Athanase Benetos — President, European Geriatric Medicine Society
Born in Athens, Greece, on July 5, 1956, Married, 4 children
Present Position
Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, since 2002
Head of the Dpt of Geriatrics at the University hospital of Nancy since 2006
Head of the Memory Clinic of the University hospital of Nancy
Senior Researcher at the INSERM (National Institute of Biomedical Research) since 1996
Chief of the University Centre for Research and Education on Aging (Centre EFORVIE, University of Nancy) since 2005
Past Positions
Academic Director of the EuGMS – European Geriatric Medicine Society (2014-2018)
Chief of the Epidemiology Department of the Medical Center d'Investigations Préventives et Cliniques «IPC»- Paris (1995-2002)
Senior Consultant: Broussais Hospital, Paris (1990-2002)
Research Director at INSERM (National Institute of Medical Research) (1996-2002)
Associate Professor of Clinical Therapeutics, University Paris VI (1992-1995)
Senior Consultant in Hypertension, Broussais Hospital Paris (1988-2002)
Research Fellow, Boston University, Boston (1984-1987)
Education/Degrees
MD: Medical School of Athens, Greece 1974/80
Cardiologist: Ordre des Medecins, Paris 1986
PhD: University of Paris VI, France 1991/1994
Geriatrician, France 2001
