ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS
- 1967 : Undergraduate medical student Bordeaux Hospital Medical School
- 1971 : Internship Bordeaux Hospital (Bronze medal)
- 1976 : Diploma in Tropical Medicine
- 1977 : Appointed Head of Clinic (department of surgery)
- 1977 : Doctor of Medicine No 33 1 05143 3 : Thesis : Free bone transfer from the fibula by microsurgery.
- 1979 : Qualification in General Surgery
- 1980 : Qualification in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- 1980-1992 : Consultant in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery at the Children’s Hospital, Bordeaux (Head of Department: Professor BONDONNY)
- 1984 : Founding President of the Hand and Face Emergency Association
- 1988 : Founding member of the Aquitane Hand Institute
- 1993 : President SOS Aquitane Hand Emergency service
- 1997-2007 : Member of the hand surgery and microsurgery committee of the French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. SOFCPRE.
- 1999-2011 : Head of the Research Unit at the French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- 2001-2011 : Head of centre for emergency hand surgery. POSU Emergencies St Martin.
- 2003-2007 : Member of the Tendon Surgery Committee of the “International Federation of Hand Surgery”
- 2003-2007 : Coordinator of the Federation of Accident and Emergency Hand Service (FESUM) for the Aquitane Region
- 2007 : Elected Member of the National Academy of Surgery
- 2007-2011 : Election to the post of secretary general of the European Federation of Emergency Hand Services
- 2008 : Appointed Member of the French High Authority for Health
- 2010 : Election to the post of 2nd vice president of SOFCPRE
- 2011 : Appointed 1st vice president of SOFCPRE
- 2012 : Appointed president of SOFCPRE
ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
- 1977 : Member of the South West Surgery Society
- 1978 : Member of the French Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- 1978 : Member of the Group for the advancement of Microsurgery (G.A.M.)
- 1986 : Member of the French College of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- 1988 : Foreign member of the Italian Society of Hand Surgery
- 1990 : Foreign member of the Swiss Society of Hand Surgery
- 2003 : Full member of the French Society of Hand Surgery
- 2004 : Member of the French College of Hand Surgery
- 2007 : Member of the National Academy of Surgery