Kawasaki Disease and PIMS (Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19): similarities and differences - ESPD Experts Lecture Series

ESPD is pleased to announce an expert lecture by Dr. Elena Hawryluk on June 1, at 6 PM (CET).

Use this link to register: https://bit.ly/3eMirVG
(accessible to ESPD members only)

Speaker: Dr. Dirk Van Gysel

Dirk Van Gysel is head of the Department of Pediatrics in the O.L.Vrouw Hospital Aalst and consultant in pediatric dermatology at the University (Hospital) of Brussels (Belgium).

He qualified as a pediatrician at the University of Leuven (Belgium), further subspecialized in pediatric dermatology at the University of Leuven and at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), and obtained his PhD at the University of Ghent (Belgium). 

In the field of pediatric dermatology he is currently the president of the Belgian Pediatric Dermatology Association. He is a board member of the European Society for Pediatric Dermatology and the International Society of Paediatric Dermatology.

He has published several book-chapters and journal articles in peer-reviewed journals in the field of allergy and pediatric dermatology. He acts as a referee of several international journals in the field of pediatric dermatology.

He has been involved in the organization of and has lectured / chaired in several national, European and world congresses and training courses in the field of dermatology and pediatric dermatology.

Research interests include mastocytosis, skin and infection / exanthems, and genodermatoses.

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