Charles Smets is a highly qualified neurosurgeon with extensive experience in the medical field, currently serving as a full-time consultant at AZ Imelda Bonheiden and a part-time consultant at Regionaal Ziekenhuis Heilig Hart Tienen since June 2012. Previous roles include a full-time consultant at AZ KLINA and a postgraduate neurosurgical fellow at Westmead Hospital. Charles has also accumulated experience as a visiting medical doctor at Hôpital Erasme and various registrar positions at UZ Leuven and ZOL Genk. Charles completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at KU Leuven, with foundational education at Sint-Jozefcollege Turnhout and Basisschool Bree.