ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Paul Van Houtte Jules Bordet Université Libre Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium

Paul Van Houtte graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, completed his postgraduate training at the Institut Bordet and earned a license of radiation oncology in nuclear medicine in 1978. Except for two years spent in Rochester, New York, in the department of P. Rubin, all his medical activities took place in Brussels. He was head of department of radiation oncology from 1986 to 2014 and is currently Professor Emeritus of radiation oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His main area of research and activities was related to lung, gastro- intestinal and prostatic cancer. He was active within the EORTC Radiotherapy group, the European Lung Working Party and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). One main interest has been not only to promote the treatment of lung cancer especially the multimodality approach including the chemo- radiotherapy approach, but also to promote radiation treatment of quality through active participation in teaching activities at national and international level. He actively served within ABRO-BVRO and ESTRO and was the scientific chair of the Praha congress. He coordinated and participated in several teaching courses on lung cancer within ESTRO, ESO and ERS and delivered many lectures on this topic worldwide. He is the author/co-author of more than 240 peer-reviewed articles, editorials and book chapters. He received the IASLC scientific award for his activities. He is a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine.

Paul Van Houtte

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