1934
Dr. Van Hoyweghen is born in Temse, Belgium to Hendrik van Hoyweghen and Maria Servotte.
1953
Dr. Van Hoyweghen receives a diploma from Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Presentatie, a secondary school in Sint Niklaas, Belgium.
1954
Dr. Van Hoyweghen joins the international group of medical mission sisters in Holland.
1966
Dr. Van Hoyweghen earns a Doctor of Medicine from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
1971
Dr. Van Hoyweghen completes her surgical residency in New York, New York.
1972
Dr. Van Hoyweghen receives a fellowship from the John L. Madden Surgical Society.
1973
Dr. Van Hoyweghen serves as a general surgeon for the local government in Mwanza, Tanzania.
1975
Dr. Van Hoyweghen receives a fellowship from the American College of Surgeons.
1977
Dr. Van Hoyweghen serves as a general surgeon with Caritas in Juba, South Sudan.
1978
Dr. Van Hoyweghen serves as a general surgeon with Medical Mission Sisters in Attat, Ethiopia and with Terre des Hommes in Serabu, Sierra Leone.
1980
Dr. Van Hoyweghen receives a fellowship from the International College of Surgeons.
1981
Dr. Van Hoyweghen serves as a senior surgeon with the local government in Lilongwe, Malawi and travels to Cape Town, South Africa to help improve the underdeveloped field of pediatric surgery in Malawi.
1992
Dr. Van Hoyweghen serves with the general government and Medical Mission Sisters in Nairobi, Kenya, and she becomes an Elected Sector Africa Coordinator.
1996
Dr. Van Hoyweghen becomes a fellow of the East African College of Surgeons.
2004
Dr. Van Hoyweghen receives a European Masters in Bioethics from University of Louvain in Belgium.
2017
Dr. Van Hoyweghen is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who.