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Phillip Blondeel, MD
Head of Plastic Surgery / fellowship contact
UZ Gent
Official faculty or programme profile ↗Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026
Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Fellowship 'Fonds Professor Guido Matton'.
- Leadership as published
- Prof. Phillip Blondeel (Head of Plastic Surgery; Matton Fund co-founder)
- Evidence reviewed
- 12 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent)
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Training context
Published programme focus
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Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
Fellowship 'Fonds Professor Guido Matton'
An annual six-month fellowship for newly qualified plastic surgeons focused on tissue regeneration and reconstructive techniques at UZ Gent.
- Location
- Ghent, Belgium
- Duration
- 6 months, starting 1 October each year
- Clinical participation
- Daily participation in surgical activity
- International applicants
- Restricted to surgeons trained at a recognised Belgian training centre. Foreign surgeons are directed to the separate funded Stephen S. Kroll Fellowship.
- Funding
- €5,100 for 6 months, paid in instalments of €1,700 every two months; final payment after the completion report
- Application timing
- 31 December of the year before the fellowship; winner notified by 31 January
Upcoming application cycle
Annual; jury awards at most one candidate (or none)
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Completed plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery training at a recognised Belgian centre and passed the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum final exam or EBOPRAS exam.
Published training
- Daily surgical activity in regeneration and reconstruction of human tissue
- Plastic and reconstructive techniques with completion report to the jury
- Selection jury includes the department head, Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum chair and Dr. Maria Matton or delegate
Application route
Send candidacy in English to the head of Plastic Surgery at UZ Gent by 31 December: personal motivation letter, one-page essay on Prof. Guido Matton’s professional life and highlights, detailed CV with photo, and two recent recommendation letters.
Published application documents
- Personal motivation letter (English)
- One-page essay on Prof. Guido Matton
- Detailed CV with photograph
- Two recent recommendation letters
Published contact note: GAPS.fellow@uzgent.be (department fellowship enquiries); submit Matton candidacy to the Plastic Surgery department head as published on the UZ Gent page
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
Official sources
Source review: 12 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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