- Assistant to the Head of the Hepatic and Digestive Pole, Nouvel Hopital Civil of Strasbourg
- Founder and President of the IRCAD (Institute for Research on Cancers of the Digestive Tract) and of the EITS (European Institute of Telesurgery) in Strasbourg
- Head of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Functional Unit

TITLES & UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL POSITIONS

• Intern at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, 1971-1977
• Doctor of Medicine Degree, 1977
• General Surgery Specialization Studies Certificate, 1978
• Head of Clinic, 1977-1981
• University Professor in Digestive Surgery, 1981
• Head of the Digestive and Endocrine Surgery Department, Nouvel Hopital Civil, Hepatic and Digestive Pole, 1989
• Dean’s Assessor, Strasbourg Faculty of Medicine, 1989-1993
• CME Member, 1990-1998
• Assistant to the Head of the Hepatic and Digestive Pole, Nouvel Hopital Civil of Strasbourg, 2008
• Head of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Functional Unit, 2008

OTHER TITLES & POSITIONS

• Founder and President of the IRCAD (Institute for Research on Cancers of the Digestive Tract) and of the EITS (European Institute of Telesurgery) in Strasbourg, 1994
• President of IRCAD-ASIA (Taiwan), 2008
• President of IRCAD-BRAZIL (Sao Paulo), 2011
• Editor-in-Chief of WeBSurg, 2000
• Editor-in-Chief of the E-WJMIS (Electronic World Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery), 2011
• Director-General of the University Hospital Institute of Strasbourg, December 2011
• "Visiting Professor", Anglia Ruskin University, Great Britain, 2007-2015
• Member of the College of Advanced Studies Institute of Strasbourg, 2012
• Member of the Science Europe “Medical Sciences” (MED) Scientific Committee, 2013
• Member of the Excellence Center for Technological Innovation in Surgery’s International Council – University of Naples Federico II, 2013

HONORARY TITLES

• Honorary JSES, Honorary Member of the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery, 2010
• Honorary FRCS, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (London), 2006
• Honorary Member of the Spanish Surgery Society, 2012
• Honorary Member of the Swiss Surgery Society, 2013

DR HONORIS CAUSA

• University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1999
• University of Bucarest (Romania), 2002
• University of Iasi (Romania), 2003
• University of Manitoba (Canada), 2003

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES - MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the National Medicine Academy, 2012
• Member of the National Surgery Academy, 1997
• Member of the National Technology Academy, 2003
• ACS : American College of Surgeons, 2004
• AFC : Association Francaise de Chirurgie, 1979
• AFCE : Association Francaise de Chirurgie Endocrinienne, 1987
• AFCHBT : Association Francaise de Chirurgie Hepato-Biliaire et de Transplantation Hepatique, 1990
• ASGBI : Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, 2003
• EAES : European Association for Endoscopic Surgery, 1994
• ESA : European Surgical Association, 2000
• ESES : European Society of Endocrine Surgeons, 2003
• IAES : International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 1997
• ICRCC : International Colorectal Cancer Club, 2003
• IEAS : Institut d’Etudes Avancees de Strasbourg, 2012
• IGCA : International Gastric Cancer Association, 1997
• ISS : International Society of Surgery, 1996
• JSES : Japan Society of Endoscopic Surgeons, 2010
• OESO : Organisation Internationale d’Etudes Statistiques pour les maladies de l’Oesophage, 1997
• RCSE : Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2000
• SAGES : Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2003
• SET : Societe Europeenne de Telemedecine, 1997
• SFCD : Societe Francaise de Chirurgie Digestive, 1991
• SFCL : Societe Francaise de Chirurgie Laparoscopique, 1994
• SLS : Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons, 2003
• SSAT : Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2003

MEMBERSHIP OF EDITORIAL COMMITTEES

• American Journal of Robotic Surgery, 2013
• Annals of Surgical Innovations, 2005
• Anticancer Journal, 2005
• Archives of Surgery, 2007
• Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2013
• Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition, 2013
• Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research, 2011
• Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2012
• Journal of Robotics Surgery, 2006
• Journal of Tumor, 2013
• Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery, 2004
• Robotic Surgery: Research and Reviews, 2013
• Surgical Innovation, 2005
• The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 2003
• World Journal of Radiology, 2009

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND PRIZES

• Digital Personality Prize 2013 – PARIS (France)
• Medicine Awards for the image-guided minimally invasive surgery institute 2011, MIX-SURG – PARIS (France)
• George Berci Lifetime Achievement Award 2010, SAGES Congress – WASHINGTON (United States)
• MICCAI Kitware 2009 – LONDON – (United Kingdom)
• Gimbernat Award 2008 – BARCELONA (Spain)
• MICCAI 1st Prize 2008 – NEW YORK (United States)
• Computer World Health Trophy 2006 – PARIS (France)
• 2nd Place at the "Senable Developer Challenge” 2005 (United States)
• Word Summit Award 2003 – DUBAI (United Arab Emirates)
• Excell Award 2003 – LAS VEGAS (United States)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists Prize – Outstanding virtue prize 2003 – SAN FRANCISCO (United States)
• Bullukian Prize 2002 – LYON (France)
• ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award 2002 – WASHINGTON (United States)
• Medicine Awards 2002 – PARIS (France)
• ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award 1999 – WASHINGTON (United States)
• Laval Virtual Prize 1999 – LAVAL (France)

DISTINCTIONS

• Knight of the Legion of Honor, 1999
• Academic Palms Officer, 2001
• Officer of the Order of Merit, 2007
• Officer of the Legion of Honor, 2012