Affiliation: Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, (France); Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Dr. Lesurtel completed his General & Visceral Surgery residency at the University of Paris, France. Subsequently, he completed an HPB & Liver Transplant Fellowship at Saint Antoine Hospital (Prof. Parc) and Beaujon Hospital (Prof. Belghiti) in Paris. In 2008, he was appointed Assistant Professor and Attending Staff Surgeon at the Swiss Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Center in Zurich (Prof. Clavien). He was granted a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Clinical Professorship. In this setting, he ran an active basic science team focusing on liver regeneration, portal vein occlusion, and liver volume modulation. In September 2016, he was appointed Full Professor of Surgery (HPB and Liver Transplantation) at Croix Rousse University Hospital in Lyon, France. Finally, in October 2021, he joined Beaujon Hospital, the University of Paris as Head of the Department of HPB and Liver Transplantation.

He is a member of the European Surgical Association and of the Council of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA) as Chair of the Scientific & Research Committee (2015-2021) and as co-organizer of the upcoming 15th Biennial Congress of the E-AHPBA on 6th – 9th June 2023 in Lyon, France.