Dr. Ivar van Heijningen

Dr van Heijningen is a plastic surgeon who was born and  trained in the Netherlands but moved to Belgium after marrying a Belgian anesthetist. He presently works in the AZ Zeno hospitals of Knokke and Blankenberge and his private clinic Duinbergen Clinic.

His main interest is aesthetic breast surgery and facial rejuvenation but he loves plastic surgery for both its reconstructive as well as its aesthetic parts. He has a passion for patient safety.

He initiated the European Standard for Aesthetic Surgery Services out of concern for patient safety. This standard was published in 2015. A European Standard for Aesthetic Medicine non-surgical procedures was published in 2017.