Laurent BERTOLETTI is Medical Doctor and Professor of Medicine in the University Hospital of StEtienne (CHUSE), France. His current researches focus on the management of vascular diseases, with a specific attention to anticoagulant therapy in patients with pulmonary vascular diseases. He is highly involved in clinical research in venous thromboembolism (via the French INNOVTE network, http://www.innovtethrombosisnetwork.eu/fr/reseau-innovte), with interaction in basic sciences (via the INSERM U1059 SAINBIOSE, https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr/fr/sainbiose.html). He is the national coordinator of the RIETE registry (https://rieteregistry.com/), and the co-coordinator of the French INNOVTE network (with Pr Francis COUTURAUD, Brest, France). In 2021, he has been elected chairman of the “Pulmonary Embolism” sub-assemble of the European Respiratory Society, a large scientific society, which spans over 160 countries, prioritizing science, education and advocacy to promote lung health.

He is in charge of the Faculty teaching for two mains disciplines : Therapeutic and Respiratory diseases

•  involvement in organisation of a national Diplôme Inter-Universitaire on Thrombosis and Haesmotasis
• teacher in Licence, Master, Doctorat and post-graduate degrees for med schools.

He graduated as a chest physician in the faculty of Medicine of St-Etienne, France.

After a fellowship in the department of Pr Gerald SIMONNEAU (Paris), he created and developed the pulmonary hypertension program of the University Hospital of St-Etienne.

After a post-doc in the “Angiology and Haemostasis” department of Pr H BOUNAMEAUX (Geneva, Switzerland), he moved to the Vascular Medicine department of the CHUSE, department he leads since several years.

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