Jean-Michel PAWLOTSKY

France

City: Créteil

Institution: Hôpital Henri Mondor

Biography of Jean-Michel PAWLOTSKY

Dr. Jean-Michel Pawlotsky is a professor of medicine at the University of Paris-Est, Paris, France. He is the director of the National Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis B, C and D and of the Department of Virology at the Henri Mondor University Hospital in Créteil, France. He is also the director of the research team “Viruses-Hepatology-Cancers” at the Mondor Institute of Biomedical Research (INSERM U955). He focuses on teaching and research in virology (primarily hepatitis viruses) and liver oncology.

Dr. Pawlotsky earned his medical degree in hepatology and gastroenterology in 1992. In addition, he completed a thesis in molecular virology at the University of Paris, France, and he is a graduate in virology from the Pasteur Institute and in microbiology from the University of Paris. Dr. Pawlotsky was the secretary general of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) between 2005 and 2009. He is a member of the Strategic Committee of the National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS).

Dr. Pawlotsky was an associate editor of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), between 2001 and 2006, and an associate editor of Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), between 2011 and 2016. His noted career contributions include the publication of over 500 articles and book chapters in his areas of expertise and over 650 invited lectures at international meetings.