Prof. Dr. Gabrielle van Ramshorst is a Consultant colorectal surgeon at Ghent University Hospital and Associate Professor at Ghent University in Belgium. She studied at Leiden University in the Netherlands and spent part of her training in Sweden, Ghana and in Surinam. After obtaining her PhD degree, she undertook surgical training at Amsterdam UMC. During her fellowship - funded by the Dutch Cancer Society - she was trained in colorectal surgery, gynecological oncology and urologic oncology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam UMC and at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia. She passed European exams for colorectal surgery (ESBQ), gynaecological oncology (ESGO) and for sexual medicine (ESSM).
In 2019, Prof. Dr. van Ramshorst worked as a surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary Hospital in Scotland before she started working at Ghent University Hospital. Her clinical areas of interest include pelvic exenteration surgery, primary and recurrent colorectal cancer, gynecological oncology, and sarcoma surgery.
She leads several projects on abdominal wound closure and surgical site infection prevention as a member of the research committee and cohort studies committee of the European Society for Coloproctology (ESCP). She is the lead for the Diversity Working Group within ESCP and member of the Diversity Task Force for the European Hernia Society. She is the vice-chair for the International Committee of the Society for Surgical Oncology (SSO) and a member of the Education Committee of the European Network for Young Gynaecological Oncologists (ENYGO).
She has authored over 110 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed impact scientific journals. She was appointed as Associate Editor for Colorectal Disease in April 2020, and is also a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Gynecological Oncology.
She has been an active member of (international) guideline committees on behalf of the Dutch Surgical Society, the European Society for Coloproctology and the European Hernia Society. She chairs the Internal Quality Committee for all medical subspecialty training at Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital.
Her main professional and scientific interests focus on pelvic exenteration surgery, quality of life, sexual function and reconstruction, patient reported outcomes and promoting diversity.
Selected publications from PubMed
Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival After Pelvic Exenteration for Gynecologic Cancers in the COREPEX Study.
Bizzarri N, Novák Z, Ricotta G, Cãpîlna ME, Giannarelli D, Domingo S, Chiantera V, Akilli H, Cibula D, Zach D, Miranda A, Korompelis P, Chacon E, Zapardiel I, Lampe B, Svintsitskyi V, Matylevich O, van Ramshorst GH, Taskiran C, Demirkiran F, Lengyel T, Vizzielli G, Loverro M, Fanfani F, Marchetti C, Ferron G, Martinez A, Gauroy E, Ladanyi E, Kiss LS, Lago V, Montesinos-Albert M, Di Donna MC, Cucinella G, Slama J, Rosta V, Muallem MZ, Kucukmetin A, Fagotti A, Salehi S, Querleu D
JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jun 1;9(6):e2620335 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.20335.
Pelvic exenteration for vulvar cancer: contemporary outcomes from a multinational cohort study.
Zach D, Querleu D, Ul Hassan M, Loverro M, Ricotta G, Cãpîlna ME, Domingo S, Cibula D, Novák Z, Miranda A, Chacon E, Zapardiel I, Svintsitskyi V, Matylevich O, van Ramshorst GH, Taskiran C, Demirkıran F, Vizzielli G, Fanfani F, Garganese G, Fagotti A, Martinez A, Gauroy E, Cucinella G, Muallem MZ, Bizzarri N, Salehi S
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2026 Apr;52(4):111468 doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2026.111468.
Complications and recurrence after pelvic exenteration for gynecologic malignancies: Analysis of surgical complications from the COREPEX study.
Bizzarri N, Querleu D, Ricotta G, Giannarelli D, Cãpîlna ME, Domingo S, Chiantera V, Akıllı H, Cibula D, Novák Z, Zach D, Miranda A, Korompelis P, Chiva L, Zapardiel I, Lampe B, Svintsitskyi V, Matylevich O, van Ramshorst GH, Taskiran C, Demirkıran F, Lengyel T, Vizzielli G, Loverro M, Ferron G, Martinez A, Gauroy E, Ladanyi E, Kiss LS, Lago V, Montesinos-Albert M, Di Donna MC, Cucinella G, Ayhan A, Slama J, Rosta V, Salehi S, Muallem MZ, Kucukmetin A, Scambia G
Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2026 Feb;36(2):102820 doi: 10.1016/j.ijgc.2025.102820.
Complications and Recurrence After Pelvic Exenteration for Gynecologic Malignancies: Survival Analysis From the COREPEX Study.
Bizzarri N, Querleu D, Ricotta G, Giannarelli D, Cãpîlna ME, Domingo S, Chiantera V, Akıllı H, Cibula D, Novák Z, Zach D, Miranda A, Korompelis P, Chacon E, Zapardiel I, Lampe B, Svintsitskyi V, Matylevich O, van Ramshorst GH, Taskiran C, Demirkıran F, Lengyel T, Vizzielli G, Loverro M, Ferron G, Martinez A, Gauroy E, Ladanyi E, Kiss SL, Lago V, Montesinos-Albert M, Di Donna MC, Cucinella G, Ayhan A, Slama J, Rosta V, Salehi S, Muallem MZ, Kucukmetin A, Scambia G
Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Nov 1;146(5):737-749 doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006051.
Results of the international audit for faecal incontinence on behalf of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group.
Dulskas A, Cerkauskaite D, El-Hussuna A, Gallo G, Dardanov D, Svagzdys S, Singh B, Pinkney T, Pellino G, Glasbey J, van Ramshorst G, Chaudhri S, Frasson M, Pata F, Morton D, Knowles CH, European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) 2022 Collaborating Group
Colorectal Dis. 2025 Oct;27(10):e70245 doi: 10.1111/codi.70245.
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