Bertien Buyse

Bertien Buyse received the Graduation degree in medicine and pneumology from the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. She received the Ph.D. degree at the Department of Respiratory Diseases, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven. She is currently the Head of clinic at the Department of Respiratory diseases and the Director at the Leuven University Center for Sleep/Wake Disorders, University Hospitals Leuven. Besides clinical practice, she is also performing research in the field of sleep-related breathing disorders, regulation of breathing, noninvasive ventilation, and diaphragmatic pacing and plication techniques.