ESTRO 38 - Programme Book & Exhibition Guide

Jens Overgaard Legacy Award

Philip Poortmans Institut Curie Paris, France

After completion of his medical studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, Philip Poortmans trained in radiation oncology at the Middelheim and Vincentius Hospitals in Antwerp. After a short stay in Turnhout he started clinical activities in Tilburg, The Netherlands, in 1991. The multidisciplinary environment and the good infrastructure and organisation created an excellent matrix for his engagement in clinical research, especially within the framework of the EORTC. This led to wide recognition and further development of his educational skills and, in 2005 culminated into a PhD at the University of Maastricht on quality assurance in clinical trials in breast cancer. After chairing the department of radiation oncology of the Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, for two and half years, hemoved inMarch 2017 to the Institut Curie, Paris, France, to be fully engaged in the optimisation of the largest French radiation oncology department including its proton centre. Philip took on leading roles in ESTRO from2005 till 2008 as boardmember and from 2013 till 2017 as President. He is the current president of ECCO.

He has special interest in breast cancer, after investing also a lot in quality assurance in clinical trials, malignant lymphoma, urological cancers and rare tumours. He is course director of ESTRO’s teaching courses “Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer” and “Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation”. Apart from about 250 peer-reviewed articles, he co-edited with Seymour H. Levitt, James A. Purdy and Carlos A. Perez “Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy. Practical Clinical Implications” (Springer). He is honorary member of BVRO/ABRO, ESSO, SEOR, AROI, BIGOSA and of JASTRO.

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