Background
Fierens, Eric August was born on February 11, 1945 in Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Bruno and Elisabeth (De Bievre) Fierens.
Fierens, Eric August was born on February 11, 1945 in Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Bruno and Elisabeth (De Bievre) Fierens.
Doctor of Medicine, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1970.
Resident in medicine, U. Louvain, 1970-1975; member of staff department internal medicine, Hospital Sterasmus, Borsermout, Belgium, since 1975; head department geriatrics, Hospital Sterasmus, Borsermout, Belgium, 1986; head department internal medicine, Hospital Sterasmus, Borsermout, Belgium, since 1993. President Medical Council, Antwerp, 1984-1988.
President Medicin Sans Frontieres, Antwerp, 1987-1992. Member Belgian Society for Endoscopy, Flemish Society for Gastroenterology, Belgian Society for Geriatrics.
Married Marie Anne Mallien, September 12, 1970 (divorced May 1988). Children: Christopher, Gregory, Caroline, Sebastian, Barbara. Married Anne-Me Vermassen, February 12, 1994.