Clinique de Genolier

Prof. Dr. med. Loïc Lang-Lazdunski

General Surgery, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery

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Areas of specialisation (2)

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Hospital (1)

Centre du Thorax, Clinique de Genolier
Route du Muids 3
1272 Genolier

+41 76 228 91 26

Education

Recognised as a Specialist in General Surgery, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery (MEBEKO, Switzerland)

Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Paris, France

Member of the French College of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

PhD in Experimental Surgery, University of Paris, France

Diplôme d'Études Spécialisées Complémentaires in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Paris, France

Master's degree in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France

Diplôme d'Études Spécialisées en Chirurgie Générale, University of Paris, France

Resident at Paris Hospitals, France

Inter-University Diploma in Interventional Pneumology and Video Thoracic Surgery, University of Paris, France

Diplôme de Docteur en Médecine, Paris Faculty of Medicine, France

Military service, thoracic surgeon, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées du val de Grâce, Paris, France

Intern at Paris Hospitals, France

Xavier Bichat Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris, France

Competences

All thoracic surgery with the exception of lung transplantation. Open surgery, minimally invasive surgery (thoracoscopy, VATS), robotic surgery (Da Vinci).
Trachea and bronchus surgery (tumours, stenosis, trauma)
Lung cancer surgery (pneumonectomy, sleeve resection, lobectomies and segmentectomies). Lung biopsies using videothoracoscopy.
Surgery for congenital malformations of the lung and bronchi, bronchogenic cysts, duplications and pulmonary sequestrations.
Surgery for lung metastases (secondary cancers).
Surgery for pulmonary emphysema, lung volume reduction
Surgery for pleural mesothelioma and other pleural tumours. Hyperthermic intra-thoracic chemotherapy.
Surgery on thymus and mediastinum tumours (including neurogenic tumours).
Surgery for chest wall tumours (including sarcomas and metastases) with or without reconstruction.
Pleural effusions
Pneumothorax (including catamenial pneumothorax and thoracic endometriosis)
Chylothorax
Closed and open chest trauma, fixation of rib fractures
Surgery for complex pulmonary infections (mycobacteria, aspergillosis, pulmonary abscesses, etc.).
Congenital deformities of the chest wall (pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, Poland syndrome)
Surgery on the diaphragm, tumours and paralysis/plicature
Pericardial drainage and pericardial surgery
Cervical and thoracic lymph node biopsy, lymph node dissection
PleurX catheter placement (chronic or recurrent pleural effusion)
Placement of implantable chamber (Port-a-cath)
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis or Raynaud's syndrome/acrosyndrome
Interventional bronchoscopy (tumours, foreign bodies)

Publications

Medical and Surgical Encyclopaedia
Textbook of Pleural Disease
Oxford Textbook of Respiratory Critical care
Thoracic Wounds and Trauma
Video Thoracic Surgery Techniques
Textbook of Congenital and Acquired Diseases of the Aorta

Work Experience

Chief Medical Officer, London Mesothelioma Clinic

Selected Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, QC, Canada. Head of the Pleural Mesothelioma Programme

Chief Medical Officer, London Mesothelioma Clinic, and Cromwell Hospital, London, UK

Chair of Mesothelioma, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London

Senior Consultant, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Professor of Thoracic Surgery, King's College London

Assistant Physician, Department of Thoracic and General Surgery, Hôpital d'instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart, France

Attached Thoracic Surgeon, Department of Thoracic and Transplant Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France

Senior Registrar, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bichat, Paris, France

Research Fellow, Stroke and Neurovascular Regulation Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Postgraduate training in General, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Interne des Hôpitaux de Paris)

Hospital Student, CHU Bichat-Beaujon, Paris, France

Memberships

European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
International Mesothelioma Interest Group (IMIG)
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Profile

2002: Laureate of the Académie Nationale de Médecine, France

1996: Silver Medal of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, France

I have given more than 100 scientific presentations at symposia and national and international surgical conferences. I have obtained numerous grants and research funds to finance my work.

I am a reviewer for the following journals The Journal of Thoracic Oncology, The European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lung Cancer.

I served as a member of the Lung Cancer Group, National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) from 2007 to 2014 and as an expert to the UK Department of Health (Asbestos Review Group).