European Medical Center

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Welcome to the European Medical Center, a clinic or group practice of general and specialized Medical Doctors and paramedical therapists, especially osteopaths and physiotherapists (kinésithérapeutes). There is also a blood sampling every morning.

We have a secretary (reception), which is open from Monday to Friday between 8:30 and 17:00 (and we are happily back on this normal schedule since 2nd June!), but closed on Saturday, Sunday and official holidays. They can help you for all questions regarding our Center and our therapists and they can arrange appointments for most of the therapists - but some manage their schedules themselves and some accept also appointments via Doctena (EUMC) – please check below.

After the lockdown, all the doctors and therapists are back again and started or continued to see patients for treatment.

For any question, just call the secretary: 02 / 280.13.42, or send an email: e.m.c@skynet.be (Mail, but the answer may need one or two days).

Our Center is in the heart of the European quarter/neighborhood in Brussels at Square Ambiorix 40, just 500 m away from Rond-point Schuman and its European institutions, metro and rail connections (see the plan of STIB, the Brussels' metro agency, as PDF, for Schuman). And a bus stop is directly in front of the Center at Square Ambiorix.

Our doctors

Dr. Wiebke Behrndt - primarily available for teleconsultations, but continues to see patients, after calling and if necessary - you can call her directly during normal office hours: 0497 / 48.17.40 or call the reception (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42) - ENT (ear, nose, throat, "ORL") doctor – EN, FR, DE, NL
Dr. Michel Bernard - primarily available for teleconsultations, but continues to see patients if necessary – Dermatologist – EN, FR
For the tele-consultation, please contact the doctor via Skype (dermato-bernard) or WhatsApp (+32 485 395 111). You can contact him every day, weekend included, between 14:00 and 18:00. Please send him photos of your Identity card, both sides, and preferably, if you have, your green Belgian identity card. On this card, your Belgian National Number (INSS) is mentioned above left on the back, which starts with your date of birth (YY.MM.DD), followed by a five-digit-code. This number is necessary for the electronic prescription, but if you don’t have this number, “old-fashioned” paper-based prescriptions are possible. The consultation will be done by video conference, but for any skin problem, it is preferable to make photos before, as they have a higher resolution, and to send the photos to him as well.
Every prescription (“ordonnance”) will be sent by Skype or WhatsApp. If it is an electronic prescription, with your Belgian NISS-number, most pharmacies (by far not all…) accept it even on your smartphone, otherwise the prescription must be printed.
See also his personal homepage.
Dr. Marijke De Lange - continues to see patients at the Center – Appointment via reception (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42) - Allergologist – EN, FR, NL
Dr. Irenäus Misera - continues to see patients at the Center, proposes also tele-consultations – Appointment via reception (Tel. 02/280.13.42) - General Practitioner – EN, FR, DE, PL
See also his personal homepage
Dr. Jörg Pförtner M.Sc. - continues to see patients at the Center - Appointment via reception (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42) or Doctena (Link) - Orthopedic Surgeon and Traumatologist - EN, FR, DE
Dr. Birthe Steiner - continues to see patients at the Center, proposes also tele-consultations – Appointment via reception (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42) or Doctena (Link) - specialist in Internal medicine and Infectiology – EN, FR, DE

Our osteopaths

Important information: According to Belgium law, as of 4 May, you have to wear a mask in the Center and during treatment. You will find an individual seat in the waiting area with the name of your therapist. Please be on time, do not come earlier. You may not be accompagnied by anyone (except for children: only one parent is allowed), nobody should wait in the waiting zone during your treatment. We are sorry for this, but this is the legal requirement for teh Belgian exit strategy (déconfinement).

Mr. Frédéric Baeyens - continues to see patients at the Center – EN, FR, NL
Mrs. Frédérique De Keyser - continues to see patients at the Center – For an appointment, please call her directly during normal office hours: 0475 / 63.35.35 - EN, FR, NL
Mrs. Claudia Münch - continues to see patients at the Center – Appointment via reception (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42) - EN, DE, NL
Mr. Julien Rysman - continues to see patients at the Center – EN, FR

Our physiotherapists

Important information: According to Belgium law, as of 4 May, you have to wear a mask in the Center and during treatment. You will find an individual seat in the waiting area with the name of your therapist. Please be on time, do not come earlier. You may not be accompagnied by anyone (except children: one parent is allowed only), nobody should wait in the waiting zone during your treatment. We are sorry for this, but this is the legal requirement for teh Belgian exit strategy (déconfinement).

Mr. Abdel Berrahou - continues to see patients at the Center - Appointments by mobile: 0475 / 60.58.05 - General physiotherapist , sports physiotherapy, massage, breathing/respiratory physiotherapy for children, lymphatic drainage, manually and with pressotherapy- FR
Mr. Frédéric Baeyens - continues to see patients at the Center – General physiotherapist, sports physiotherapy, manual therapy, rehabilitation, posture, muscle strengthening - FR, EN, NL
Mrs. Jessica Bates - continues to see patients at the Center - General physiotherapist, sports physiotherapy, posttraumatic rehabilitation, posture, muscle strengthening - EN, FR
Mr. Marvin Boßler - continues to treat patients in the Center - Appointment via reception (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42) or Doctena (Link) - General physiotherapist, sports physiotherapy, manual therapy, rehabilitation, posture, muscle strengthening, fascia therapy, massage - DE, FR, SP
Mrs. Claudia Münch - continues to treat patients in the Center - Appointment via reception (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42) - General physiotherapist, manual therapy, rehabilitation, posture, muscle strengthening, fascia therapy - DE, EN, NL
Mrs. Andrea Schwarz - continues to see patients at the Center - General Physiotherapy – EN, FR, DE

Our laboratory

We work with the renowned international laboratory Synlab, which is one of the largest and best in Belgium. Our nurse takes the blood at the Center. The blood, urine and other samples are collected several times every day and usually the results are send to the ordering doctor already in the evening (except for special tests, which may take some days).

For a blood sample, you can just come by with your prescription, between 8:30 and 12:30, and with the risk that you may have to wait a momment. Or you make an appointment via our reception (02 / 280.13.42) or online by Doctena (Link).

Important information about our Center during the crisis

Concerning the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Belgium we would like to inform you about our actions so far taken (but be aware that sudden changes are still possible):

Our Center is open normally and every day with the reception open from Monday to Friday between 8:30 - 17:00 without any restrictions anymore.
The blood sampling is also again possible every day from Monday to Friday in the morning.
Our laboratory has now the possibility to do antibody-tests, but only if you have a medical prescription from your G.P. If you were tested "positive", you have had the disease already and you are immune, "safe". But the sensitivity is still not known, perhaps you had only a light disease or you were asymptomatic, and you have some antibodies, but not enough for a positive test result ("fals negative error"). At least the test is available now!
All therapists are still or again working, and some doctors are primarily available by tele-consultations.
The acces to the Center is nevertheless denied to everybody with respiratory illness: Please don't come if you have any signs or symptoms of a cold, cough, sneezing, with or without fever. We kindly ask concerned patients to call the reception instead (Tel. 02 / 280.13.42).
For our patients, as well as new patients who haven't been in treatment in the Center before, we propose currently tele-consultations for acute respiratory problems. Please call the reception (02 / 280.13.42), a doctor will call you back: Dr. Misera, our G.P., Dr. Behrndt, an ENT doctor (you can call her also directly during normal office hours: 0497 / 48.17.40), or Dr. Steiner, an Internist and Infectiology Specialist. After the tele-consultation, the doctor may fill prescriptions or a sick leave certificate, which will be send by email or can be picked up at the reception - but only by a family member or friend without symptoms. The Attestation de soins donnés will be delivered as well and has to be paid in cash.
Please be aware that the phone lines may be occupied and that there may be a delai in responding to your phone calls - but we try the best, and our reception is very motivated to help you and to find individual solutions.
If you have higher fever, if symptoms worsen, if you have difficulties breathing, please go to the next Emergency Department. The next one from our Center is at St. Michel Hospital in rue de Lindhout 150, 1040 Etterbeek. (Link). In Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, there is also the University Hospital St. Luc (Link).

General information for the Coronavirus epidemic

The Belgian authorities simplified the procedure for tele-consultations. This is only valid for any acute respiratory infection with suspicion of Covid-19, but not for any other medical issue. (see the link at the Belgian health authority INAMI in French). They created two additional “codes” for these tele-consultations, which can be used by every doctor from every speciality. The price is unitary 20 Euro, no supplements allowed, and the Belgian “mutuelle” reimburse it totally. Additionally, the Authorities created also a new form for sick leave due to Covid-19, which can be sent by email from your doctor, and which is accepted also only for suspicion of Covid-19.
You may find further useful informations of the Belgian National Authorities regarding the confinement (quarantaine) rules and regarding the medical aspects: info-coronavirus.be. They have also a hotline, and will answer your questions very friendly, just call them, don’t hesitate: 0800 / 14.689
For more scientific advice, the website for medical professionals gives more in-depth information and is called Sciensano
For the German speaking people, there is an excellent daily 30-minutes podcast with an in-depth scientific discussion of the current situation by Prof. Christian Drosten, available via NDR, a German broadcaster: Podcast. He is the director of the Institute of Virology at Berlin University Hospital Charité, and his team identified the virus SARS-CoV-1 in 2002, the virus MERS-CoV in 2012 and developed now the currently used PCR virus test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the disease Covid-19, and thus the most highly recognized expert.
And our advice as for everybody: Stay at home (What to do), avoid contacts (“social distance” ), try to help your neighbors, especially those, who are older, ill, handicapped or socially isolated. And be aware of Fake-News!
And please don't forget to do regular sports activities ! We observed already an increase in "Corona back pain" due stress, fear, too much work and unsuitable bad working habits at home. Walking, running or cycling is very important and you should leave every day for at least 30-60 minutes (It’s also what is officially recommended by the President of the European Commission !). But it is also important to do strengthening exercises - and don't forget stretching. A very good Brussels made Pilates program is proposed by Stephan Giunta, who is a physical trainer and coach under the sign of: ”The Happy Body” or via Facebook

Stay healthy!

Thank you for your understanding!

Your EUMC team

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