Professor Olivier Vanderveken

Olivier M. Vanderveken is a full-time ENT and head and neck surgeon at the Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium. He has been appointed Chairman of the Department of ENT-HNS at Antwerp University Hospital. He holds a position as a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Antwerp. He received his medical degree from the University of Antwerp in 2001. He completed an ENT and head and neck surgery residency at the Antwerp University Hospital.

In 2007, he obtained a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences on the topic of the fundamental and multidisciplinary approach to upper airway collapse during sleep-disordered breathing. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal 'Sleep and Breathing' and the Deputy Editor of the ‘Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine’. In the past, he has been awarded several national and international scientific awards, including the “AADSM Clinical Research Award” in 2011, the “AADSM Clinical Excellence Award” in 2011, and the “Pierre Robin Academic Award” of AADSM in 2012 from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine..