Background
Benjamin Van Camp was born in Mechelen, Belgium, in 1946.
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Benjamin Van Camp was born in Mechelen, Belgium, in 1946.
He graduated magna cum laude at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1971, and earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1979.
Between 2000 and 2008 he was the rector of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He spent several years working abroad at the University of California, San Diego, Stanford University and University of Nebraska, and he worked with the International Monetary Fund"s chairman, Doctor Brian G.M. Durie, at both the University of Arizona and the University of London. Currently, he is a professor of hematology and immunology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
He is also the head of the Blood Transfusion Center Jette and head of the Clinical Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology at the academic hospital UZBrussel.
Benjamin Van Camp has held numerous appointments including President of the Belgian Hematological Society and the Belgian Immunological Society, and he is currently President of the International Crythropoietim Advisory Board and a Scientific Advisor to the International Myeloma Foundation.
