Dr. Vincent De Coninck graduated as a medical doctor from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium (VUB) in 2011. He became a certified urologist in 2017 after training at the University Hospital of Brussels, with Prof. Dr. Dirk Michielsen, and OLV Aalst, with Prof. Dr. Alex Mottrie. During his training, Dr. De Coninck developed a special interest in the minimally invasive treatment of benign and malignant pathologies. In the same year, he became Fellow of the European Board of Urology.
In 2018, Dr. De Coninck completed a one-year fellowship program with the Endourological Society in Paris, France, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Olivier Traxer. During that fellowship, he also obtained a diploma in urolithiasis, organized by Dr. Michel Daudon at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Thereafter, he was trained in holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) by Dr. Karin Lehrich in Berlin, Germany. He then completed a three-month fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Guido Giusti in Milan, Italy.
Currently, he works as an endourologist at AZ Klina in Brasschaat, Belgium. He focuses on the medical and surgical treatment of kidney stones and benign prostatic obstruction and is publishing articles relating to the management of patients with renal stone disease.