Dr Bart Depreitere is a staff member neurosurgeon at the Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, where he is the President of the programme for multidisciplinary care. He is a Professor at KU Leuven, where he teaches neurosurgery and pathology of the spine. His research is focused on the physiology and biomechanics of traumatic brain injury. Additionally, he is the Vice President of the Spine Society of Belgium and coordinator of the Lower Back Pain project for the Belgian Healthcare Knowledge Centre.