BIOGRAPHY
Frederik Schroyens, MD, FFHom(Hon), MFHom
Muinklaan 31
B-9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel.: +32-9-223 92 90
Fax: +32-9-234 21 91
Email: Frederik.Schroyens@archibel.com
Skype name: fschroyens

Date of birth: January 12, 1953
Married, 2 children
Nationality: Belgium

TRAINING

• 1977, June: Medical Doctor, MD at State University of Gent, Belgium
• 1978, June: graduate of the one-year Homeopathic Training Course at the Faculty for Homeopathy in London (entitled to use credentials MFHom).
• 1999, May: certificate of Practitioner of NLP, New York Training Institute of NLP

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 1981 - : Founding President and teacher of the first Flemish School for Classical Homeopathy, VSU in Gent, Belgium
• Since 1983 lecturing and holding workshops on the use of homeopathic software in most European countries as well as in North and South America
• Since 1988 lecturing and giving homeopathic seminars in different countries in Europe, North and South America and South Africa.

CO-ORDINATING POSITIONS

• 1985 Founded and coordinated the Masi-workshops in Belgium and Holland.
• 1986 One of the first Radar-users in 1986 and became so enthusiastic about the increasing possibilities Computer Science is offering to Homeopathy, that, because of his dedication to the program, he has become the Homeopathic Co-ordinator of the Radar project soon afterwards.
• In 1987 he was appointed as the main link between George Vithoulkas (Greece) and the programming team of the University of Namur (Belgium) during the development of the Vithoulkas Expert System. He has been accompanying George Vithoulkas on his seminars since 1988 as well as assisting him during most of his consultations since that time until 1995.
• 1997 "Collection of Clinical Data and Links with Information Technology": session coordinator at the 1st International Conference of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital Academic Unit: "Improving the success of Homeopathy: Taking the Homeopathic Knowledge Base into the 21st Century"; London, England, January 23-24, 1997
• 2004 "European Pharmacopoeia Commission": member of the Belgian National Pharmacopoeia Authority, advisory to the European Pharmacopoeia Commission, European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM), Council of Europe (since March 2, 2004)
• 2006 "Open Forum(r) coordinator, highlights of the day": 61st International Congress of the LMHI (Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis); Luzern, Switzerland, October 10-14, 2006

AWARDS

• Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Homeopathy (London, England), February 8, 2007 (entitled to use credentials FFHom (Hon))
• Honorary Member of the Rumanian Society of Homeopathy, September 24, 2005
• National Diploma of the Faculty of Homeopathy, Certificate with Highest Distinction, January 11, 2003 (Award given by the Belgian Faculty of Homeopathy)
• VSU (Flemish School for Homeopathy), elected as a Honorary Member in 1999
• B. Jain Publishers (Mumbai, India) honoured as a Gold Medallist in 1994
• Unio (Belgian Professional Union of Homeopathic Physicians), awarded with Medal of Honor, 1991

BOOKS

• "SYNTHESIS - Repertorium Homeopathicum Syntheticum"
  • Synthesis 5.x: German Edition: 1993 August (loose leaf)
    1994 February (loose leaf)
  • English Edition: 1994 February (hard cover)
    1994 July (hard & soft cover)
    1995 February (hard & soft cover)
    1996 March (Indian edition)
  • Dutch Edition: 1995 April (hard cover, Mind only)
• Synthesis 6.x German Edition 1995 August (update loose leaf)
  • 1995 August (book)
  • 1996 February (book)
• Italian Edition 1998 September (hard cover)
• Spanish Edition 1998 November (Indian edition)
• Synthesis 7.x English Edition
  • 1997 November (Indian edition
    1998 September (hard cover)
    1998 November (Indian edition)
    2001 April (Indian edition)
  • German Edition 1998 September (hard cover + pocketsize)
    1998 December (hard cover + pocketsize)
    2001 February (hard cover + pocketsize)
  • French Edition 2000 December (hard cover)
• Synthesis 8.x English Edition
  • 2001 August (hard cover + pocket size)
  • German Edition 2001 September
  • Italian Edition 2003 October
• Synthesis 9.x English Edition
  • 2004 October
    2006 February
    2007 January (Indian edition)
  • German Edition
    • 2005 January
      2006 February
  • French Edition
    2007 March (hard cover)
• "1001 SMALL REMEDIES"
  Based on Synthesis 5.x: English Edition: 1995 February (hard & soft cover)
  Based on Synthesis 6.0: German Edition: 1995 August (hard cover)
• "SYNTHESIS DRUG PICTURES OF MIND AND DREAMS"
  Based on Synthesis 6.0: German Edition: "Arzneimittelbilder von Gemüt und Traume"
  1996 March (hard cover)

OTHER PRINTED PUBLICATIONS

• "Synthesis: multilingual project of a new repertory": in the Proceedings of the 50th International Congress of the LMHI (Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis); Oaxaca, Mexico, October 2-6, 1995
• "Jak odhlakit spolecn‚ rysy rodiny l‚ku", Homeopatick‚ Listy, Vol 2, 2005:3-6
• "Rozhovor s Frederik Schroyensem", Homeopatick‚ Listy, Vol 2, 2005:11-12 (Czech)
• "Doua foarte importante schimbari Œn repertoriu" (Two very important changes in the Repertory), Revista Rumƒna de Homeopatie, VII, Vol 3, 2005:45-48 (Rumanian)
• "An exclusive interview with Dr. Frederik Schroyens" Homeopathy for all (India), Vol 6, Nr 12, 2005:54-59
• "Aggravations of 50-millesimal potencies versus those of higher potencies" Homeopathic Heritage, Vol April, 2007
• "Criteria to select strong and striking symptoms" Homeopathic Heritage, Vol May, 2007
• "A good way to study Materia Medica" Homeopathic Heritage, Vol June, 2007

OTHER SOFTWARE PUBLICATIONS

• A computer version of Synthesis exists in ten languages.
  The translation into several other languages is ongoing.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Dr. Schroyens lectures and teaches seminars in Dutch, English, French, German and Italian.

• 1995
  "Synthesis: multilingual project of a new repertory": at the 50th International Congress of the LMHI (Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis); Oaxaca, Mexico; October 2-6, 1995
• 1996
  "Learning Homeopathy: the point of view of the student": at the 51st International Congress of the LMHI (Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis); Capri, Italy; October 2-6, 1996
  "The Concept of the Repertory": at the 1st National Congress of the Greek Medical Homeopathic Association; Athens, Greece, 23 November 1996
• 1997
  "Clinical cases with a long follow up": at the Postgraduate Teaching Day of VSU (Vlaamse Studievereniging voor Unitaire Homeopathie); Antwerp, Belgium, 1 February 1997
• 2000
  "The Ortega Module: The Miasmatic approach" at the Annual Mexican Homeopathic Conference; Zacatecas, Mexico, August 18, 2000
  "Nueva Enciclopedia Homeopatica y Futuro de la Homeopatia en el Siglo XXI" at the "Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatia" of the "Instituto Politecnico Nacional"; Mexico DF, Mexico; August 31, 2000
  "Aportaciones del Repertorio Synthesis a la Homeopatia del Nuevo Siglo" at the "Jefetura de Ense¤anza, Investigacion y Capacitacion" of the "Hospital Nacional Homeopatico"; Mexico D.F., Mexico; September 1, 2000
• 2001
  "Adding speculative information to the Repertory": lecture at the LMHI Congress, Sibiu, Rumania, September 1, 2001
• 2003
  "L'affidabilit… delle Aggiunte Repertoriale Contemporanee": lecture for the Societ… Italiana di Medicina Omeopatica - Dipartimenti di Ricerca Clinica, Formazione e MCQ,Verona, Italy, March 1, 2003
  "I Gradi nel Repertorio: Bilanciamento fra Dati Sperimentali e Dati Clinici": lecture for the Societ… Italiana di Medicina Omeopatica - Dipartimenti di Ricerca Clinica, Formazione e MCQ,Verona, Italy, March 1, 2003
  "Il Linguagio del Patiente": joint Seminar with Dr. Roberto Petrucci, Centro di Omeopatia, Milano, Italy; April 3-6, 2003
  "Qualit„t in die Entwicklung von Synthesis 9": lecture at the LMHI Congress, Graz, Austria, April 24, 2003
  "What have they done to the Repertory - The London Milestone Lecture: presenting Synthesis 9": lecture at the Faculty of Homeopathy; London, England; November 6, 2003
• 2004
  "The Language of the Patient": seminar oganized by the Europ„ische Akademie f�r Klassische Hom”opathie, Stockdorf, Germany; International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, Alonissos, Greece; June 10-14, 2004
  "Three steps to case taking heaven": lecture at the National Congress of the Society of Homeopaths; Keele, England; September 18, 2004
  "How to Use Rubrics You Didn't Consider Previously": lecture at the National Congress of the Society of Homeopaths; Keele, England; September 19, 2004
  "Is Repertorizeren Toegelaten Voor Kinderen Onder 18 jaar?" (Is Repertorizing Allowed for Children Under 18?): lecture at the 40th Anniversary Congress
  "Two Dramatic Changes to the Repertory": lecture at the 59th International Congress of the LMHI (Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis); Buenos Aires, Argentina; October 18-23, 2004
  "Teaching via Homeopathic Software": lecture at the UK Seminar for Teachers of Homeopathy; Great Malvern, United Kingdom; December 1, 2004
• 2005
  "Dal Linguaggio del Paziente al Linguaggio del Repertorio" (Seminar taught in Italian, no translation planned): seminar organized by ALMA (Cantania, Sicily), Italy; February 18-20, 2005
  "The Challenge of Improving Homeopathy": lecture at the 60th International Congress of the LMHI (Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis); Berlin, Germany; May 5, 2005.
  "The Language of the Patient" (The Alonissos 2004 seminar taught in English, no translation planned): seminar organized by Arbor vitae, Prague, Czechia; May 22-24, 2005
  "Die Sprache des Patienten" (The Alonissos 2004 seminar taught in German, no translation planned): seminar organized by the Europ„ische Akademie f�r Klassische Hom”opathie, Stockdorf, Germany; Stockdorf (Munich), Germany; June 10-12, 2005
  "4 Themes of Repertorizing" (lectures in Italian and in English): lectures to the Italian, Greek and Russian Postgraduate Courses at the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, Alonissos, Greece; August 26 until September 6, 2005
  "The Language of the Patient" (The Alonissos 2004 seminar taught in English, translation in Rumanian): seminar organized by the Rumanian Society of Homeopathy during its XX National Congress, Bucharest, Rumania; September 22-23, 2005
  "Access to all words ever spoken": lecture during the XX National Congress of the Rumanian Society of Homeopathy, Bucharest, Rumania; September 24, 2005. At this occasion Dr. Schroyens has received the Diploma of Member of Honor of the Rumanian Homeopathic Society
  "Homeopathic Questions": lecture to the Postgraduate Family Doctors Training Course, Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Rumania; September 24, 2005
  "Die Sprache des Patienten" (The Alonissos 2004 seminar taught in German, no translation planned): seminar organized by Schule f�r Klassische Hom”opathie Z�rich, Switzerland; November 26-27, 2005
  "Utbildningsseminarium" (The Alonissos 2004 seminar taught in English, no translation planned): seminar organized by Arcanum, G”teborg, Sweden; October 15-16, 2005
• 2006
  In January 2006, Dr. Schroyens has made a tour through India. A seminar about the "The Quintessence of homeopathy" was scheduled on January 7 and 8, 2006, in Baroda (Vadodara - Gujarat), organized by Ronak Shah and on January 14 and 15, 2006, in New Delhi, organized by Nishant Jain.
  In addition, has been visiting the following institutions, with lectures and workshops in some of them:
  * The Homeopathic Health Centre (Dr. Farokh Master), Mumbai
  * Meeting with the Teachers of Gujarat State, Vadodara
  * The Homeopathic Charity Clinic (Dr. Sonal Shah), Vadodara
  * The Homeopathic Clinic (Dr. Ronak Shah), Vadodara
  * The Baroda Homeopathic Medical College (Dr. Chardarana), Vadodara
  * The R. P. Patel Institute of Homeopathy (Dr. R. P. Patel), Vadodara
  * Meeting with the teachers and homeopaths of Dehradun (UT)
  * Meeting with principals and teachers from all over India in New Delhi
  * The Nehru Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital (Dr.Kanna), New Delhi
  * The M. P. Khunteta Homeopathic Medical College (Dr. J. D. Daryani), Jaipur
  * The Bikaner Homeopathic Hospital (Dr. Singh), Bikaner
  * The Bikaner Homeopathic College, Bikaner
  The general coordinator of this tour was Dr. Farokh Master (Mumbai).
• In February - March 2006, Dr. Schroyens has made a tour through South Africa with seminars about the "Language of the Patient" in Durban (February 25-26) and in Cape Town (March 4-5). The general coordinator of this tour was Dr.Werner Kerschbaumer.
• "Die Dosierung - ein Problem?" (seminar taught in German, no translation planned), organized by the EAKH, Europ„ische Akademie f�r Klassische Hom”opathie, Stockdorf, Germany; International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, Stockdorf, Germany; June 30 - July 2, 2006.
• In October-November 2006, Dr. Schroyens has made a tour through North America and Canada with seminars, lectures and workshops, among others at:
  * National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, OR (Will Taylor): October 28-29, 2006: "Revealing the Secret Code of Patient Language"
  * The Annual Congress of the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, Monterray, CA (Shelley Epstein): November 4, 2006: "The Rap on the Rep: Improving Case Analysis"
  * The School of Homeopathy, New York (Kathy Lucas): November 11-12, 2006: "Revealing the Secret Code of Patient Language"
  The general coordinator of this tour was Dianna Glick.
• "The unprejudiced observer" (seminar taught in English, translated in Japanese): seminar organized by The Japan Royal Academy of Homoeopathy, London, England; December 1, 2006
• 2007
  In January- February 2007, Dr. Schroyens has made a tour through India with a seminar about "Metals, fatigue and performance" at the following places:
  * Vishwabhawan, Symbiosis International Education Centre, Pune (Maharashtra) on January 27 and 28, 2007
  * Homeopathic Multi-speciality Hospital & Research Centre, Emakulam (Kerala) on February 3 and 4, 2007
  * Dr. Madan Pratap Khunteta Homeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Jaipur (Rajasthan) on February 17 and 18, 2007
  In addition, Dr. Schroyens has been visiting the following institutions, with lectures:
  * "The difference between Synthesis 9.1 and Kent", lecture at Palghar Hospital at Dawhle Postgraduate Institute, Palghar (Dr. A. Nigwekar)
  * Meeting with the Teachers of Pune
  * "The motivation to practice homeopathy": lecture at Bhartiya Vidyapeeth's Homeopathic Medical College, Pune
  * Meeting with the teachers of Rajasthan and the staff of the Homeopathic University of Jaipur
  The general coordinator of this tour was Nishant Jain.
• "East meets West": International Five Day Clinical Training Seminar, joint teaching by Dr. Farokh Master and Dr. Frederik Schroyens on February 7-11, 2007 in Mussoorie (Utteranchal).
  The general coordinator of this event was Dr. Farokh Master (Mumbai).
• "Making the right remedy work ... always" seminar organized by Arcanum, Lysekil, Sweden; April 28-29, 2007

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1981 - : VSU, Flemish School for Homeopathy
• 1983 - : Royal Belgian Society of Homeopathy, National Scientific Society for Homeopathy
• 1986 - : LMHI (Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis), Scientific World Organisation for Homeopathy
  

• Dutch Edition: 1984
  1984 February
  1985
• French Edition: (Ecouter soi-mˆme):
  1994 February
• Portuguese Edition (Para encontrar o similimum):
  1994
  1995