Name and position
- Mireille Merckx, M.D., P.H.D
- Specialised in Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Andrology
- Subspecialty in Paediatric and Adolescent gynaecology
- Head of Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics AZ Jan Portaels Vilvoorde since 2014
- Staff member of the “Vrouwenkliniek” at the University Hospital of Ghent , leading the department of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology since 2012
- Research activity at ICRH University Ghent
- Head of Department Paediatric of the Adolescent Gynaecology of the Sint Pieter Hospital in Brussels and the Children’s Paola Hospital in Antwerp until 2012
- Consultant in the Clinic of Gynaecology – Obstetrics, Erasme Hospital (ULB), Anderlecht until 2012
- Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Flemish Obstetrical and Gynaecological Association (VVOG) since 2007
- Member of GAMS (Group for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation), trainee for medics and paramedics in sexual mutilation pathology,
- Member of the multidisciplinary team on FGM at University of Ghent
- Consultant in family parenthood at the “City Planning” ULB/VUB, Brussels
- Member of the Alumni of the VUB and ULB
- Member of the group “Doctors without leave”
- Member of the Groupement Français de Gynécologie Pédiatrique et de l’Adolescence, Paris since 2006
- Belgian Mandate in Paediatric Gynaecology FGJI and EURAPAG since 2010
ESC mandate
- Belgian delegate on the Board of the European Society of Contraception since 2012
- Member of the European Society of Contraception since 2007
- Reserve auditor of the treasurer’s accounts of the ESC in 2011
Area of expertise/ interest
- Communication and counselling in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Contraceptive methods and contraceptive behaviour
- Premature menarche
- Vulvovaginal mucosal pathology in children and adolescents
- HPV prevalence in children and ado’s
Contact the ESC Central Office at info@escrh.eu to contact Mireille Merckx. Your email will then be forwarded.