Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris, and Professor at Paris Descartes University.

He earned his MD from Necker–Enfants Malades Medical School, Paris V, and completed a Microsurgery Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.
A world leader in facial and hand transplantation, he performed the first full face transplant and has authored more than 160 scientific publications.