Jacques Himpens
| Name: Himpens | First name: Jacques |
| Birthplace: Belgium | Date of Birth: February 15, 1953 |
| Nationality: Belgian |
1977 M.D., University of Leuven
1977–1982 Training at the University Hospital of Leuven
1981 Qualified general surgeon
1982–1984 Benefited from additional training at the New York Medical College
1984 Private practice in Belgium
1991 Joined the Free University of Brussels where he is presently active in the department of digestive and
laparoscopic surgery (Director, G.B. Cadiere)
Experience
Performed laparoscopic procedures as early as december 1990
Performed the first laparoscopic nephrectomy in Belgium in 1992
Experienced in functional surgery of the stomach and performed over 100 laparoscopic Nissen and gastric laparoscopic band procedures with excellent results
Regularly performs live procedures in front of audiences in London, Rotterdam, Linkopping, Fallkopping, Malmo, Stockholm, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Madeira, Lisbon, Sevilla, Valencia, Hamburg, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Fukuoka, Bangkok, and Seoul
Performed the world's first obotic laparoscopic operation surgery in 1997
Published more than 66 medical articles in journals worldwide including the British Journal of Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, Obesity Surgery, Journal de Coelio-Chirurgie, Annales de Chirurgie, American College of Surgery, American Journal of Surgery, Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, International Surgery, Hepato-Gastroenterology, Encyclopedie Medico-Chirurgicale, Journal of Surgical Engineering, Injury Hospitals
Dr. Himpens and other ILOST surgeons work at the department in Brussels