Koen van Laere

Koen Van Laere currently serves as Chair of the Department of Imaging and Pathology at KU Leuven since August 2024 and has been the Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at UZ Leuven since 2002. As an MD PhD and clinical nuclear medicine specialist at UZ Leuven - KU Leuven, Koen Van Laere focuses on clinical brain imaging and conducts research in functional PET imaging in neurology and psychiatry, exploring mechanisms of brain disease and drug development related to biodistribution and occupancy quantification using PET. Prior experience includes a residency in nuclear medicine at Ghent University Hospital from 1997 to 2002 and academic pursuits at Ghent University, culminating in a doctoral dissertation on radiation dosimetry and brain imaging. Education includes an MSc in physics from 1983-1987 and a comprehensive medical training from 1986-1997 at Ghent University, alongside specialization in nuclear medicine.