Prof. Olivier Verborgt is the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at AZ Monica and professor at the University of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium.

Prof Verborgt completed fellowships in shoulder surgery at the Clinique Jouvenet in Paris and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

From 2005 to 2011, he led the shoulder surgery unit at AZ St Lucas in Brugge. Prof. Verborgt is a former president of the Belgian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (BVOT), and actively contributes to clinical and basic research in shoulder pathology as a committee member of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SECEC) and a member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES).