Eric L. G. Verhoeven

MD, PHD Groningen, The Netherlands

Vascular Surgeon
Chief, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Klinikum Nürnberg
Germany

Eric Verhoeven was born in Belgium in 1960. During his youth, he lived and followed school in different countries including Germany and France. He received his MD degree at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1988, which was followed by a residency in General Surgery. After graduating in General Surgery (1994) he moved to The Netherlands for a fellowship in Vascular Surgery at the University Medical Center Groningen, and accepted a position as Consultant Vascular Surgeon one year later. 

His major task and interest was to set up an endovascular programme in cooperation with the surrounding peripheral hospitals. This resulted in a large endovascular experience with more than 1500 endovascular cases in Groningen. Later, he focused on the endovascular treatment of ruptured aneurysms under local anaesthesia, and the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms with fenestrated and branched stent-grafts.

In November 2009, he accepted a position as chief of the department of Vascular and Endovascular surgery in Nürnberg (Germany) where he is now actively involved in the set-up of an invasive cardiac and vascular center in cooperation with cardiology, cardiac surgery, and interventional radiology.

In 2005, he completed his PhD entitled “Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Results and exploration of new frontiers” at the University of Groningen.

He presented results of his work in numerous congresses and has published over 100 articles and book chapters.
He is married with Margo; together they have two sons (Daniel, 5, and Anthony, 4)
Other interests include a wide variety of sports and travelling. He speaks several languages (Dutch, French, German, English and Spanish).