Prof. Dr. med.
François Pralong
Chief of Endocrinology & Diabetes and Obesity Centre
Specialist in Endocrinology & Diabetes and General Internal Medicine, Member of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
Secretarial
+41 22 719 76 97
Consultations by appointment only.
Hours
Monday
10:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 16:00
14:00 - 16:00
Tuesday
10:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 16:00
14:00 - 16:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 12:00
Thursday
10:00 - 12:00
Friday
10:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 16:00
14:00 - 16:00
Place of practice
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Hôpital de La TourBâtiment B11
Rue de Veyrot 39
CH-1217 Meyrin
Affiliation(s)
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Past President of the Société Suisse d'Endocrinologie et de Diabétologie (Swiss society of endocrinology and diabetology)
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Honorary professor - UNIL
Medical specialties
Languages spoken
- French
- English
Professional activities
Resident in research, Neuroendocrinology laboratory
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Resident in medical clinic I
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Clinical and Research Fellow, Endocrinology Unit and Reproductive Endocrinology Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Chief Resident, Endocrinology & Diabetes and Metabolism Department
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Deputy Chief Physician, Endocrinology & Diabetes and Metabolism Department
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Chief of Department, Endocrinology & Diabetes and Metabolism Department
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Senior Physician, Endocrinology & Diabetes and Obesity Centre
Hôpital de La Tour, Geneva, Switzerland
Since 2018
Visiting Professor
Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi Sheng, China
Degrees and qualifications
Medical degree
Faculty of Medicine, Université de Génève, Geneva, Switzerland
Doctoral thesis in Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Université de Génève, Geneva, Switzerland
Specialist in Internal Medicine
Institut suisse pour la formation SFM (Swiss training institute), Switzerland
Specialist in Endocrinology & Diabetes
Institut suisse pour la formation SFM (Swiss training institute), Switzerland
Privatdocent and Lecturer
Faculty of Medicine, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Associate Professor
Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine, Université de Génève, Geneva, Switzerland
Chair of Reproductive Endocrinology
Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland
Full Professor
Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Honorary Professor
Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Professional training
Resident in Internal Medicine
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Fellow in Endocrinology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Chief Resident, Endocrinology & Diabetes and Metabolism Department
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Research
The intestinal microbiome
Obesity and Nutrition
Relationship between metabolism and reproduction
Hormonal control of food intake
Conferences
2017
Swiss society for clinical nutrition: conservative treatment of obesity: when, how and for which patients?
Zurich, Switzerland
2018
Bayer continuing education seminars: diagnosis of male hypogonadism in obesity
Geneva, Switzerland
2018
European Association for the Study of Diabetes, meet-the-expert lunch: new antidiabetics and the kidney
Berlin, Germany
2017
Swiss Morbid Obesity Society: conservative treatment of obesity: where is the evidence?
Baden, Switzerland
2017
Unilabs continuing education seminars: nutrition of the obese patient
Geneva, Switzerland
2017
Western Switzerland conference on endocrinology: update on diagnosis and treatment of PCOS
Lausanne, Switzerland
2016
European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, SwissNET satellite symposium: asymptomatic cardiac metastasis from a neuroendocrine tumor.
Barcelona, Spain
2015
Invited professor: impact of nutritional status on human reproduction
Hôpital universitaire SART-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
2015
Annual symposium of the Société Vaudoise de Médecine - SVM (Vaudoise society of medicine): food - nutrition - health
Lausanne, Switzerland
2015
35th Journées Nicolas Guéritée conference on Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases: indications for surgical treatment of obesity revisited
Paris, France