After medical school at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Francois started his career with a two-year research fellowship in the CoLaus study (epidemiology and genetics of cardiovascular diseases in Switzerland, and their associations with mental conditions). He did his specialization in internal medicine at the Lausanne University Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV), where he worked in the Department of Medicine and the Emergency Department, and in the Intensive Care at the Vevey Hospital.

His interest in clinical informatics started when he was a research fellow by collecting and analyzing data from the 6’000 volunteers of their clinical study. He participated in improving the hospital intranet during his residency and was recruited as a medical expert for the development and implementation of the e-prescribing module at the Lausanne University Hospital, especially in the Emergency Department, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Medicine. In 2 years, their multidisciplinary team (MD, RN and IT) implemented the module for >1,000 beds successfully, and they educated best practices to >5,000 nurses and physicians.

After his CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies, 2017) in Medical Informatics at the University of Geneva, his main goal is to get strong expertise in Clinical informatics. He spent two years in Boston, in the Division of General Internal Medicine, as a postdoctoral research fellow mentored by Prof. David Bates. His interests are innovation in the electronic health record, patient safety, clinical decision support (machine-learning approach), and patient experience (PROMs). Francois is also interested in implementing best practices, team management, and change management. He will return to the CHUV in 2020, where he will complete his Capstone Project.

Francois is married to Isabelle (she is a nurse – they met of course in the Emergency Department!), and they are expecting their first child in August 2019. He likes hiking, climbing mountains and volcanoes, and traveling across the world and discovering new peoples and cultures. Francois is looking forward to building a unique network of experts and friends at Vanderbilt!