Patrick van Dun has a private practice as an osteopath in Mechelen (Belgium) and Habichtswald (Germany). He received his M.Sc. degree in Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy at the Catholic University Leuven in 1989 and completed his osteopathy studies at COC, organised at the Free University of Brussels, in 1993. He is an independent researcher and Board of Trustees member of the Centre for Osteopathic MEdicine Collaboration (COME), Pescara (Italy), a non-profit research institute. He has a broad interest in osteopathic research but currently focuses primarily on osteopathic professional identity, the practice characteristics of European osteopaths and the health economic value of osteopathy.