Prof Gaëtan Gavazzi, MD, PhD
- Local coordinator of Geriatric Fellowship (Grenoble-Alpes University)
committee of the French Geriatric and Gerontology Society (SFGG) (from 2014)
- President of the National Association of Professors of Geriatric Medicine (from 2016)
- President of the Scientific Committee of Gerontopole AURA (from 2021)
Dr Gavazzi accomplished his medical school in Nantes (France) (1985-91) and moved to Grenoble (France) to be graduated in Internal Medicine (1998), and Geriatric and Infectiology (2000 and 2004). Its first postgraduate position was in Grenoble in Internal and Geriatric Medicine (1998-2000). He moved to Geneva University Hospital (2000-2005) where he developed infectiology in Geriatric medicine at the Geriatric department where he lectured; he also developed its basic research background with a PhD thesis regarding the role NOX enzymes producing reactive oxygen species in age-related diseases in animal models. He came back to Grenoble in 2005 to take an assistant-professor position. From September 2011, he is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University Hospital of Grenoble-Alpes.
The main topics of interest, in clinical research are still "Infection in older populations" and ageing through the "frailty syndrome". More recently, he coordinates oncogeriatric team and, orthogeriatric and pharmacogeriatric projects at University of Grenoble-Alpes Hospital. From 2005 he joined more than 50 scientific expert groups of interest in France and in Europe and is the co-coordinator of the French National Infectiology and Geriatric Group (GInGer) and the European Study Group of Infection and vaccine SIG in Elderly of EUGMS and still member of both European Vaccine Study Group (EVASG) and "infection in elderly groups (ESGIE) of ESCMID. He is regularly involved in expert groups (WHO, European institution such as ECDC). Recently he is one of the national experts in different groups in France for COVID-19 in older populations.
He published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers and participated to 600 communications at national and international levels. He is also involved in education and training at Medical School of University of Grenoble-Alpes and is the President of "College National des Enseignants de Gériatrie (CNEG)"; he keeps healthcare activities as responsible for the clinics of Geriatrics at University hospital of Grenoble-Alpes (acute care and rehabilitation, day care wards) for older populations, and as coordinator of local and regional of Oncogeriatric units. From June 2021, he is president of the Scientific Committee of the Gerontopole AURA where he co-organize translational research and federation of political targets on ageing issues at regional level (Auvergne Rhone-Alpes region).
Official qualification :
- Local coordinator of Geriatric Fellowship (Grenoble-Alpes University)
- Medical representant to Technical Committee of the university hospital of Grenoble-Alpes
- Member of the scientific committee of the French Geriatric and Gerontology Society (SFGG) (from 2014)
- President of the National Association of Professors of Geriatric Medicine (from 2016)
- President of the Scientific Committee of Gerontopole AURA (from 2021)
- Member of Administrative committee of National Union of Gerontopoles (from 2023)
Spécialisation : Internal Medicine N° d'inscription : 38/8460
N° RPPS: 10003456224
