He is member of the French Hand Society (GEM) and of the French Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Society (SOFCPRE).

Throughout his career Dr J.C. GUIMBERTEAU has developed an ongoing fascination with the sliding and suppleness of living tissue and anatomical structures such as skin,tendons,muscles.
He studied medicine at the Bordeaux University Hospital in 1968-1980. He completed his military service in Benin (Africa) 1973-1974

He is a pioneer in the field of microsurgery and transplantation.

He took part in the first reimplantations and free transfers of organs by microsurgery, first as a intern, and subsequently as the senior resident surgeon in the department of Hand and Plastic Surgery at the University of Bordeaux (Dr AJM. Goumain and Pr J. Baudet).

In 1977, he spent 6 months as a visiting fellow with Pr J.M. Converse in New York (USA) and Pr R. Millard in Miami (USA).

He introduced innovative anatomical and physiological concepts in hand surgery, notably in Hand flexor tendons secondary repair, and was backed for many years by Pr Cl Verdan (Lausanne Switzerland) and Pr H.E. Kleinert (Louisville,USA)

He developed a pioneering technique for flexor tendon reconstruction in hand surgery, using vascularized island transfers. He performed the first vascularized allo-transplants of flexor tendons in 1991.

As a result, he has been invited to give lectures in many countries around the world, and has hosted numerous residencies and visits from foreign surgeons.

His fascination with the sliding of organs, especially tendons, encouraged him to explore these structures, first with a microscope and then with an endoscope.

He was confronted on a daily basis with observations of flexibility, suppleness and gliding of tissues, for which there was no satisfactory physiological or mechanical explanation.

The work of A. KAPANDJI was crucial in initiating and encouraging his own research.

And so began the adventure of his exploration of living matter.