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Jan J. De Waele, MD, PhD

Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Jan De Waele is a surgery-trained intensivist at the department of Critical Care Medicine of the Ghent University Hospital, full professor of Medicine at Ghent University and Senior Clinical Investigator with the Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium. His research activities currently deal with optimizing antibiotic therapy in severely ill infected patients to improve outcome and combat resistance development, with specific interest in PK/PD, therapeutic drug monitoring of antibiotics as well as antimicrobial stewardship.Interests also include abdominal infections, source control and sepsis management.
Jan is external reviewer for several national and international peer reviewed journals. He is the past chairman of the ESICM Research Committee (2018-2021), and the 2024-2026 ESICM President.

Presentation(s):

  • Definition of an Intensivist in 2026

    Sunday, March 22, 2026
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Central Time

    Disclosure(s): Menarini: Scientific Advisory Board (Ongoing); MSD: Scientific Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Roche Diagnostics Corporation: Scientific Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)