Alain Ravaud MD, PhD

Alain Ravaud is a medical oncologist at the Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU) and a professor of cancerology at the University of Bordeaux. He is a member of Inserm Unit 1312 (Directed by Dr Frédéric Saltel). He is the medical director of the Bordeaux CHU’s 3C and coordinated Bordeaux CHU’s Integrated Cancer Centre. On the regional level, he coordinates the graduate degree (DES) in oncology, and on the national level, he is responsible for coordinating the specialised interdisciplinary training in oncology (for interns).

He did his internship in Toulouse from 1982 to 1988, was the Assistant Chief Resident, and then became a Cancer Centre practitioner at the Institut Bergonié from 1988 to 2002 before being appointed professor of cancerology at the Bordeaux CHU. His interest is mainly focused on cancer of the kidneys and bladder, and its early stages. Most of his publications (Med pub: 260) deal with those topics.

He is a reviewer for international journals, in particular A-ranked ones. He is a member of cooperative groups (GETUG: urologic tumours) and scholarly societies (ASCO, ESMO) as well as an editor for the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines for bladder cancer care.