Philippe Baele


Philippe Baele is a leading Belgian anaesthesiologist and medicine professor. After degrees in medicine and anaesthesiology at Université Catholique de Louvain and work experience in the Mayo Clinic, he has held various positions in Belgium, in Argentina and Benin, and in the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists. Best known among his works are his seminal articles on blood transfusion and his commitment to the development of medicine in the Third World.