He became a recognition as medical specialist in management of health care data and is now member of the National Council of Hospital Facilities. He is Vice-President of the Professional Union of Belgian Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is acknowledged trainer of OMFS trainees. He defended his doctor’s thesis on the subject of complications of orthognathic surgery (PhD). His professional field of intrest is in orthognathic and orthodontic surgery and trigeminal nerve dysfunction. Clinical research projects include prevention and repair of iatrogenic trigeminal nerve injury, transplantation of teeth and orthognathic surgery. He has been granted membership of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine.