Thierry Poynard is a French hepatologist and emeritus professor of hepato-gastroenterology at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Greater Paris University Hospitals (AP-HP), Sorbonne University, and INSERM-UMR S-938. He is known for his research on liver diseases, fibrosis, and the development of non-invasive diagnostic tests for liver conditions.
Career
Poynard completed his medical training in hepatology and biostatistics at Paris University, where he undertook an internship and fellowship between 1975 and 1981. He later served as an assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the VA Hospital in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1983.
He became a professor of hepatology at Antoine Béclère Hospital, Paris-South University, and CNRS from 1984 to 1991. From 1992 to 2007, he held the position of professor at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, and INSERM. Between 2008 and 2020, he was the head of the hepatology department at Pitié-Salpêtrière. In 2020, he was appointed emeritus professor at Sorbonne University, INSERM, and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.
In 2002, he founded BioPredictive, a company specializing in non-invasive diagnostic tests for liver diseases. He has invented 14 patented or pending tests, including FibroTest/FibroSure, ActiTest, SteatoTest, AshTest, and NashTest, among others. These tests have been used to assess liver fibrosis and steatosis in patients with chronic liver disease.
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