Michael Ruyssers
Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Biography
Michael Ruyssers is currently a surgical resident at the Free University of Brussels in Belgium. During the completion of his medical studies at the Univerisity of Antwerp, from 2007 until 2014, he realized that he wanted to become a surgeon. Now he is fulfilling his 4th year of surgical training in general surgery with a strong interest in abdominal surgery. The first two years of his training were in the University Hospital of Brussels where he mostly learned the basics of surgical care and learned to functionate independantly on the ward and the emergency unit. During this period he also passed his exam in Advanced Trauma Life Support. In the last two years he worked in the Acadamic Hospital Saint Dimpna in Geel. Here he really started to develop his surgical skills, especially in laparoscopy, and created independence in the theatre.