Lionel Lamhaut

Pr. Lamhaut is an MD, PhD; professor at the University Paris Cité. He is qualified in Anesthesia – Intensive Care and Emergency medicine. He is in responsible for education of disaster medicine for the University Paris Cité. He is involved in the in and pre-hospital care. He oversees the anesthesia unit, critical care unit, and Prehospital ECPR program at the university hospital of Necker-Paris.

His research work is focused on cardiac arrest, extracorporeal circulation (ECMO, dialysis…), invasive care and disaster medicine. He is a member of different international board. He works for his research in one unit of the INSERM (U970) who is a labeled research unit. He was the first to develloped an Prehospital ECPR team. We have already published 170 publications in international review journal and many book chapiters. His expertise in the field of cardiac arrest has led him to develop a specific course of international renown: Paris Rescue Team Course. The He received some international price for this research and for his works during the covid period. He is the founder of SAUV Life an application for save life during cardiac arrest.

He has implemented and participated in innovative disaster medicine strategies during exceptional events such as the COVID crisis, terrorist attacks or the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In this way, he developed long-distance transfers via airliners or high-speed trains of multiple COVID resuscitation patients. It is also recognized in Europe for its ability to set up large-scale multi-service mega-drill exercises.

More recently, it has developed innovative care pathways using new technologies, particularly in the fields of home care and geriatrics.