Located in the heart of the Forêt de Soignes, in the exceptional grounds of the Hotel Dolce La Hulpe, the Claris Clinic La Hulpe is ideally situated on the outskirts of Brussels. The clinic’s contemporary design is based on three approaches.
Claris La Hulpe
(Dolce Hotel Site)
The technology
Our two operating theatres have been designed to the most stringent standards, and have obtained ISO5 classification in accordance with the criteria of the Conseil Supérieur de Santé (Ministry of Health). Surgical and anesthetic equipment is state-of-the-art.
Wellness
The interior design is geared to patient comfort, from the waiting room, through the consultation areas, to the bedrooms and recovery room. The green, relaxing setting also offers added comfort.
Safety
As part of its commitment to excellence, Claris Clinic is a member of the
Belgian Society for Private Clinics
and complies with its operating and safety standards. It is also regularly audited by an independent control body.
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Claris Clinic brings together experienced and recognized professionals, always ready to meet your expectations.
Our members
the team
The experience and competence of our team members guarantee you a high-quality, professional approach, which will enable you to be listened to and supported through state-of-the-art interventions.
Plastic surgeons
- Dr Michel HEYMANS
Dr Michel Heymans is a renowned plastic surgeon, who graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1994 and is a member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery. He also holds a degree in microsurgery.
Dr Heymans is Head of Plastic Surgery at Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies. He is also a member of the Faculty Board of GC Aesthetics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of breast implants. He regularly gives seminars on certain plastic surgery techniques in various European countries.
- Dr Jacques DUCHATEAU
Doctor Jacques Duchateau is a renowned plastic surgeon, graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1985 and member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Duchateau is active in three Brussels hospitals, as head of the plastic surgery department at the Centre Hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles since 1995, consultant at the Hôpital Universitaire Erasme since 1990 and practitioner at the Clinique Edith Cavell (now CHIREC Delta) since 1999. He performs the full range of plastic surgery procedures, with a predilection for breast augmentation and facial rejuvenation.
- Dr Fanny BALLIEUX
Doctor Fanny Ballieux graduated from the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum and the European Board of Plastic Surgery (EBOPRAS) in 2017.
She is also a member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery. She also completed an additional year of specialization (fellowship), during which she worked at the Breast Academy on Australia’s Gold Coast. This experience has enabled him to specialize in aesthetic breast surgery and facial rejuvenation.
Dr Ballieux spent two years in Australia, working at Westmead Childrens Hospital in Sydney and Pacific Private Hospital on the Gold Coast. His patients appreciate his ethics and the natural appearance of his surgical services.
Dr Ballieux currently works at the Claris Clinic and the Clinique des Champs Élysées in Lille and Paris.
- Dr Roxana MATASA
Dr. Roxana Matasa is a plastic surgeon who graduated from the European Board of Plastic Surgery (EBOPRAS) in 2011 and is a member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery. She also holds an inter-university diploma in microsurgery.
Dr. Matasa currently works in private practice at the Clinique de la Basilique, part of the CHIREC group, and as Head of Clinic at the Brugmann University Hospital, where he plays an active role in training plastic surgery assistants from ULB and abroad.
Dr Matasa practices plastic and aesthetic surgery, with a particular focus on breast, facial and body contour surgery.
- Dr Thierry FOUREZ
Dr Thierry Fourez is a renowned plastic surgeon, graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1995 and member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery. He also holds a diploma in microchirugy.
Doctor Fourez has been practicing at the Centre Hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles since 1996, and at the Clinique Edith Cavell (now CHIREC Delta) since 2006. He has also previously worked in two other private clinics offering cosmetic surgery.
His fields of expertise are eyelid and breast surgery.
- Dr Anouk DE GELDERDr Anouk de Gelder is a plastic surgeon with a diploma from the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum. She perfected her training under the guidance of prof. Prof. Dr. Ph. Blondeel atUZ Gent, a particularly renowned center for microsurgery and gender confirmation procedures. She is a member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery.His areas of expertise include facial aesthetics and breast surgery, as well as genital aesthetics, including labioplasties and gender confirmation procedures. Her contribution to scientific research was recently recognized by publication in the prestigious American journal “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” (PRS), where she authored an outstanding article on the “cultural aspects of vaginoplasty”.Dr de Gelder currently works as a surgeon at the Claris Clinic and the Clinique Sint Elizabeth in Zottegem.
- Dr Aurore LAFOSSE
Doctor Aurore Lafosse is a plastic surgeon who graduated from the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum in 2012 and is a member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery. She worked for three years at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, where she was in charge of reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery.
At the same time, she has been conducting research with FNRS support into regenerative medicine and cell therapy for skin regeneration.
Dr Lafosse currently works at the Claris Clinic and Clinique Sainte-Anne Saint-Remi in Brussels.
- Dr Thierry CLEVE
Dr Clève is a member of the Royal Belgian Society for Plastic Surgery.
Dr Clève operates at CHIREC, Braine-L’Alleud hospital
- Dr Jean-Valéry BERTHE
Dr. Jean-Valéry Berthe is a plastic surgeon, member of the Royal Belgian Society of Plastic Surgery, graduate of the Collegium Chirugicum Plasticum (C.C.P.) and of the European Board of Plastic Surgery (EBOPRAS) since 2001. He is currently a consultant at Clinique Claris, Clinique Edith Cavell (now CHIREC Delta) and Hôpital Universitaire Erasme (Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, ULB). Its main areas of activity are cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and figure, as well as breast reconstructive surgery.
Until 2014, Dr Berthe was assistant clinical head at Erasme University Hospital, where he developed his skills in reconstructive surgery, including microsurgery, and aesthetics. Until then, he was a member of the ULB Plastic Surgery D.E.S. teaching college.
- Dr Dirk VAN ZELE
Dr Dirk Van Zele is a plastic surgeon who graduated from the University of Liège. He worked at the CHU Sart-Tilman in Liège, in the plastic surgery department, as well as at the burns center. At Liège University Hospital, Dr. Van Zele’s main areas of expertise were microsurgical reconstructive surgery of the breast and head and neck region.
He also holds a University Diploma in Paris (aesthetic/reconstructive surgery of facial skin tumors). He has also trained with world-renowned colleagues, each in their own field (USA, France, England, Italy and Sweden).
For the past 12 years, Dr. Van Zele has been working in the private sector, specializing in aesthetic breast surgery (breast augmentation with or without lift/reduction, secondary breast surgery for patients who already have implants and want to improve their current result) and body contouring.
- Dr Giancarlo CANTELLA
Dr Cantella operates at CHIREC in Brussels.
A specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, he was recognized by the Belgian Ministry of Public Health in 2006.
Trained in medicine at UCL, he went on to specialize in surgery at ULB. During his training in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, he worked in some of the best centers and with the best French and Belgian hand and maxillofacial surgeons. He is qualified in microsurgery and emergency medicine. Drawing on his experience in reconstructive surgery, he soon developed his private practice.
- Dr Filippo DI MEGLIO
Dr. Filippo Di Meglio is a plastic surgeon who graduated from Rome’s Sapienza University and is a member of the Claris Clinic team. He completed his training with a Fellowship in Advanced Microsurgery at the China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan, an expertise that enables him to tackle complex cases at the frontier between aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Currently Chief of Clinic and head of the Plastic Surgery Unit at the CHU Saint-Pierre in Brussels, he combines his surgical activity with a teaching role for surgeons in training and students at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. At the Claris Clinic, Dr Di Meglio focuses on aesthetic plastic surgery, with particular expertise in face, breast and figure surgery.
- Dr Alexandru PAUN
Dr Alexandru Paun is a plastic surgeon who graduated from the ”Carol Davila” University of Medicine in Bucharest. He also holds an Interuniversity Diploma in Microsurgery and a Diploma in Surgical Anatomy of Lambs, obtained respectively at Strasbourg University Hospital and Bordeaux University Hospital.
During his specialized training in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, he completed internships at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg, the University Clinics of Bucharest, the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint-Pierre in Brussels(CHU Saint-Pierre) and the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg(CHL). Passionate about Aesthetic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine, Dr Paun undertakes Fellowships at Cronos Med (Bucharest) and Akademikliniken (Stockholm), considered to be world reference centers in this field. Trained by some of Europe’s leading surgeons, he developed a particular interest in aesthetic breast, body and facial surgery.
Dr. Paun currently works in private practice at the Claris Clinic, The Clinic and the DermoMedicalCenter, as well as in university hospital practice at the CHU Saint-Pierre in Brussels. Dr. Paun’s attention to patient needs and his rigorous approach to his work mean that he pays particular attention to patient follow-up.
- Dr Christine WALRAVENS
Dr Christine Walravens is a plastic surgeon who graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven in 2007 and is a member of the Royal Belgian Society for Plastic Surgery. She trained internationally, notably in Luxembourg and Paris, where she obtained a diploma in microsurgery from the École du Fer à Moulin.
Dr. Walravens has extensive experience in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, with a particular focus on breast, facial and body contour surgery. She pays particular attention to patient needs, and to achieving natural results.
Dr Walravens currently works at the Claris Clinic and Clinique Sainte-Anne Saint-Remi in Brussels.
Anaesthetists
- Dr Serge BROKA
Dr Serge Broka is a specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care, and graduated from the Université Catholique de Louvain in 1994.
He practiced and taught anesthesiology in a university setting(Cliniques UCL de Mont-Godinne) for 9 years, before turning to the development of outpatient anesthesia.
Today, Dr Broka is a member of the European Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care’s working group on outpatient anesthesia.
- Dr Elisabeth YANKO
Dr Elisabeth Yanko obtained her medical degree from UCL in 1995, and has been an anaesthetist-resuscitator at the same institution since 2001.
After working as an anesthesia assistant at the Université Catholique de Louvain, she has been assistant clinical head of anesthesia at the Etterbeek-Ixelles hospital since 2005.
- Dr Eléonore POWIS
Dr. Eléonore Powis trained in anesthesia at Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc from 2011 to 2017.
Since then, she has divided her time between inpatient anesthesia, chronic pain management and outpatient anesthesia.
She is also trained in the practice of hypnosis, both in an operative context and for chronic pain.
- Dr Bernard VANDERICK
Dr Bernard Vanderick is a qualified anesthetist. He trained at the Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc de Bruxelles (UCL) and has been practicing at the Clinique Sainte-Anne Saint-Remi in Brussels since 2000.
The Dr. Vanderick has been practicing outpatient anesthesia (OBA) since 2009, with an emphasis on quality standards. Algology (pain management) is also a major part of our medical activity.
- Dr Stéphane DENEU
Doctor Stéphane Deneu is a specialist in anesthesia and intensive care from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), from which he graduated in 2000. He trained at the Onze Lieve Vrouw hospital in Aalst and the Armand Trousseau hospital in Paris.
Doctor Deneu has been practicing at the Braîne-l’Alleud Waterloo hospital (Chirec group) since 2006.
- Dr Pierre HOFFREUMON
Doctor Pierre Hoffreumon is a specialist in anesthesiology. He trained at Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc de Bruxelles (UCL) andHôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève (Switzerland).
Doctor Hoffreumon has joined the anesthesiology department of Clinique St-Pierre Ottignies, where he has been practicing since 1991. He is a member of the Société Belge d’Anesthésie-Réanimation and, since 1993, has taken part in seminars organized by the Committee for European Education in Anaesthesiology. Doctor Hoffreumon teaches anesthesiology to baccalaureate nurses at the Haute Ecole ISEI – Parnasse in Louvain-La-Neuve.
Other specialists
- Dr Pauline OLLERO – Aesthetic Medicine
Doctor Pauline Ollero graduated in surgery from ULB in 2022 and is a member of the Belgian Society of Aesthetic Medicine (SBME). Her background combines expertise in hand surgery with a specialization in aesthetic medicine. Like other Claris Clinic specialists, she offers a holistic approach that incorporates the latest medical techniques. According to the WHO definition, she considers health to be a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Her practice focuses on personalized treatments aimed at achieving natural, harmonious results, notably through botulinum toxin and filler injections. Her professional approach combines surgical expertise with careful attention to the specific needs of each patient to ensure their overall well-being.
- Dr Katia BRETO – Aesthetic Medicine
Doctor Katia Breto holds a degree in general medicine from the University of Barcelona, as well as a diploma in aesthetic medicine. She has also taken a number of additional training courses, such as the diplomain injection techniques from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis or the diploma from the Collège International de Médecine Esthétique – CIME in Paris. Dr. Breto also regularly takes part in advanced courses in the various techniques of aesthetic medicine, and is a member of the Société Belge de Médecine Esthétique SBME.
- Dr Marc MORADI – Aesthetic Medicine
A graduate in medicine, specializing in anaesthesia-intensive care and emergency medicine from the University of Liège, Dr Moradi also holds a DIU in analgesic hypnosis (University of Liège), a Master’s degree in aesthetic medicine from Queen Mary University of London, as well as a DIU in baldness and a DIU in aesthetic laser treatment from the University of Lyon.
Dr Moradi is a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS).
He carries out his aesthetic and hair treatment activities at the Claris Clinic (La Hulpe), the Clinique du Mont-Saint-Martin (Liège) and the Botaclinic (Liège).
He is particularly interested in regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy for hair regrowth and skin rejuvenation.
- Dr Candice DEWULF – Aesthetic Medicine
Doctor Dewulf Candice graduated in medicine from UCL in 2013 and passed the internal medicine examination. She practiced in various hospitals before opening her own general practice in Woluwe St Pierre. She is a nutritherapy specialist and CERDEN graduate. She holds a diploma in aesthetic medicine from the Collège International de Médecine Esthétique in Paris.
Since then, as a member of the Société Belge de Médecine Esthétique, it is in this latter discipline that she thrives, for her own pleasure as well as that of her patients.
- Dr Gunther GIJSEN – Aesthetic Medicine
Dr Gunther Gijsen is a renowned physician specialized in aesthetic medicine, adopting an integrative mind-body approach. He is strongly convinced that beauty is a reflection of both physical and emotional well-being.
At the Clinique Claris in Brussels, Dr. Gijsen brings his great professional expertise enriched by his personal experience. He performs aesthetic treatments with the ultimate goal to bring a boost to both the outer beauty and inner well-being of our customers. His commitment to a holistic approach to care makes him a valuable addition to our team.
- Dr Emmanuelle STEELS – Dermatology
A medical graduate from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2000, she obtained her diploma in Dermatology and Venereology from the same university with the highest distinction in 2005. During her residency at Hôpital Erasme, she obtained the French inter-university diploma in Lasers, Aesthetic Dermatology and Cosmetology in Besançon in 2009, and the university diploma in cutaneous oncology in Montpellier in 2010.
Until 2020, as Assistant Head of Clinic at Brugmann University Hospital, she was in charge of specialized cosmetology and aesthetics consultations.
Dr Steels is a member of the Royal Belgian Society of Dermatology, and specializes in chronic inflammatory diseases, oncology and aesthetics. At present, she also works in a university hospital at Brugmann University Hospital and with the CHIREC group at Delta Hospital.
Staff
- Larissa REUL – Office Manager
Larissa Reul is in charge of administrative and commercial management at Clinique Claris. Quadrilingual, she has held similar positions in fashion, well-being and cosmetics, both in Belgium and abroad. She is responsible for all non-medical aspects of the clinic, from administrative management to patient contacts and relations with suppliers. She is also in charge of the clinic’s communications.
- Cécile NGONO
Operating theatre nurse
Cécile is an operating room nurse. With a wealth of experience in a number of renowned hospitals, she is in charge of welcoming and monitoring patients, as well as the various aspects involved in the smooth running of the operating day.
- Stéphanie DEGAUQUE
Logistics Manager
Stéphanie is in charge of material supplies for the operating room, as well as medical inventory management. She is also responsible for preparing surgical programs, and acts as administrative support when necessary.
- Victoire GUIBERT
Nurse specialist
Victoire Guibert trained as a nurse. She worked for many years at Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc in Brussels. She performs most of the aesthetic treatments at the Claris Clinic and is also in charge of post-operative follow-up.
- Julie HANSOULLE
Nurse – Coordination and training
A nurse by training, Julie is in charge of coordinating aesthetic treatments, staff training and business development at Claris Clinic.
She has worked for over 15 years in the field of bariatric and cosmetic surgery. She also specializes in digital marketing, and as such is part of Claris Clinic’s communications and marketing department.
- Oriane DE BREUCKER
Nurse specialist
Oriane De Breucker trained as an emergency nurse. She worked for several years in various emergency departments, notably at the Clinique Ste-Elisabeth in Brussels and at the Braine l’Alleud Hospital.
Oriane has been operating room manager at Claris Clinic since 2014 and is also responsible for Claris Clinic’s plastic surgery information consultations.
- Feirouz AGHMOU
A qualified beautician, Feirouz is in charge of a wide range of beauty treatments at the Claris Clinic. She also assists the nursing and medical teams in carrying out medical-aesthetic treatments.
