Frans Van de Werf

Department of Cardiologie, University of Leuven, Belgium

Frans Van de Werf is Director of the Leuven Clinical Coordinating Centre. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

His research focuses on acute coronary syndromes, thrombolysis and antithrombotic treatments. 

Professor Van de Werf is Editor-in-Chief of the European Heart Journal and is a member of the editorial boards of Circulation, International Journal of Cardiology, Coronary artery disease, Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Head of Faculty: Cardiovascular Disorders (since 28 November 2005)

Frans Van de Werf is a Head of Faculty for the CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS Faculty. The role of a Head of Faculty is to help divide the Faculty (specialty) into Sections (sub-specialty areas), nominate leaders in those areas as Section Heads, and offer ongoing advice on the strategic direction of the service. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://med.kuleuven.be/cardio/