CV ELBAUM engl

CURRICULUM VITAE
IDENTIFICATION
Name: ELBAUM
First name: Robert
Speciality : General Surgeon specialised in Pediatric Othopaedic Surgery
Birth date : 1 january 1960
Birth place: Brussels (Belgium)
Married wife :Livia
2children : Audrey and Lisa
Sports : Tennis/ Swimming / Cycling
Language : French/English /Hebrew/Italian/Flemish
Home adress: Av Victor Rousseau ,58-60
1190 BRUSSEL
Belgium
Tel :32 2 346 23 56 / 32 2 345 09 12
Fax :32 2 345 80 79
e-mail :r.elbaum@skynet.be
Activity:
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the CHIREC Hospital Group (Brussel)
Founder of the Brussel Paediatric Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic (www.brusselspopc.com)
Private consultation :Av. Victor Rousseau,58
1190 Brussel
Phone 02 345 09 12 ou 02 474 03 15

SUPERIOR STUDY
1973-1979 Greek and Latin section
Athénée Robert Cateau (Brussels)
graduated in june 1979 with distinction
UNIVERSITY
1979-1986 Faculty of Medicine
Free University of Brussels (ULB)
Graduated in june1986 with great distinction
SPECIALITY
General and Pediatric Surgery
Agreation in october 1993
july 1986 - june 1987 Dept of Paediatric Surgery (Pr. S. GODART)
IMC Ixelles Brussels Belgium
july 1987- sept. 1987 Dept of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery ( Pr. H. CARLIOZ)
Hopital TROUSSEAU Paris France
oct. 1987- sept 1989
Dept of General Surgery ( Pr. JP GOVAERTS)
Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery ( Pr. P. BLAIMONT)
Brussels Belgium
oct 1989-sept 1990 Dept of General Surgery (Dr. GOUAT)
Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery (Dr. CARLIER)
IMC. Tournai Belgium
oct 1990-sept 1991 Dept of General and cardiac Surgery (Pr. F. DEUVAERT )
CHU Brugman Brussels Belgium
oct 1991-sept 1992 Dept of Paediatric General Surgery and Paediatric and
Orthopaedic Surgery (Pr. J-M. DE LAET )
Children Hospital Queen Fabiola Brussels Belgium
oct 1992-nov 1993 Dept of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery (Pr. R. SERINGE --
Pr. J. DUBOUSSET)Hôpital St Vincent de Paul Paris France

MILITARY SERVICE
From 1 january 1994 till 31 december 1994 at the Military Hospital REINE ASTRID .
Departement of Orthopaedic Surgery
Last reserve officier
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
• Member of the Belgian Royal Society of Surgery (SRBC)
• Corresponding Member of the Belgian Society of Orthopedic Surgery (SOBCOT)
• Past President of the Belgian Association of Pediatric Orthopedic (BAPO)
• Member of the European Paediatic Orthopaedic Society (EPOS)
• Member of the EPOS Reading comitee
• Member of the French Pediatric orthopedic society (SOFOP)
• Past Vice president of the Board of the Chain of Hope (Humanitarian)
ACTUAL FUNCTION
Attached in Peadiatric Orthopaedic Surgery at the CHIREC Orthopaedic Group
Professor at the Faculté des Sciences et de la Moticité (ISM ULB)
Professeur at the Haute Ecole Ilya Prigogine

HUMANITAIR MISSION
As Board Member of the Chain of Hope Belgium, in charge of Paediatrics Orthopaedics Project in
several Countries
• June 1999 : Spine Surgery in Hôpital LE DANTEC in DAKAR
Collaboration with Dr Jerry KIEFFER chief of the department of Paediatric Orthopaedic of
Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Red Cross
• June 2000 : Prospection Mission in Dakar ,Thiès and Casamance (SENEGAL)
• December 2000 :Patients selection
• June : Prospective mission Nicaragua
• November 2001 :Orthopaedic Surgery in Dakar
• Collaboration with Chain of Hope France for the realisation of the “ Institut Africain de
formation en Chirurgie Pédiatrique “
• February 2002:Prospective mission (Tyranna Albanie)
• April 2002 :2 d othopediatric surgery mission in Dakar
• November: Prospective mission in Nicaragua
• February 2003:3d Orthopaedic surgery mission in Dakar
• April 2004:4 th Orthopaedic surgery mission in Dakar
• March 2005:5 th Orthopaedic surgery mission in Dakar
• April 2006: orthopaedic prospective mission and consultation.RWANDA
• October 2009: orthopaedic prospective mission and consultation.Dakar
• October 2010: orthopaedic prospective mission and consultation.Tanguieta (Bénin)
• From 2011till 2019: Several Orthopaedic surgery mission in Tanguieta (Bénin) and in Dakar

Directeur de Mémoire
• « Le Syndrome Douloureux Régional Complexe de Type 1 chez l’enfant et l’adolescent »
• « Comparaison entre deux techniques de mesure utilisées pour les enfants atteints de
plagiocéphalie positionnelle »
• Effets de la rééducation posturale sur les paramètres posturaux chez des
adolescentes atteintes d'une scoliose idiopathique : Etude prospective
• Etude des corrélations entre les troubles de torsion du membre inférieur et les pathologies
fémoro-patellaires chez les enfants et adolescents entre 10 et 16 ans.
• Scoliose idiopathique de l’adolescence. Traitement conservateur de la scoliose
idiopathique par corset orthopédique : « influence de la durée du port du corset sur le
résultat ».
• Etude des compensations du membre inférieur observées chez les pieds bots varus équin
unilatéraux et bilatéraux
• Critères d’évaluations et d’évolutions des pieds bots varus équin, de la naissance à l’âge de
la marche.
• L’utilisation du Plasma Riche en Plaquettes (PRP) dans la pathologie du genou du jeune
sportif : Mythe ou Réalité ?
• Nouvelle méthode d’évaluation clinique des profils de courbure du rachis chez
l’adolescent(e)porteur d’une scoliose idiopathique traitée par corset
orthopédique :avantages et limites de la méthode.

COMMUNICATION/PUBLICATION/SCIENTIFIC WORK
1. COMMUNICATIONS
1. CUTIS LAXA: ABOUT ONE CASE
presented as a communication at the St Pieter Hospital (Brussels) june 1986
2. NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS OF NEWBORN
• Paediatric Intensive Care Meeting. Children Universitary Hospital (Brussels) 1986
3. INDICATION AND TECHNIQUES OF SPLENIC SURGERY IN YOUNG CHILDREN
S. Godart - R. Elbaum;
• Interhospital meeting of surgery (Brussels) january 1987
4. ORTHOPEDIC ASPECT OF LIMB VASCULAR DYSPLASIA
Vanderstricht - S. Godart- R. Elbaum
• Annual meeting of the Belgian Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatologic
( SOBCOT) (Brussels 1988)
5. EXPERIENCE ABOUT 406 LIMB MALFORMATION
J.J. Houben - S. Godart - R. Elbaum
• Annual meeting of the SOBCOT (Brussels 1988)
6. POSTURAL DEFORMITIES AND IN UTERO POSITION: OUR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE.
R. Elbaum - S. Godart
• Paediatric Staff Meeting MCI Ixelles (Brussels 1987)
7. NEWBORN ORTHOPAEDIC EXAMINATION : SEMIOLOGICAL AND
PATHOLOGICAL ASPECT.
R. Elbaum - S. Godart
• Paediatric Staff Meeting. MCI Ixelles ( Brussels 1988)
• Paediatric Staff Meeting Hôpital Jolimont Lobbes 11/2000

8. NON TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLODISKITIS IN CHILDREN:
ABOUT 4 CASE.
C. Graar - R. Elbaum
• Paediatric Staff Meeting.
MCI Ixelles ( Brussels1989)
9. L'ANASTOMOSE MECANIQUE PAR TRIPLE AGRAPHAGE IDEALE APRES RESECTION
RECTOSIGMOIDIENNE EN URGENCE.
H. Belgasmi- J.L. Alle- R. Elbaum - N. Chaidi
• Annual Meeting of the Belgian Royal Society of Surgery (SRBC) ( Brussel 1992)
10. ORTHOPAEDIC ASPECT OF SPINAL DYSRAPHISM : ABOUT 30 CASES
R. Elbaum - L. Miladi - R. Zeller - R. Seringe - J. Dubousset
• Periodic Meeting of the Belgian Association of Paediatric Orthopaedic ( BAPO )
( UCL Mont Godinne ) ( Belgium 1993)
• 16th Meeting of EPOS ( Heidelberg 1997)
11. RADIAL CLUB HAND AND HOLT ORAM SYNDROM
R. Elbaum - M. Royer - S. Godart Acta Chir. Belg. 9.95
• Royal Belgian Society of Surgery ( SRBC) Annual Meeting (Brussels 1994)
• Periodic Meeting of the BAPO (KUL Pellenberg) ( Belgium 1994)
• European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS) Annual Meeting
( Brussels 1995)
12. CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP : A 20 YEAR FOLLOW UP
MULTICENTRIC STUDY
• Annual Meeting of the French Society of Orthopedic Surgery ( SOFCOT)
( Tours 1993)
13. TRAUMATIC SCHOULDER DISLOCATION IN YOUNG CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENT: ABOUT 9 CASES
R. Elbaum - H. Parent - R. Zeller - R. Seringe Acta Orthop. Belg. 60-2 1994
• COCHIN Traumatology Meeting day ( Paris 1993)
• BOTA Meeting (UCL 1999)

14. ACUTE SLIPPED FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS : PIN PENETRATION AND CHONDROLYSIS
R. Elbaum - R. Zeller - R. Seringe
• 14 th Annual Meeting of EPOS ( Brussels 1995)
15. PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OF SPINAL FUSION IN DUCHENNE'S
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
R. Zeller - R. Elbaum - JF. Egu - O.Gaudiche - J. Dubousset
• Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Society of North America (POSNA)
( Miami 1995)
• International Symposium on surgical treatment of spinal deformities in DMD (Brussels
1997)
16. FUNCTIONAL TREATMENT OF CLUBFOOT ( Preliminary study)
R. Elbaum - B. Noel
• Orthopaedic Staff Meeting A.H.E.I. ( Brussels 1995)
• Periodic meeting of the BAPO ( Gent UZ 1996)
• Kinesist staffmeeting Erasmus Hospital (1999)
• Journées informelles d’Orthopédie (Bruxelles 12/2000)
17. HIP SPORT INJURY IN YOUNG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT
R. Elbaum - JM. Baillon
• Belgian association of sports physiotherapist (A.B.K.S. Brussels 1995)
18. ACUTE SYNOVITIS OF THE HIP : how to diagnosed hip pathology in children ?
R. Elbaum
• Periodic Meeting of the Brussels General Practician ( Brussels 1996 )
• Paediatric Staff meeting (A.H.E. I. 1996)
19. JEUVENILE ARTHRITIS : ORTHOPAEDIC MANAGEMENT
R . Elbaum - P. Lenoir
• Paediatric Staff Meeting (A.H.E.I. 1997)

20. SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS : Review of the litterature
and multicentrc study project.
R. Elbaum - J.M. Baillon
• Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Department of A.H.E.I.
(Pr Blaimont - Pr Baillon) ( Brussels 1996)
* Periodic Meeting of the BAPO(Liège 1997)
21.AVULSION FRACTURE OF ANTERIOR TIBIAL TUBEROSITY IN GIRL : unusual aspect and new
classification.
S. Tueche - R. Elbaum
• Orthopaedic staff meeting A.H.E.I. ( Brussels 1997 )
• Submit for Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
22. FRACTURES IN CHILDREN
R.Elbaum
• Dans les Urgences Chirurgicales Pédiatriques
• Formation Continue pour Infirmieres des SOINS INTENSIFS et des SOINS
D’URGENCE (JOLIMONT Formation) JOLIMONT 12/1999
• Pediatric Staff meeting : CHU TIVOLI 2004
Cavell CHIREC 2005
23.L’ORTHOPEDIE EN PEDIATRIE :Pièges et Signes d’alarmes
R.Elbaum
• Réunion scientifiques de Formation Continue pour Médecins Généralistes de la Région
du Centre (G.M.G.R.C.) Jolimont 03/19999
24.LE TORTICOLIS CONGENITALE MUSCULAIRE
R.Elbaum-B.Noel
• Paediatric Staff Meeting (A.H.E.I. 1999)
• BGKVGPR

25.TREATMENT OF THE CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP DURING CHILDHOOD :Results
after the age of 20years
Ph.Wicart, R.Elbaum , R . Seringe
• Journées de Montpellier
26.LE PIED BOT VARUS EQUIN :
INTRODUCTION ET HISTORIQUE DU TRAITEMENT FONCTIONNELLE
R .Elbaum -B.Noel
• Les Journées Informelles du CHEI : « L’ORTHOPEDIE INFANTILE » Pr JM BAILLON
Bruxelles 12/2000
27. LE PIED BOT VARUS EQUIN
R.Elbaum
• Seminaire d’orthopédie
CHU Tivoli 13/05/03
28. PRISE EN CHARGE DU TORTICOLI CONGENITAL MUSCULAIRE ET TRAITEMENT FONCTIONNEL
DU PIED BOT
R.ELBAUM.B.NOEL/ GUY LADEUZE/MICHEL /HENRI YANNART
• Association des Kinesithérapeutes de la Région du Centre
La Louvière 05/2003
29. FUNCTIONNAL TRETMENT OF CLUBFOOT: PRACTICAL ASPECTS
R.Elbaum.-B.Noel
• BAPO Meeting Liège 09/2003
30. CONGENITAL TOTICOLI
R.Elbaum-B.Noel
• BAPO Meeting Liège 09/2003

31. Neuroorthopédie :de la sémiologie à la pathologie(Pr B.DAN)
La Prise en charge de la Scoliose neurologsique (Pr R.ZELLER)
• B.APO Spring Meeting (oganisateur)
Hôpital de Jolimont (La Louvière)05/2002
31 L’orthopédie pédiatrique au quotidien :Mythes et Réalités
Les Journées orthopédiques du C.H.I.R.E.C. (organisateur)
Michel Peeters- Robert Elbaum
32 La hanche du Nouveau-né : le pédiatre, l’orthopédiste, le radiologue :un trio
incontournable (organisateur)
M.Hannesse,E.Cohen,R.Elbaum
• Pedaitric combined saff Meeting CHIREC CAVELL 05/2006
33 Congenital Clubfoot .Functional Treatment :interest, advantages and limits
B.Noel - R.Elbaum
• XIII Congresso Nazionale S.I.T.O.P. octobre 2007 STRESA (ITALY)
34 L’Enfant et le Sport
R.Elbaum - M.Peeters
• Journée d’Orthopédie Pédiatrique CHIREC-BAPO 04/ 2008
35 Spodylolyse et Spodylolysthésis chez l’enfant
• Réunion commune CHIREC-AMISEK Bruxelles 12/2007
36 Galeazzi Fracture in children : about a variant type
R.Elbaum
• Upper limb Trauma in Chidren BAPO Autum meeting 2008 Brugges
37 Congenital Foot deformities :From birth to treatment
R.Elbaum
• Orthopaedica Belgica 2009 Charleroi

38 Traitement de la luxation congénitale de hanche pendant l’enfance: Résultats après l’âge
de 20 ans
P.Wicart,R.Elbaum ,R.Seringe
• Colloque interhospitalier CHIREC/Erasme University Hospital 05/2009
Dysplasie de hanche de l’enfant à l’âge adulte
39 La Butée ostéoplastique vissée dans la Maladie de Legg Perthes Calvé: Note technique
R.Elbaum
• 83 ème congrès SOFCOT PARIS 11/2009
40 Le traitement conservateur du Pied Bot varus équin :Controverse Ponseti /Méthode
Fonctionnel
M.Mousny, R.Elbaum
• Groupement Belge des Pédiatres de langues Française (GBPF)
Tournai 04/2009
Clubfoot From the Newborn to theAdult : The Child’s Foot
R.Rossillon-R.Elbaum-R.Seringe-P.Wicart-F.Chotel-S.Pirani-PL Docquier
• Orthopaedica Belgica 2010
Thermae Palace Oostende 05/2010
40. Shelf acetabuloplasty with cannulated screw for perthes disease : technical note
R.Elbaum
• I.F.P.O.S 09/2010 Séoul (South Corea)
The French Functional Method for the treatment of Clubfeet
R.Elbaum
The 6 th instructional Course in Paediatric Orthopaedics
• Israeli Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Meeting June 2011

Hip Traumatology ans sports in Children
R.Elbaum
Orthopaedic concern in sports Medicine
• Orthopaedica Belgica 2012 Brugge 06/2012
Subacute Osteomyelitis in children
PL Docquier , R.Elbaum
Bone and Joint Infection,Biofilm and Bugs
• Orthopaedica Belgica Spa April 2013
Pathologie de la Hanche Chez l’Enfant Sportif
R.Elbaum
La Hanche du sportif:
• 8ème Congrès de Traumatologie du sport du SEG 03/2014 Brussel
L’Epaule instable chez l’enfant
R.Elbaum
• Syposium: Que Faire devant l’épaule instable? 09/2014 Brussel
Groupe Epaule CHIREC

PUBLICATIONS
INDICATION AND TECHNIQUES OF SPLENIC SURGERY IN YOUNG CHILDREN
R. Godart - R. Elbaum;
Rev. Med. Brux. 9,032-035 1988
L'ANASTOMOSE MECANIQUE PAR TRIPLE AGRAPHAGE IDEALE APRES RESECTION
RECTOSIGMOIDIENNE EN URGENCE.
H. Belgasmi- J.L. Alle- R. Elbaum - N. Chaidi
Acta Medica Chirurgica
ORTHOPAEDIC ASPECT OF SPINAL DYSRAPHISM : ABOUT 30 CASES
R. Elbaum - L. Miladi - R. Zeller - R. Seringe - J. Dubousset
présenté comme défense de Mémoire de fin de formation en Chirurgie pédiatrique en sept
93
Mémoire en cours de publication
RADIAL CLUB HAND AND HOLT ORAM SYNDROM
R. Elbaum - M. Royer - S. Godart
Acta Chir. Belg. 9.95
CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP : A 20 YEAR FOLLOW UP
MULTICENTRIC STUDY
Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique (RCO)
Supplément S.O.F.C.O.T 68 ème Réunion Annuelle
TRAUMATIC SCHOULDER DISLOCATION IN YOUNG CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENT: ABOUT 9 CASES
R. Elbaum - H. Parent - R. Zeller - R. Seringe
Acta Orthop. Belg. 60-2 1994
PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OF SPINAL FUSION IN DUCHENNE'S
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
R. Zeller - R. Elbaum - JF. Egu - O.Gaudiche - J. Dubousset
Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedic (JPO part A)

TREATMENT OF THE CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP DURING CHILDHOOD : Results after
the age of 20years
Ph.Wicart, R.Elbaum, R . Seringe
* « LA MALADIE LUXANTE DE LA HANCHE DE L’ENFANT ET L’ADOLESCENT » sous la
direction de A .DIMEGLIO / C.HERISSON/ L.SIMON
MASSON Paris 2000
Simultaneous bilateral tibial tubercle avulsion fracture in an adolescent.
A case report
R.Elbaum
ACTA ORTHOPEDICA BELGICA 2011, N° 5 (Vol. 77/5) p.696-702
Management of severe knee extension stiffness in children: Particularity in sub-
Saharan Africa
Gayito Adagba RA, Haoudou R, Priuli G, Elbaum R, Dusabe JP, Moungondo F, Docquier PL.
From Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital of Tanguieta, Benin : Pediatrics surgery department
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica (accepted)
Surgical management of rickets-like bone deformities (knock-knee and bow- leg) in
children: particularity in sub-Saharan Africa
Roméo HAOUDOU, René CASTRO GAYITO, Giambattista PRIULI, Robert ELBAUM, Jean-Paul
DUSABE, Fabian MOUNGONDO, Pierre-Louis DOCQUIER
Study conducted in Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital of Tanguiéta, Benin (Pediatrics surgery
department)
Submitted to Journal of Children Orthopaedics
Orthopaedic support with 3D printing in children: marketing effect
or solution of the future?".
David MAZY*, M.D.; Robert ELBAUM*, M.D. PhD; Gautier BECKERS*, M.D.; Chloé MATRICHE*,
M.D.; Olivier VANNIEUWENHOVE *, M.D.
Acta Orthopaedica Begica (accepted but not published yet)