Pro Maximis Meritis
Date: March 31, 2023, Friday
Time: 09:30-10:30
Room: W John W Sharrard
Pro Maximis Meritis: Professor Pierre Lascombes, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon
Birth: April 1st 1954, Nancy - FranceSpecialisations
1974: Alpine Ski Instructor, Chamonix - France
1974: Sailing Instructor, Britany - France
1982: Medical Thesis, Nancy
1979: Specialization in Sport Medicine, Specialization in Aeronautic Medicine
1982: Master in Anatomy
1984: Specialization in General Surgery
1986: Specialization in Legal Medicine
1987: Diploma of research in Human Biology (DERBH)
1987: Specialization in Paediatric Surgery
1989: Specialization in Orthopaedics
1997: UEMS in Paediatric Surgery
2013: Swiss MEBEKO recognition in Medicine, General Surgery, and Orthopaedics
Military service: 1978-1979: Medical Doctor of the National French Alpine Ski Team
Academic and Hospital positions
1982 – 1983: Chief Resident – Sainte Justine Hospital, Montréal, Canada
1983 – 2010: Department of Anatomy, University of Medicine, Nancy, France
1983-1988: Assistant / 1988-1990: Maître de Conférence des Universités
1990-2010: Full Professor of Anatomy
1990-2010: Coordinator of the Department of Anatomy
1983 – 2012: Children Hospital, University Hospital, Nancy, France
1983-1988: Chef de Clinique
1988-2012: Surgeon in Paediatric Orthopaedics
1990-2012: Professor of Paediatric Surgery
1994-2012: Chief of the Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics
1994-2012: Coordinator of the Department of Paediatric Surgery
1997-2000: Coordinator of the Federation of the Children Hospital
2000-2012: Coordinator and President of the Operating Room Board
2012 – 2019: University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
2012 – 2019: Chief of the Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics
2012 – 2019: Full Professor of Orthopaedics, Medical University of Geneva
2015 – 2018: President of the Operating Room Board of the Children Hospital
Since 2019:
Honorary Professor, Medical University of Nancy France
Consultant in Education and Research in Paediatric Orthopaedics
Contribution to EPOS
1990 - 2021: Active member, 2021 - 2022: Emeritus member
2006 - 2012: General Secretary
2014 - 2015: EPOS President
2016 - 2019: Member of the Education Committee
2016 -2018: Chairman of the Industry Committee
2017: Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Since 2022: EPOS Historian
Contribution to following changes as General Secretary with the EPOS Presidents and the Executive Board, and during the Presidency years:
2008: Completed list of the 60 EPOS countries
2008: New EPOS logo (concept G Bollini)
2008: Creation of the Nomination Committee (with A Kaelin)
2008: Creation of the EPOS Foundation (with A Kaelin)
2009: Creation of two new categories of EPOS membership: Associate and Candidate members (with A Kaelin)
2011 – 2014: first negotiations with POSNA to organize the 1st combined meeting (with A Kaelin)
2011: Creation of the BAT Courses (with B Møller Madsen and T Epeldegui)
2011: 1st SLAOTI - EPOS travelling fellowship (with T Epeldgui)
2013: Creation of the RCCC (with M Yazici and E Bar-On)
2015: 1st meeting with the representative of the allied National Society during the EPOS Annual Meeting, Marseille
2015: Decision to create a “cookbook guidelines” for the future annual meetings
2018 and 2019: Organization of the 1st and 2nd Cadaver Courses, Geneva
Contribution to Paediatric Orthopaedics
Publication of 156 peer reviews and many other papers https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=lascombes+p&sort=pubdate
Books:
Elastic intramedullary nailing, 2006 (French)
Flexible Intramedullary Nailing, 2010 (English)
Books (in French): Imaging of the hip - 1988, Benign bone tumors - 1996, Fractures in children - 2002, Bone deformity corrections – 2009, Children Traumatology and Orthopaedics 2019
Chapters of books: 44
Conferences & lectures: 32 in 2109, 38 in 2018, 31 in 2017, 31 in 2016, 44 in 2015…
Main topics of Research
- Traumatology in children including Elastic Intramedullary Nailing
- Bone deformity corrections and long bone lengthening’s
Membership of Scientific Societies
- French National Academy of Surgery
- Société Française d’Orthopédie et Traumatologie (SOFCOT)
Société Française d’Orthopédie Pédiatrique (SOFOP)
Board member 1998 - 2003
Treasurer 2003 - 2011
President 2014 - 2015
Société Française de Chirurgie du Rachis (SFCR)
European Federation of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT)
Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA)
International Pediatric Orthopedic Think Tank (IPOTT)
Honorary Memberships:
Romanian Academy of Medical Science
Sociedad Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatologia infantil
Peer review reviewer (in 2023):
Journal of Children Orthopaedic (JCO)
Orthopaedics and Traumatology Surgical Research (OTSR)
International Orthopaedics (SICOT)
Visiting Professorships:
Montréal (Canada), Portland (USA), Noosa (Australia), Tel Aviv (Israel), Kurgan and Saint Petersburg (Russia), Belgrade (Serbia), Cairo (Egypt), Lisbon (Portugal), Buenos Aires (Argentina), London (UK)
Presidential and Guest lectures:
San Diego and Wilmington (USA), Dresden (Germany, VKO), Oslo (Norway - EPOS), Vienna (Austria – EPOS), Madrid (Spain), Villa Real & Madera (Portugal), London (UK), Torino (Italy), Thessaloniki (Greece), Basel & Bern (Switzerland), Novo Mesto (Slovenia), Praha (Czech Republic), Rosario and Cordoba (Argentina), Beijing & (China)
Development of implants with Industry:
- Licence for fixation of rod and hook for scoliosis, JBS
- Licence for Knee prothesis REMA®
- Legacy® and adapted instruments for scoliosis, Medtronic
- 2Kids® Flexible nails, Styker
11 awards for best paper and/or poster
Nomination to the “Victoires de la Médecine”, 2003
Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, 2010
1994 – 2006: Member of the French Departmental Medical Council
Medical-legal expertise
1990 - 2021: Expert in Orthopaedics
2004 - 2008: Member of the National Committee, Health Ministry, Paris