Background
Piessens, Jan Hendrik was born on July 25, 1941 in Ruisbroek, Antwerpen, Belgium. Son of Benedikt and Irene Piessens.
Piessens, Jan Hendrik was born on July 25, 1941 in Ruisbroek, Antwerpen, Belgium. Son of Benedikt and Irene Piessens.
Doctor of Medicine, Catholic U., Leuven, Belgium, 1965; Cardiologist, Catholic U., Leuven, Belgium, 1970.
Resident in internal medicine and cardiology, University Hospital, Leuven, 1965-1969; invasive cardiology fellow, Cleveland Clinic, 1969-1970; professor medicine, Catholic U., Leuven, 1979; chief of the cardiac catheterization laboratories, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven.
Fellow American College Cardiology, Society of Cardiac Angiography. Member Belgian Society Cardiology.
Married Maria Christine Lepoutre, August 3, 1968. Children: Mark, Peter, Kristin.