Welcome to the website of ASTARC.

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) is a multidisciplinary research team that incorporates the fundamental, clinical and translational research activities of 11 research laboratories of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Antwerp.

ASTARC includes:

• Antwerp RESURG Group (Abdominal and Paediatric Surgery)
• Algology
• Anaesthesiology
• Cardiac Surgery
• Emergency Medicine
• Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Fertility
• Hepatobiliary, Transplant and Endocrine Surgery
• Human Anatomy and Embryology
• Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
• Urology and Urological Rehabilitation

Chairman:  

Dr. Luc Van Nassauw
Campus Drie Eiken   
Universiteitsplein 1   
2610 Wilrijk   
BELGIUM   
Tel.: +32 (0)3 821 3586 (secr.)   
luc.vannassauw@uantwerp.be 

Vice-chairman:   

Prof. Dr. Yves Jacquemyn
UZA   
Wilrijkstraat 10   
2650 Edegem   
BELGIUM   
Tel.: +32 (0)3 821 3082 (secr.)   
yves.jacquemyn@uza.be 

Secretary:   

Prof. Dr. Kristof Deseure
Universiteit Antwerpen   
Campus Drie Eiken - Building T - Room 4.97   
Universiteitsplein 1   
2610 Wilrijk   
BELGIUM   
Tel.: +32 (0)3 265 2561   
kristof.deseure@uantwerp.be

Spokesperson: 

​Prof. Dr. Jeroen Hendriks​
UZA   
Wilrijkstraat 10   
2650 Edegem   
BELGIUM
Tel. 038213024
Tel. 038213769 (secr)
​jeroen.hendriks@uza.be​