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Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL)

Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg · Belgium

Subspecialty
Regional Anesthesia
Latest source check
Official source ↗ Source checks

Described as regional anaesthesia exchange partner with Duke alongside Leuven.

What the official source confirms

Read the ASRA (national society) fellowship directory entry for Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, and the NYSORA fellowship page (https://nysora.com/fellowship/), which identifies the ZOL Genk programme but gives no duration, eligibility, deadline or funding. The ZOL hospital site page for the programme was not located; the NYSORA ZOL page returned a 404. Number of positions (listed as 5), deadline, start year and salary are not given with a cycle on the directory page and were omitted. Visa/international eligibility not stated. Contact email and phone omitted.

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Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
1 year.
Positions
Not confirmed — see official source
Deadline
Not confirmed — see official source
Funding
Not confirmed — see official source
International
Not confirmed — see official source
Programme lead
Not confirmed — see official source
Exposure
More than 10,000 regional procedures annually, mainly orthopaedic plus abdominal, gynaecologic and thoracic cases; techniques listed include upper and lower extremity blocks, fascial plane blocks, paravertebral and TAP blocks, thoracic epidurals, and pectoralis, quadratus lumborum and serratus plane blocks.
Eligibility
Applicants must be enrolled in or have completed an accredited anesthesiology residency; other requirements such as medical licensing may apply. English is mandatory and Dutch is preferred.
Application route
Applications are submitted through the programme contact, Dr. Imré Van Herreweghe, at the address given on the directory page.
Evidence status
Dated checks: see field-level evidence below · source

Field-level source checks

Only the fields below were checked in this review. Other original review dates remain unchanged.

  • duration · 2026-11-06 · Official source — Official fellowship page: duration
  • eligibility · 2026-11-06 · Official source — Official fellowship page: eligibility
  • application Route · 2026-11-06 · Official source — Official fellowship page: application route
  • exposure · 2026-11-06 · Official source — Official fellowship page: exposure
  • applicant Sections · 2026-11-06 · Official source — Official fellowship page: applicant sections
  • source Scope Note · 2026-11-06 · Official source — Official fellowship page: source scope note

Programme directors named on the page

The ASRA directory names Dr. Imré Van Herreweghe as programme contact/director. NYSORA's own fellowship page identifies the programme as the NYSORA Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship based at ZOL Genk (described as the first and largest organised regional anaesthesia fellowship in Europe, with 10 generations of graduates).

Official source · Field review 2026-11-06

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