Philippe Baele (born June 16, 1951) is a leading Belgian
anaesthesiologist and medicine professor. After degrees in medicine and anaesthesiology at
Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and work experience in the
Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, US), he has held various positions in Belgium (as university professor, practitioner, and expert for the government), in Argentina and Benin (as visiting professor), and in the
World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (as a member of the Executive Committee). Best known among his works are his seminal articles on
blood transfusion
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously. Transfusions are used for various medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but mo ...
and his commitment to the development of medicine in the Third World.
External links
World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
Belgian anaesthesiologists
1951 births
Living people
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