Past Presidents

Keywords:
Head and neck ultrasound
Sinonasal
Temporal bone
Skull base imaging

Contribution to ESHNR:
Congress president for ESHNR London 2018
President ESHNR Sept 2023 to Sept 2025
Started US hands on workshops at ESHNR and practical US based lunch time symposiums
Raised record sponsorship for London 2018 and Glasgow 2025
Encouraged participation with ESNR, ASHNR, BSHNI and in Glasgow the Indian society of head and neck radiology

Neuroradiologist & Head and Neck Radiologist

Prof. Dr. Bert De Foer graduated in Radiology from the University Hospitals Leuven (Prof. Dr. A.L. Baert) in 1995. Since 1997, he has been affiliated with the Department of Radiology at GZA Hospitals Sint-Augustinus, now part of the ZAS (Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom) Hospitals in Antwerp, Belgium, where he specializes in Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Radiology.

He obtained his PhD at the faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium in 2011 with a dissertation entitled “The value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up of middle ear cholesteatoma.” For this work, he received the Emeritus Prof. Dr. A.L. Baert Scientific Prize in 2012. His research helped establish MRI as a standard technique for the diagnosis and follow-up of middel ear cholesteatoma.

Prof. Dr. De Foer earned the European Board Diploma in Head and Neck Radiology (EBDiHNR, 2013) and the European Diploma in Neuroradiology (EDiNR, 2016). He served as Vice-President (2017–2020) and President (2020–2023) of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ESHNR), during which the society’s membership nearly tripled. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious ESHNR Gold Medal or life time achievemen award for his scientific work and achievements in Head and Neck Radiology.

He is (co-) author of more than 85 peer-reviewed scientific papers, has contributed numerous book chapters on Head and Neck Radiology, and co-edited the Springer volume “Temporal Bone Imaging” (2015).

His current research as senior author focuses on hydrops MRI in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with Ménière’s disease and related inner ear disorders.

Keywords:
Head-Neck-Imaging and interventions
Non-vascular Neurointerventions
Musculoskeletal Imaging

Major achievements:
I served about 15 years in the executive committee also 3 years as president.
I was Subcommittee Member of the ECR for 3 years and also served for 1 year as Subcommittee Chairman of the ECR.
In this time and before I organized 3 ESHNR Annual Meetings and Congresses.
I also organized many Erasmus courses Head-Neck and several Courses School of MRI.

Keywords: head and neck: Main areas of interest:
• General clinical head and neck radiology
• Musculoskeletal radiology and sports imaging
• Oncologic imaging

Major achievements:
Establishment of a professional management structure
Development of the ESHNR diploma (together with multiple other people)
Work in different subcommittees of the society

Main areas of interest:
Oral Cancer, Salivary Disease, Facial Trauma, Radiation Protection, swallowing disorders and singing in a falsetto voice as pass-time

Contributions to ESHNR:
Member from 1988. Secretary 1999-2005: instituted Gold Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Service medals. Congress President 18th Annual Meeting, 2005, Oxford, UK. President 2005-2008. Awarded Gold Medal 2011. Served as Controller, 2014-2020.

Keywords:
– middle /inner ear
– spaces in maxillofacial region/neck
– spreading of malignant diseases
– dental imaging

Major achievements:
ESHNR was a very small scientific society (founded 1987) when i came in (~1992).
Special achievements were to strengthen the society by enlarging the amount of members internationally and make the annual meeting much larger and more international (increase the participants from ~100 to ~500).
Also get the first direct connections with ECR/ESR and EJR because of my prominent position in ECR.

I brought in dental imaging as essential part of ESHNR and organized/co- organized several annual meetings (vienna, brugge, washington, estoril, paris, oxford, budapest…).

Keywords:
Cranial nerve imaging
Temporal bone imaging
Skull base imaging
Cone Beam CT
MR techniques in Head & Neck

Achievements:
President of the ESHNR 1999-2002.
Organized the 12th Annual meeting of the ESHNR 7-9/10/1999
Organized the 24th Annual meeting and Refresher Course of the ESHNR 8-10/9/2011
Tried to optimize relation with ASHNR and ESNR resulting in common meetings with ASHNR (Washington 2000, A.N. Hasso) and ESNR (Ancona, 2001, U. Salvolini).
Received Gold Medal – Lifetime Achievement in London 28/09/2018

Keywords:
Temporal bone
Skull base
Ear

Major achievements or contributions:
Founding member of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ESHNR)
Appointed as scientific coordinator USA – Europe to the President of the International Congress: Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR – ESHNR; Europe – North America) Washington 1994.
President of the ESHNR (1996 to 1999)
President of the international congress of the Head and Neck Radiology (joined meeting) of the ESHNR and ASHNR (15-18.10.1997)
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology from 1999 to 2001.
Multiple lectures every years in the ESHNR meeting

Keywords:
Temporal bone imaging

Major achievements or contributions:
Founding member of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ESHNR) in 1987, Uppsala, Sweden
President of the ESHNR (1990-1994)
President of the ECR 2005
Organized the 4th Annual Meeting and Refresher Course of the ESHNR 12-15/9/1990
Received Gold Medal – Lifetime Achievement in Geneve 7/11/2008