Johan Van Eldere, MD, PhD, MHM, FESCMID is emeritus professor of microbiology at the Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Hasselt. He is currently acting secretary-general of EUHA – European University Hospital Alliance.
Johan Van Eldere did his medical studies and PhD research at the KULeuven and afterwards was a research fellow at Oxford University. After his return to Leuven, he specialised in medical microbiology and hospital management. He was head of the department of Laboratory Medicine and the department of Pathology at the University Hospital Leuven. In 2014 he became medical director and member of the governing board of the University Hospital Leuven. In 2018 he became steering committee member for EUHA. From October 2023 onwards, he is acting secretary-general of EUHA and president of the scientific advisory board of the Vall d’Hebron institute of Research in Barcelona. He was and is chairman of national and international organisations in microbiology, reviewer for international journals and author of over 150 scientific papers.
