Prof. Dr. Jan Victor obtained his medical degree in 1985 from the University of Leuven and his board certification in orthopaedic surgery on August 6, 1991. His clinical career is dedicated to the treatment of knee pathology, including arthroscopy, soft tissue procedures, osteotomy, and joint reconstruction. From 1991 to 1995, he was a staff member at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Leuven University Hospitals. From 1995 to 2011, he was a staff member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at St-Lucas General Hospital, Bruges, where he became head of the department in 2010. In 2009, he obtained his PhD with the thesis 'A Comparative Study on the Biomechanics of the Native Human Knee Joint and Total Knee Arthroplasty'. In 2011, he was appointed Professor at Ghent University and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Ghent University Hospital.