Dr Martain Pierre Jean Loonen is a consultant in plastic surgery with extensive experience and interest in plastic, reconstructive, cosmetic, and hand and wrist surgery. He is a recognized fellow of the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum of the Board of Plastic Surgeons of Belgium, and holds recognized membership of the Dutch Society of Plastic surgeons. Dr. Loonen holds a Doctoral Degree in Plastic Surgery and has achieved his degree with outstanding honors as the youngest Ph.D. candidate to have attained that distinction at his Alma Mater, the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. His Ph.D. thesis concentrated on the qualitative and quantitative statistical analyses of plastic surgery research since 1946 and he developed an alternative for the Impact Factor calculation of journals.
Dr. Loonen held and co-organized a well-established clinical practice which provides medical and surgical services to a region of 500,000 citizens in the Netherlands. In multiple hospitals cooperating with his medical establishment, he has pioneered and implemented novel surgical protocols along with establishing a wrist arthroscopy center as the youngest member of the company. He is certified in minimally invasive facial esthetics, lifting, and rejuvenation techniques. Dr. Loonen has experience in three-dimensional surgical simulation and planning.
He is involved in the development of new cartilage regenerative surgical treatments in the hand and wrist.
Dr. Loonen organized and managed a successful cosmetic and plastic surgery department in Abu Dhabi since 2016 and was involved in the development of a plastic surgery department in a private hospital in Dubai providing protocols, key performance indicators, EHR implementation and training for nurse and secretary staff. In addition, he developed a cost-revenue registration system for efficient cost-effectiveness analysis in surgical departments.
Dr. Loonen performed reconstructive surgeries for war patients from Libya and Yemen referred to him by the Ministry of Presidential Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
He is an invited medical expert consultant regarding healthcare investment, health regulations and governance for the Gerson Lehrman Group in New York.
Dr. Loonen was a plastic surgeon and medical director at King´s College Hospital London, UAE.
Dr. Loonen’s focus and interests include providing the highest quality and most up to date patient treatment and medical expertise within the 14 medical departments under the responsibility of his medical directorship.
He was responsible for the clinical leadership of healthcare providers and he is the head of the surgery center in King’s College Hospital London Abu Dhabi. He developed a cost-revenue registration system for efficient cost-effectiveness analysis in surgical departments
As a medical director he was involved in the implementation of clinical and surgical protocols, medication, medical products, new medical services and the implementation of an Electronic Health Record System.
He was responsible for physician and nurse staff training, staff interviews, ,staff schedule planning, organizing of clinic meetings, evaluation of incident and key performance indicators, department of health facility licensing, department of health audits, implementation of national and international healthcare protocols, clinical documentation and coding of medical services.
Dr. Loonen was involved in business development which resulted in a research collaboration with New York University and a contract with an obesity center provider, contracts with community based doctors to treat their patients within the facility, the set-up of a hair transplant center and a collaboration with a major Abu Dhabi sports club for product-to-product exchange. An international surgical conference will be organised in addition under his medical directorship.
A potential collaboration with the renowned Cincinnati Children’s hospital in the USA is under evaluation based on his contacts with international institutions and expert physicians as an editorial board member for 10 international scientific journals.
Dr. Loonen follows the Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate Program of the prestigious Ivy League Cornell University in New York.
He believes that an open communication, team spirit and an inspiring work environment have a significant positive impact on the qualitative and quantitative output of his medical team and in healthcare in general. His extensive hospital setting knowledge based on his experience with multidisciplinary teams, operating theatre staff , emergency department staff and nurse staff assists him in the management of surgical and non-surgical departments.
Dr. Loonen is currently a plastic surgeon and head of the plastic surgery department at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital Dubai.
Dr. Loonen has published in prestigious international journals including Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery and is an invited peer reviewer for the journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research and the International Blood Research and Reviews. In addition to his surgical research endeavors, he is an editorial board member of four international journals including the Journal of Procedural Dermatology and Research in Clinical Dermatology.
Dr. Loonen’s focus and interests include providing the highest quality and most up to date patient treatment and medical expertise in the field of plastic surgery. He also has experience in medical education in anatomy and surgery for medical students and staff.
Extracurricularly, Dr. Loonen holds a Judo black belt and was an internationally acclaimed Judo competitor and medallist.
Dr Martain Loonen specializes in:
High Definition liposuction and Body contouring after massive weight loss (abdominoplasty, thigh lift and brachioplasty) with three-dimensional surgical simulation
Eyelid surgery
Otoplasty and ear reconstruction
Facial Volume correction by lipofilling (fat transfer) and fillers (hyaluronic acid / calcium hydroxylapatite)
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) skin and hair rejuvenation
Hair loss treatment
Facial and non-facial reconstruction after skin cancer excision
Breast surgery (reduction, augmentation and lifting)
Breast implant contracture treatment
Buttock augmentation by autologous fat transfer
Gynaecomastia (male breast enlargement) treatment
Hand surgery
Dupuytren contracture treatment
Nerve entraptment syndromes treatment
Reconstructions after tumor excision
Surgical and non-surgical scar correction
Medical expertise after trauma or medical treatment to evaluate medical impairment,
disability and to calculate the impairment based on the AMA (American Medical
Association) guidelines
Active Medical Licences
Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD)
Plastic Surgeon Licence Belgian Ministry of Health
Peer review and Editorial memberships
Peer reviewer for the journal of “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery”, “International Blood Research and Reviews”, “British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research”.
Editorial board member of “Cosmetology and Oro Facial Surgery”
Editorial board member of “Research in Clinical Dermatology”
Editorial board member of “Journal of Procedural Dermatology”
Editorial board member of “Journal of Advanced Plastic Surgery Research”
Evaluator hand and wrist surgery treatment protocols Hand and Wrist Center Netherlands
Academic
2012 : Fellow of the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum (FCCP), Board Cerrtification Plastic
Surgery Belgium, June 2012
2007 : Ph.D. degree in plastic and reconstructive surgery, February 15, 2007
Title: Bibliometric Trend Analyses of Plastic Surgery Research
2006 : M.D. degree, University Medical Center Utrecht, September 13, 2006
2001 : Propaedeutics degree in Medicine
2000 : Propaedeutics degree in Pharmacy
1999 : High school degree (Atheneum)
Career History
2018-present : Plastic Surgeon at King´s College Hospital London, UAE
2016- 2018 : Medical director at Dubai Cosmetic Surgery,Abu Dhabi Branch; Plastic
Surgeon at Royal NMC and Specialty hospital Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates
2013-2016 : Staff member at the department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and
Hand Surgery at Maatschap Zeeland, Medical Wellness Centre (MWCZ)
Goes, Hand and Wrist Center Zeeland (ZHPC) Goes, the Netherlands
2012-2013 : Academic Fellowships in Hand and Wrist surgery, the Netherlands
2012 : Fellow of the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum (FCCP),
Board Certification, Belgium, June 2012
2008-2012 : Plastic surgery training in Belgium / the Netherlands
(AZ St-Jan Brugge/AZ Groeninge Kortrijk/ CWZ Nijmegen)
2006-2008 : General surgery training at AZ Groeninge Kortrijk (Belgium)
Memberships
Royal Belgian Society for Plastic Surgery
Emirates Medical Association
Emirates Plastic Surgery Society
Scientific Publications
Loonen MPJ, Tahir A
Dermal sling suspension of the superomedial pedicle in Wise-pattern breast reduction: new technique to prevent (pseudo)ptosis
Submitted for publication
Loonen MPJ
Double bipedicle flap for extensive upper extremity defects: A case report.
Submitted for publication
Loonen MPJ
Outpatient Burn Treatment: A Conservative and Effective Personal Approach
Cosmetology & Oro Facial Surgery 4:1, March 2018
Loonen MP, De Frene B, Casaer B.
Thrombotic occlusion of a microvascular anastomosis in a resistance to activated protein C (APC) patient with incomplete wound healing after high doses of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
Modern Plastic Surgery Vol.2 No.3, July 2012
F. Stockmans, M.P.J. Loonen, J. Vanhaecke, M. Dezillie, D. Oosterlinck
Treatment options for the symptomatic Madelung deformity
In: Difficult problems and Complications at the forearm, FESSH 2012 Instructional Course Book
Loonen MP, Nolens I, De Walsche W, Dubrulle F
Merkel cell carcinoma of the upper eyelid: Case-report and diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm.
Tijdschr. voor Geneeskunde, 68, nr. 13, 2012
Loonen MP
Negative wound pressure therapy: Therapeutic indications and applications
Skin, March 2012, Vol.15, Nr 1
Loonen MP, Depoorter M.
Cyanoacrylate and pressure sensitive adhesive mesh (Dermabond protape) for wound closure in plastic surgery.
Modern Plastic Surgery, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2012
Weedaege H, Vanhaverbeke G, Van der Bauwhede J, Loonen M.
Dossier wonden en littekens. Skin, February 2012
Author of patient folders concerning hand and wrist pathology at Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital Nijmegen
Loonen MP
Alternative peer review system: Peer agreement system.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2010 Apr 7.
Loonen MP, Kon M, Schuurman AH.
Distally based sural flap modifications.
Ann Plast Surg. 2010 Jan;64(1):128.
Loonen MP, Kon M, Schuurman AH.
Two easy and simple modifications when using a distally based sural flap to
reduce the risk of venous congestion: reply.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Aug;122(2):684.
Loonen MP, Hage JJ, Kon M.
Plastic Surgery Classics: characteristics of 50 top-cited articles in four
Plastic Surgery Journals since 1946.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 May;121(5):320e-327e.*
Loonen MP, Hage JJ, Kon M.
Value of citation numbers and impact factors for analysis of plastic surgery
research.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Dec;120(7):2082-91; discussion 2092-4.*
Loonen MP, Kon M, Schuurman AH, Bleys RL.
Venous bypass drainage of the small saphenous vein in the neurovascular pedicle
of the sural flap: anatomical study and clinical implications.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Dec;120(7):1898-905.
Loonen MP, Hage JJ, Kon M.
Publications of plastic surgery research 1972 through 2004: a longitudinal trend
analysis of three international journals.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(8):934-45. Epub 2006 Jun 12. *
Loonen MP, Hage JJ, Kon M.
Bibliographic characteristics of plastic surgeons in The Netherlands: a 55-year
survey.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(9):1067-73. Epub 2007 May 16. *
Loonen, MPJ, Hage JJ, Kon M.
Who benefits from peer-review? An analysis of the outcome of 100 requests for review by
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Reply.
Plast Reconstr Surg 2006;118: 580-581. *
Loonen MP, Hage JJ, Kon M.
Who benefits from peer review? An analysis of the outcome of 100 requests for
review by Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005 Oct;116(5):1461-72; discussion 1473-5. *
Loonen MP, Schuurman AH.
Recurrent synovial chondromatosis of the wrist: case report and literature
review.
Acta Orthop Belg. 2005 Apr;71(2):230-5. Review.
van der Steen LP, Hage JJ, Loonen MP, Kon M.
Full publication of papers presented at the 1995 through 1999 European
Association of Plastic Surgeons annual scientific meetings: a systemic
bibliometric analysis.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Jul;114(1):113-20. *
Loonen MPJ, van der Steen LPE, Hage JJ, Kon M.
Publications of EURAPS presentations 1995-1999 (summary).
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2004;148(48):2418-20.
Loonen MPJ, Bos CK.
Giant xanthomas of the extremities: Long term consequences of
untreated familial hypercholesterolaemia. Case-report and review of the literature.
Submitted for publication
Loonen MP, Kon M, Hage JJ.
Scientific contribution of non-plastic surgeons to plastic surgery research:
Publication trend analysis of 3 plastic surgery journals.
In progress
* Ph.D. publications
Scientific presentations
Multiple international presentations during meetings of national and international societies for Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Wrist surgery
Best presentation award Netherlands Society for Plastic Surgery
Title presentation: Venous bypass drainage of the small saphenous vein in the neurovascular pedicle of the sural flap: anatomical study and clinical implications
Medical related activities
Medical doctor at Dutch, European, and World Judo / Taekwondo tournaments
Hobbies
Sport: Judo and rowing with medals on national and European level
Miscellaneous : aviation
