Dr. De Waele Jan
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Ghent, Belgium
IFAD
Biography
Prof. Jan De Waele is a surgery-trained intensivist with a specific interest in severe infections in critically ill patients and works at the surgical ICU of the Ghent University Hospital in Belgium. Clinical interests include antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship in the ICU. His research activities currently focus on optimizing antibiotic therapy in severely ill infected patients to improve outcome and combat resistance development. He is active in several societies; he is currently chairing the Infection Section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and president of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine.