Professor Thierry Le Chevalier

Head of the Institute of Thoracic Oncology at Gustave Roussy Hospital in Villejuif, France, and Marie Lannelongue Hospital in Le Plessis Robinson, France.

Country

France

Speciality

Oncology

Subspeciality

Lung Oncology

Experience

1979 years

Languages

English and French.

Areas of expertise

Non-small cell lung carcinoma
Lung cancer

About the expert

Prof. Thierry Le Chevalier is Head of the Institute of Thoracic Oncology at

Gustave Roussy Hospital in Villejuif, and Marie Lannelongue Hospital in Le

Plessis Robinson, France. He is also a Professor at the College of Medicine of Paris Hospitals, France. He is also a Member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society of Medical Oncology, International Association for Study of Lung Cancer and French Cancer Society. He has been listed as a noteworthy Medical oncologist by The American Publishing Company "Marquis Who's Who".

Prof. Thierry Le Chevalier got a Doctor of Medicine degree at Paris-Sud

University in 1979. During his training years, he became a Fellow French

Health Assistance, Yaounde, Cameroun from 1973-1974.

After graduation, he became head lung unit at Institute Gustave Roussy,

Villejuif, France from 1979—2005. He was a visiting associate professor at

Georgetown University, Washington D.C. , USA in 1983-84. He also served

as chairman of the Lung Cancer Group of the French Federation of Cancer

Centers and of the Scientific Committee of the French Intergroup on

Thoracic Oncology from 1982-2004. He became director of international

affairs French National Cancer Institute in 2005-2006 and Vice President,

Research and Development Oncology Europe, Glaxo Smith Kline based in

London.

Currently, Prof. Le Chevalier is Head of the Institute of Thoracic Oncology at

Gustave Roussy Hospital and Marie Lannelongue Hospital, in South Paris .

He is also a Member of the American Society ofClinical Oncology, European

Society of Medical Oncology, International Association for Study of Lung Cancer and French Cancer Society.

Prof. Le Chevalier has been listed as a noteworthy Medical oncologist by

The American Publishing Company "Marquis Who's Who". He's one of the

pioneers in lung oncology and an expert in therapeutic strategies and

translational research applied to lung cancer.

Head of the Institute of Thoracic Oncology

Gustave Roussy Hospital in Villejuif, France
Vice president
2006 - 2009
GlaxoSmithKline
Director international affairs
2005 - 2006
French National Cancer Institute
Head department medicine
2000 - 2005
Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Chairman
1999 - 2004
French Intergroup of Thoracic Oncology
Chairman
1998 - 2005
Clinical trial committee
Chief of unit
1988 - 1994
Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Visiting associate professor
1983 - 1984
Georgetown University, Washington, USA
President
1982 - 2003
Lung Group of French Cancer Center,
Head
1979 - 2005
lung unit Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Fellow French Health Assistance
1973 - 1974
Yaounde, Cameroun

Member American Society Clinical Oncology
European Society Medical Oncology
International Association for Study of Lung Cancer
French Cancer Society

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