Elie Azoulay MD, PhD

Elie is a Professor of Medicine and Head of the Critical Care Department at the Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris. He graduated from Paris University. Elie completed his training in pneumology and critical care in 1996, and a Ph.D. in respiratory physiology in 2002 on chemotherapy and G-CSF-related pulmonary toxicity. He has been part of the editorial board of several international journals and the editor-in-chief of Intensive Care Medicine (2012-2018). His research interests have focused on the critical care management of patients with hematological malignancies and toxicity from chemotherapy and immunotherapy. He launched 1996 the FAMIREA multicentre multidisciplinary study group aimed at improving the effectiveness of communication with family members of ICU patients. In 2004, he launched the Groupe de Recherche Respiratoire en Réanimation Onco-Hématologique (GRRR-OH) on the management and outcomes of acute respiratory failure in immunocompromised patients. Elie has published more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and is the President-Elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).