Gommeren, Kris

Kris Gommeren graduated in 2002 at Ghent University, where he performed an internship and a residency in internal medicine. He become a diplomate of the European college of veterinary internal medicine in 2009, and briefly worked in a private referral practice, before moving to Liège University, where he developed the ECC-service. In 2017 he became diplomate of the European college of veterinary emergency and critical care. He obtained his PhD on the effects of systemic inflammation on the cardiovascular system. Kris is past-president of the European Society of Emergency and Critical Care (EVECCS), and founding member of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care UltraSound interest group (VECCUS), as well as co-founder of the Animal Blood bank Benelux. His main fields of interest are point of care ultrasound, assessment of the cardiovascular system in critically ill patients, fluid therapy and the assessment of volume status and fluid responsiveness.