The department Gastrointestinal surgery is specialized in:
- Oncological diseases of the digestive tract, ranging from esophagus, colon, rectum and peritoneum with domains:
- Clinical research
- Translational research
- Fundamental research
- Obesity research, with also a combination of clinical and fundamental research, especially in collaboration with endocrinology and hepatology
- Pediatric surgery, specifically oncology and congenital abnormalities of the digestive system
Services
- Database esophageal cancer
- Database obesity
- Lab experimental surgery (small and medium sized laboratory animals)
- Master in statistics (Wim Ceelen)