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Former Head of the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, Renal Transplantation , and Arterial Hypertension at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Head of the Dialysis Unit and Nephrology Section at the Nephrology Department at the Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain.
Adjunct Head of the Nephrology Department at the University Hospitals Leuven & tenured staff at the KU Leuven, Belgium.
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