Dr. Luc De Waele heads the department of Neurological Surgery of A.Z. St.Lucas in Ghent since 1982. He graduated as a Medical Doctor at the University of Leuven and Ghent (Belgium) in July 1971. He became a Board Certified Neurological Surgeon in February 1977. His areas of specialisation include:

• Micro vascular surgery
• Skull base surgery
• Stereotaxy – endoscopy
• Spinal surgery
• Interventional neuroradiology
• Movement disorders
• Pain therapy

In his 30+ years career, Dr. Luc De Waele has helped thousands of patients with spine or brain surgery. More than 700 patients received a disc prosthesis. His succes rate for disc fusion is higher than 98%...

Dr. De Waele travels regularly to the USA (where he has been more than 65 times), Japan, and other countries to work with the "masters in neurosurgery" and learn from their experience.

He is a member of the following associations:

• Belgian Professional Society of Neurological Surgery
• Congress of Neurological surgeons (USA)
• Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française
• Dutch Skull Base Society
• European Skull Base Society (ESBA)

He is a co-Director of the International Neurosurgery Education Foundation (USA).