About - ASTARC

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) is a multidisciplinary research team that incorporates the fundamental, clinical and translational research activities of different 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
• Medical Imaging
• Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
• Urology and Urological Rehabilitation
• Women’s Pelvic Health Antwerp

There are 17 faculty members, 6 post-doctoral researchers, 20 PhD students, 8 technical staff and administrative co-workers.