Alain Combes
Paris, France
Professor Alain Combes, MD, PhD is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at Sorbonne Université, Paris, and head of the ICU department at La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, France. Main research interests: -Care of the critically ill cardiac patient (cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, complicated heart surgery and heart transplantation) -Mechanical circulatory assistance and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Rescue therapies for severe respiratory failure, including ECMO and ECCO2R -Infections in critically patients, such as pulmonary infections in mechanically ventilated ICU patients and endocarditis. Professor Combes is Member of -The Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF) -The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) -Editor of Intensive Care Medicine -The American Thoracic Society (ATS) -The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) -The Association for Acute CardioVascular Care, ESC-ACVC oBoard member of the ESC-ACVC -The Extra Corporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), oPast President of the EURO-ELSO -The International ECMO network (ECMONet)
