Albert Wolthuis graduated as medical doctor at the Catholic University of Leuven in 2002. He trained as a general surgeon in Bonheiden (Belgium), Exeter (United Kingdom), and Leuven. In 2008 he became surgeon and he further specialized in abdominal surgery under professor F. Penninckx and professor A. D’Hoore. He became a colorectal surgeon in 2011 and is currently a staff member at the department of abdominal surgery in Leuven specialized in minimally invasive techniques.