References

Sport medicine

Memberships

• Member of the steering Committee of the Société Scientifique de Médecine Générale (the SSMG represents 70 % of the Belgian French speaking GP)

• Member of the Société Francophone de Médecine et des Sciences du Sport

Teaching activities

• Teaching (lecturer) of the clinical approach of musculoskeletal disorders at the Centre académique de médecine générale of the Université catholique de Louvain

• Continuing medical education on the diagnosis and the management of muskuloskeletal disorders at the SSMG

Expertise activities

• External expertise at the Belgian Healthcare Knowledge Centrum (KCE, as from 2009) for the redaction of KCE recommendations related to muskuloskeletal disorders (Neck pain 2009, Ankle sprain 2013, Low back pain 2017) and/or sport medicine (2016)

• Responsible for the French speaking GPs for the SPF project of implementation of the 2017 KCE guidelines on low back pain (2019-2021)

Publications 

• Articles on sport medicine in the Revue de la Médecine Générale (see the index of the Journal), including reviews on altitude sickness (2011), on cardiac screening (2014) and on low back pain diagnosis (2020)

• As scientific collaborator at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, articles published with Prof. Jacques R Poortmans in Peer-reviewed journals about kidney function and sport (Sport Med 1994, J Sport Med Phys Fitness 2001)

Bioelectromagnetics

This may appear rather inconsistent with my professional activities. And it is, indeed ! While this is "only" a hobby, I sincerely believe it enriched my professional practice by making me more rigorous (I got a PhD in 2013 at the ULB), yet with keeping my mind open.

Current research

• Impact of weak magnetic fields on circadian biorhythms and its possible extrapolation to mammals. My interest for that matter arose while I was preparing a course (as sport practitioner) on medical imaging and tried to understand how MRI works. Currently, I'm  involved in the research on effects of weak magnetic fields (MF) that would be mediated by the MF impact on particle spin, not the proton one as in MRI, but the electronic one (see a presentation of my current research here).  My current collaborations are with Dr EP Malkemper (https://www.caesar.de/en/, Germany), and with Pr Ph Gailly (Institut des Neurosciences, UCL).

• Biological effects of radiofrequency (RF) fields, including the RF of the 5G.  My very first publication did address the question of the local absorption of the RF close to DNA . Since, I published additional arguments in support of the relevance of that question within a review on RF effects on genomics.  And the  use of high frequencies (3.5 GHz, 26 GHz) by the soon coming 5G relaunch the debate about the local absorption of the RF in biological tissues. As a recognised expert in that matter, I have been recently sollicitated by the Belgian Federal Parliament (la Chambre) about the 5G, and by the ANSES and the French Ministery of Health about RF effects in general.

Memberships

• Scientific collaborator at the Center for research on environmental and work health, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles

• Member (permanent expert) of the Belgian Superior Health Council (between 2004 and 2022)

Publications 

• Several articles in scientific peer-reviewed journals, that can be found on my personal page in Researchgate or on Medline 

• Diverse recommendations of the Belgian Superior Health Council about non ionizing radiations, of which GSM use (2004), Noise from MP3 devices (2007), Magnetic fields from electricity (2009), Idiopathic environmental intolerance (2010), 4 G (2014), Light from LED (2016)

• Reports on health effect of electromagnetic fields and on electrosensivitity published by Bruxelles Environnement (IBGE)