Jan De Maeseneer

Professor Jan De Maeseneer (born 1952) is a Belgian physician and professor of family medicine at the University of Ghent.

He was born in Ghent. In 1977, he graduated as a medical doctor at the University of Ghent and since 1978 works as a family physician at the "Wijkgezondheidscentrum Botermarkt" in Ledeberg (Ghent). In 1981, he started working as a part-time assistant at the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care at Ghent University. In 1989 he obtained a PhD. with the thesis "The functioning of 94 GP trainers at the State University of Ghent: an explorative research". His research at the university focuses on "Health Services Research".

Since 1996 he is a member of the editorial board of the "European Journal of General Practice", of the "Wonca International Classification Committee" (WICC), which produced the International Classification of Primary Care, and of the "Research Committee" of the World Organization of Family Doctors.

Awards

* 2004: Five-Star Doctor Award for Excellence in Health Care

ources

* [http://www.ugent.be/nl/nieuwsagenda/persberichten/archief/2004/2004-4/pb4130.htm Prof. dr. Jan De Maeseneer ontvangt eerste "Five-Star Doctor Award for Excellence in Health Care"]
* [http://www.the-networktufh.org/about_us/biography.asp?id=78&tt=&t=Executive+Committee Jan De Maeseneer]

External links

* [http://users.ugent.be/~apeleman/pagina_personeel2.html Prof. dr. Jan De Maeseneer]