Cycling meets sports medicine

• Extra sports imaging ultrasound workshops & lunch sessions
• Symposium center is located on the EC track

Aaron L. Baggish M.D. FACC, FACSM
Brief Bio-summary

Dr. Aaron L. Baggish is the founder of the Cardiovascular Performance Program (CPP) at Harvard Medical School and now professor of medicine and sports science at the University of Lausanne. He has served as medical director for the Boston Marathon and cardiology/team physician consultant for numerous organizations including the IOC, FIFA, World Rowing, Trek-Lidl Cycling, NFL & MLS Player’s Association, UOSPC, US Soccer, and US Rowing. He has published more than 300 original peer reviewed research articles and serves on the editorial boards of multiple journals including Circulation and Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise.

Contact Information:
aaronbaggish@gmail.com +41 79 918 05 63 (SUI) / +1 617-943-4545 (USA)

Wim Derave is a professor at the Department of Movement and Sports Sciences at Ghent University (Belgium), a global top ranked sport science institute (http://www.shanghairanking.com/Special- Focus-Institution-Ranking/Sport-Science-Schools-and-Departments-2016.html). He teaches and leads a dynamic research team in exercise physiology, sport nutrition and muscle metabolism.

After obtaining his Master’s Degree in Physical Education and Movement Sciences at Ghent University, Wim made a PhD on the effects of exercise on muscle insulin action and glycogen metabolism, in collaboration with Prof. JL Pannier and Prof. Erik Richter from the prestigious Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre in Denmark. During his post-doc work in Prof. Peter Hespel’s lab at the K.U.Leuven (Belgium), his main research focus was the physiological role and the nutritional manipulation of the creatine system in skeletal muscle. Since 2005, Wim established his own laboratory in Ghent, which has taken a lead in the research regarding beta-alanine supplementation and the role of carnosine in skeletal muscle, both with respect to sport as to chronic metabolic diseases. An emerging research topic of his group relates to the development of an MRI-based - thus non-invasive - evaluation of muscle fiber type composition (the Muscle Talent Scan), and its applications towards talent identification, training advice and injury risk in athletes and team sport players. In 2017, Wim spent a 6-month sabbatical at the Gold Coast (Australia) as a visiting professor of Griffith University, to further develop the Muscle Talent Scan in elite Australian athletes.

Wim Derave has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed international scientific publications.

Thijs Eijsvogels, PhD is an Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology. His research training started at Radboud University (PhD degree, NL), followed by postdoctoral fellowships at Hartford Hospital (USA) and Liverpool John Moores University (UK). Dr. Eijsvogels is interested in the physiological and cardiovascular responses to acute and chronic exercise training. His research is focused on the benefits and potential deleterious effects of exercise across the whole physical activity spectrum: from cardiovascular disease patients demonstrating excessive sedentary behavior to veteran athletes performing long-term, high volume, high-intensity exercise training. He currently leads the Exercise Physiology research group at the Radboud University Medical Center (Nijmegen, NL), with the aim to optimize exercise prescription for cardiovascular health improvement. For this purpose, research techniques from the fields of physiology, cardiology and epidemiology are integrated in his multidisciplinary team.

Dr Tom Teulingkx (1974) is a general practitioner and sportsfysician in Westerlo . since 2013 he ‘s Chairman of SKA (vereniging Sport- en keuringsartsen ) and since 2022 Chairman of Belgium federation of sports and exercise medicines,  member of medical commite of Belgian Cycling and member of  part of Board of directors of Sporta Federation . With Ska hee developped VASO , Flemisch Recommendation of Preparticipation medical examination  (VASO) and  the Sport cardiac action plan (SCA)

I am a senior researcher at the Heart Centre of Amsterdam University Medical Centre. Primary research interests include secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and healthy lifestyle programs. With a master's degree in epidemiology and a strong background in nursing and teaching, my professional experience has included substantial positions in research and education. My work continues to have impact on the field of cardiovascular research, helping to inform healthcare professionals and improve patient outcomes. I have to admit I am not an experienced race biker, although I can proudly say I do ride my sports bike to work every day.

Marius Myrstad, MD, PhD, FESC,  is senior consultant and researcher at Baerum Hospital, Norway. Leader of the Norwegian Exercise and Atrial Fibrillation Initative NEXAF (www.nexaf.no) and principal investigator (PI) of the international randomized controlled trial (RCT) Effects of Detraining in Endurance Athletes with Atrial Fibrillation (NEXAF Detraining). Local PI of The Norwegian Exercise and Atrial Fibrillation Trial, a RCT on exercise in patients with atrial fibrillation. He is part of the Norwegian Atrial Fibrillation Research Network afib.no (www.afib.no). Has published several papers based on clinical and epidemiological studies on atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes and in relation to exercise. Passionate XC-skier and runner.