ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

REGAUD AWARD AND JENS OVERGAARD LEGACY AWARD

Jean Bourhis Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne, Switzerland

Prof Jean Bourhis graduated in Paris as a Medical Doctor (MD) and was board certified in radiation oncology. From 2002 to 2012 he served as Chair of the Radiation Oncology Department at the Institute Gustave Roussy (Villejuif, France), which is one of the most prominent Cancer Centres in Europe. His clinical activity has been focused on radiation oncology and he is also well versed in head and neck oncology. He has been principal investigator of about 15 multicentric randomised trials in this field. He also coordinated several large-scale international collaborative meta-analyses in head and neck oncology, the contributions of which have been recognised worldwide. He is Chair of the GORTEC, one of the major cooperative group conducting clinical trials in head and neck oncology. Besides his clinical activities, Prof Bourhis has a major interest in promoting translational research in radiation oncology. He obtained a PhD in Molecular Oncology at the University of Paris and for the last 15 years been director of a laboratory dedicated to experimental research in radiation oncology. He has authored about 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers, now associated with an H factor over 50. In 2012 Jean Bourhis moved to the Swiss Cancer Centre Lausanne where he was appointed Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital. Prof Bourhis was also very honoured to serve as President of ESTRO and of the ESTRO Cancer Foundation.

Jean Bourhis

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