Professor Johan Bellemans, MD, PhD, Dr. Med., is former head of the Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department at the Catholic University Hospitals Leuven, and current Consultant Surgeon at the ZOL Hospitals Genk Belgium, and co-founder of GRIT Belgian Sports Clinic Leuven.
His practice focusses on primary as well as complex knee surgery, including knee arthroplasty and sports orthopaedics. He holds a Lecturing Chair at Hasselt University Belgium.
He is one of the most well known knee surgeons all over the world and is also past-president of the European Knee Society and founding member.
Prof. Bellemans is a dedicated admirer of international sports. He competed himself as a sailor in the Barcelona 1992 Olympics, where he represented Belgium in the 470 2-man dinghy together with his brother.
Prof. Bellemans was Team Physician of the Belgian Olympic Team at the Beijing and London Olympics in 2008 and 2012, and became Medical Director for Team Belgium at the 2016 & 2021 Olympics .