Jozef Victor Joossens

Background

Joossens, Jozef Victor was born on February 12, 1915 in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. Son of August Jan and Jozefien (Mast) Joossens.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Leuven, Belgium, 1939; licentiate in physical education, U. Leuven, Belgium, 1941; D in Public Health, U. Leuven, Belgium, 1942.

Career

Assistant in internal medicine, Leuven, 1940-1946; founder, head internal medicine department, St. Lucas Hospital, Ekeren, Antwerp., 1946-1954; associate professor, St. Raphael U. Hospital, Leuven, 1954-1958; founder, head cardiology department, St. Raphael U. Hospital, Leuven, 1955-1980; professor, St. Raphael U. Hospital, Leuven, 1958-1984; professor emeritus, St. Raphael U. Hospital, Leuven, since 1985. Short-term consultant in Laos for World Health Organization, Manila, 1987, 91.

Achievements

• Jozef Victor Joossens has been listed as a noteworthy Epidemiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Recipient Assubel prize, 1971, Boehringer-Pharma prize, 1987. Fellow American College Cardiology. Member Societe Belge Cardiologie (president 1971-1973), Royal Academy Medicine (titular, president 1984), New York Academy Sciences, International Union Nutritional Sciences (nutrition and cancer committee 1981-1989), American Heart Association (correspondent fellow county on epidemiology since 1981).

Interests

• Avocations: tropical orchids, photography.

Connections

Married Agnes Marie Buys, September 12, 1942. Children: André, Filip, Jacques, Luk.

Father:

August Jan Joossens

Mother:

Jozefien (Mast) Joossens

Spouse:

Agnes Marie Buys

child:

Jacques Joossens

child:

Luk Joossens

child:

Filip Joossens

child:

André Joossens