SOFCOT President

Patrice MERTL
SOFCOT President
  • Medical studies in Paris (Lariboisière - Saint Louis)
  • Internship at Amiens University Hospital, 1983-1988
  • Doctorate in Medicine 1988
  • Dubreuil Academy of Surgery Award, 1990
  • University Hospital Assistant, Anatomy and Orthopedics, CHU Amiens, 1988-1991
  • University Lecturer in Anatomy and Orthopedics, October 1991
  • Full member of the Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique, November 1999
  • Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches, Faculté de Médecine d'Amiens Obtained under the Presidency of Professors M. Laude and A. Patel January 2001
  • University Professor, Anatomy and Orthopedics, CHU Amiens, October 2001
  • Member of the Collège des Chirurgiens Orthopédistes, 2003
  • Member of the French Hip and Knee Society, March, 2005
  • University Professor, Orthopaedics, CHU Amiens, September 2009
  • Regional coordinator of the DESC in Orthopaedics and Traumatology since 2009
  • Member of the European Hip Society since 2010
  • University Professor, Orthopaedics 1st class, September 2010
  • Board member of the French Hip and Knee Society since 2011
  • Coordinator of the Locomotor Pole (Orthopedics-Traumatology, Plastic Surgery, Rheumatology, Rehabilitation) Amiens University Hospital, January 2006 to January 2011
  • Head of the Orthopedics-Traumatology Department at Amiens University Hospital, June 2009
  • Head of the Autonomy Department (Orthopedics-Traumatology, Rheumatology, Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Geriatrics), Amiens University Hospital, January 2011 to January 2020.
  • Head of Operating Rooms since September 2014.
  • Associate member of the Académie Nationale de Chirurgie, 2014
  • Member of the orthopedic surgery and traumatology qualification commission of the Conseil national de l'ordre des médecins.
  • Chairman of the appeals committee for qualification in orthopedic surgery and traumatology at the Conseil national de l'ordre des médecins (French national medical association).
  • Secretary General of OTSF (Orthopédie sans frontière) and coordinator of relations with Tunisia since November 2016.
  • Vice-President of the French Hip and Knee Society, 2016-2018
  • University Professor, Orthopedics exceptional class, September 2017
  • President of the French Hip and Knee Society, March 2019-March 2021
  • Member of the French National Academy of Surgery, 2023
  • Vice-President of SOFCOT, 2024
  • President of SOFCOT, 2025
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