surgery, phlebology,traumatology, emergencies and intensive care.
MEDICAL TRAINING :
from 1979 till 1985 at the University Hospital of Louvain ( Belgium ).
1979 - 1981 : 6 months in the department of Abdominal Surgery ( Prof. Beckers, Prof. Kerremans, Prof.
Penninckx )
3 months in the department of Cardiovascular Surgery ( Prof. Stalpaert, Prof. Suy )
3 months in the department of Anatomy ( Prof. Bonte, Prof. Deneffe )
12 months in the department of General Surgery and Traumatology ( Prof.Gruwez FRCS )
1981 - 1985 : department of General Surgery and Traumatology ( Prof. Gruwez ), including 4 months
in Pediatric Surgery Klinik Hamm ( Germany )
SURGICAL EXPERIENCE : ( 1985 - 2018 )
- General and Abdominal Surgery :
° Appendectomy ( open ) : 401
° Inguinal Hernia ( Shouldice, Bassini, Mc Vay,Lichtenstein, PHS ) : 650
° Incisional, Epigastric ,Umbilical Hernia : 300
° Cholecystectomy (open) ( including choledocotomy,stone extraction... ) : 120
° Gastric Perforation ( gastroraphy and epiplooplasty ) : 29
° Gastrectomy ( partial, total ) : 45
° Splenectomy : 8
° Explorative Laparotomy ( drainage procedures, enterectomy... ) : 150
° Segmentary Colectomy ( left, right.. ) : 51
° Sigmoid Resection : 35
° Hartmann Procedure : 55
° Low Anteriorresection : 39
° Miles Operation : 26
° Endo anal Resection : 20
° Pancreatic Surgery ( Whipple, cystectomy, drainage procedures ) : 7
° Colostomy : 39
° Closure of Colostomy : 20
° Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy : 20
° Anal procedures ( hemorroids, fistula, fissure,pilonidal sinus... ) : 450
- Vascular Surgery :
° Varicectomy ( stripping, phlebectomy,seps... ) : 550
° Embolectomy : 41
° Lumbar Sympathectomy : 3
° Pacemaker Implant : 100
° Venous Acces Device ( port-à-cath, Hickmann.. ) : 22
- Urology :
° Phimosis Operations : 235
° Torsion of the Testis : 12
° Varicocele : 19
° Vasectomy : 15
° Hydrocelectomy : 32
° Orchidectomy : 4
- Gynecology :
° Breast Operations ( mastectomy, tumorectomy, axilla dissection... ) : 128
° Hysterectomy : 5
° Wertheim Operation : 3
° Total Pelvic Excision : 3
° Ovariectomy : 9
° Extra Uterine Pregnancy : 1
- Thoracic Surgery :
° Thorax Drainage : 30
° Tracheotomy : 21
° Thyroidectomy : 16
° Thoracoscopy : 3
° Mediastinoscopy : 2
Orthopedic Surgery :
° Internal, External Fixation, Closed Reduction : 91
° Amputation small bones : 64
° Amputation leg : 69
° Synovial Cystectomy : 135
° Tendon Repair, Lysis : 69
° Release of Median Nerve : 36
° Tennis Elbow, Bursa Olecrani : 30
- Plastic Surgery :
° Skin Grafts, Flaps : 121
° Abdominoplasty : 50
° Otoplasty : 9
- Miscellaneous Procedures :
° Lymphadenectomy : 25
° Soft Tissue and Skin Tumours, Cysts, Abscess : 426
- Laparoscopic Procedures :
° Cholecystectomy : 700
° Diagnostic Procedures, Drainage,Puncture : 100
° Appendectomy : 450
° Adhesiolysis : 99
° Inguinal Hernia ( TEP ) : 450
10 Bariatric Surgery :
° Laparoscopic gastric banding : 200/ year till 2015, 25/ 2016,2017 ; 2/ 2018
° Laparoscopic redo surgery after banding ( slippage, erosion, pouch ) : 30/year
° Laparoscopic gastric bypass : 300/year ( total MGB : 1500 )
° Laparoscopic gastric sleeve : 100/year
° Laparoscopic conversion surgery : 85/year
° Laparoscopic duodenal switch : 5
COURSES AND CONFERENCES : ( since 1992 )
1992 ° XI Congrès Mondial de l' Union Internationale de Phlébologie MONTREAL
° Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy EAES AMSTERDAM
° European Workshop on Digestive Surgery BRUSSELS
° 2nd European Congress of Viscerosynthese LUXEMBOURG
° 3rd World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery BORDEAUX
1993 ° 2 ème Congrès Francophone de Coeliochirurgie DEAUVILLE
° Laparoscopic Suturing and Stapling EAES ARUBA
° Hernia 2000 ( The Institute for Minimal Invasive Surgery ) SYDNEY
1994 ° XXIX World Congress of the International College of Surgeons LONDON
° II nd European Workshop on Digestive Surgery BRUSSELS
° XVI Journées Niçoises Pathologie et Chirurgie Digestive Vidéo Lap. NICE
° European Course on Laparoscopic Surgery BRUSSELS
° Chirurgie Laparoscopique du Reflux Gastro - Oesophagien BORDEAUX
° Laparoscopic Surgery of the GI Tract HAMBURG
° Preperitoneal Hernia Repair Workshop BRUSSELS
1995 ° Gasless Minimal Invasive Surgery and Colorectal Indications BRUSSELS
° Follow Up Workshop on Total Extraperitoneal Hernia Repair BRUSSELS
° 4th GI Tract Laparoscopic Surgery International Meeting LIEGE
° New Technology and Advanced Techniques in Surgery LUXEMBOURG
° XII th World Congress of Phlebology UIP LONDON
1996 ° International Congress of Phlebology CORFU
1997 ° 5 th Symposium of the Société Française de Chirurgie Endosc. BORDEAUX
° SAGES SAN DIEGO
° 2 nd International Congress for Ambulatory Surgery LONDON
1998 ° 2 th Belgian Congress for Ambulatory Surgery BRUSSELS
° XIX Réunion de la Société Européenne de Phlébectomie PARIS
° XIII th World Congress UIP SYDNEY
° XXXI World Congress of the Intern. College of Surgeons BUENOS AIRES
° European Hernia Society COLOGNE
1999 ° Training Centre for PHS Prof. Flament REIMS
2000 ° XXII ème Réunion de la Soc. Europ. de Phlébectomie BRUSSELS
° 4 th Belgian Congress for Ambulatory Surgery BRUSSELS
° 9 th Int. Meeting of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons SLS Meeting ORLANDO
° Hernia in the 21st Century TORONTO
2001 ° 12 th Colorectal Disease Symposium FORT LAUDERDALE
° EITS Advanced Course Lap. Morbid Obesity Surgery STRASBOURG
° European Lapband System Workshop BRUSSELS
° Advanced Symposium Surg. Treatment of Morbid Obesity MONTPELLIER
° EPGS Pitfalls in Surgery AMSTERDAM
2002 ° Symposium Lapband GENVAL
- ° IFSO World Congress SALAMANCA
- °IFSO World Congress TOKYO
2005 °IFSO World Congress MAASTRICHT
- °Congres de Chirurgie Digestive du CHU de NICE
° Transoral Intragastric Surgery Workshop BRUSSELS
° Chirurgie de l’Obésité SOFFCO NICE
- ° Nederlands Vereniging voor Endoscopische Chirurgie BELEK
° IFSO European Chapter CAPRI
° SOFFCO Obésité Pathologique NICE
° Cursus Laparoscopische Gastric Bypass ARNHEM
° Cours de bypass gastrique ( Cadiere ) BRUSSELS
2009- 2014 : °Consensus conference Mini Gastric Bypass – Paris : 2011-2013
° ASMBS ( American Society for Metabolic and and Bariatric Surgery, San Diego, Atlanta
2012-2013
° Emercengies in bariatric surgery , London,NHS Chelsea and Westminster Hospital :
2012-2013 – 2014
° Homerton Hospital, London, Conference on Obesity Surgery : 2011-2012 – 2013
° Emergencies and Redo Batriatric Surgery Orlando 2013
° Frankfurter Meeting Obesity Surgery , Frankfurt : 2012-2013-2014
2015 ° ASMBS Los Angeles
° Diabetes Surgery London
° Organisation MGB courses St Elisabeth Zottegem
° 3 presentations and chairman session ESBS Cairo
° Soffco Lyon
° Non Inva International Symposium Lyon
2016 ° Masterclass with Dr Rutledge at St Elisabeth Zottegem
° European Obesity Summit Göteborg
° MGB consensus meeting London
2017 ° IFSO EC Naples
° MGB consensus meeting Naples
° IFSO world Congress London
° XIV Best Lisbon
2018 ° Besoms Winter Symposium Brussels
° 1st IBC World Congress Oxford
° Awareness Campaign Obesity Zottegem
° MGB consensus meeting Valladolid
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES, LECTURES
° Prognosis in burns 1983
° Laparoscopy 1993
° Laparoscopic Hernia Repair 1995
° Vascular Surgery 1996
° Acute Appendicitis 1996
° Deep Vein Thrombosis 1997
° Breast Cancer Symposium 1997
° Chronic Venous Insufficiency 1998
° Diverticulitis of the Colon 1999
° Laparoscopic Treatment of Morbid Obesity 2001 till 2009
° Metabolic and Obesity Surgery 2013
° 3 presentations ESBS Cairo
° lectures MGB organised by J&J
° presentation en poster at MGB Consensus conference Valladolid
RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS
° "Perforated Appendicitis " in Acta Chirurgica Belgica nr 4 1982
° " Succesvolle strategie bij een veneus ulcus .." in WCS 18/6 2002
REFERENCES
° Professor Dr. Jacques Gruwez FRCS
Em. Prof. of Surgery Catholic University of Louvain ( Belgium )
Kroonlaan 20
1050 Brussel
Tel : 02- 6492147
° Professor Dr. Paul Broos
Em. Prof. of Surgery Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium )
Academic Hospital Gasthuisberg Catholic University of Louvain
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
Tel : 32- 16 344717 Fax : 32-16 344677
° Dr Rudi Vossaert
Medical Director
AZ Sint Elisabeth Zottegem
Tel 32-9 3648432
° Dr Robert Rutledge
Tel. +1 442 234 3237 +1 702 483 7133
° Professor Dr Jacques Himpens
Bariatric Surgeon
President of IFSO
Tel. 32 495 258154
MEMBERSHIPS
- RBSS : Royal Belgian Society for Surgery
- IFSO : International Federations for Surgery of Obesity
- EAES : European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
- AUGIS : Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
- BOMSS : British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
- SFCE : Societé Française de Chirurgie Endoscopique
- RSM : Royal Society of Medicine
- BABS : Benelux Association for Bariatric Surgery
- BeSOMS : Belgian Section for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
- GMC : General Medical Council ( UK )
- IBC International Bariatric Club
- MGB-OAGB Club
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