Jacques De Keyser received his medical degree at the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) in 1981. He completed his training in Neurology at the Free University of Brussels and the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in London (UK) in 1986. Between 1986 and 1994, he worked as neurologist at the University Hospital Brussels as assistant professor and associate professor. Between 1994 and 1995, he assumed the position of Scientific Director CNS International at the Janssen Research Foundation. Between 1995 and 2008 he was full professor and chair of the Neurology Department at the University Medical Center Groningen (The Netherlands). Since October 2008 he is professor of Neurology and head of the Neurology Department at the University Hospital Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and honorary professor at the University Medical Center Groningen. Jacques De Keyser is a member of the European Stroke Organisation Guidelines Committee. His research in stroke primarily focuses on the management of the acute phase of ischemic stroke. |