Stephane Laurent
FRANCE
Professor Stéphane LAURENT, MD, PhD, FESC. Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Department of Pharmacology, and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U970 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris-Descartes University Paris, France.
Stéphane Laurent works currently as the head of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology in the Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris, as the head of INSERM U 970, team 7 in the Paris Cardiovascular Research Center (PARCC).
He is professor of Pharmacology in the Paris Descartes Medical School.
Professor Laurent has served as President of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) (2007-2009), President of the ARTERY Society (2010-2012), and President of the French Society of Hypertension (2001-2002).
Professor Laurent was member of the ESH Council (2005-2013), is currently member of the Scientific Council of the French Foundation for Hypertension Research (since 2006), and is fellow of the ESC.
Professor Laurent was co-author of the 2007 and 2013 ESH-ESC Guidelines for the management of Hypertension, and the 2009 ESH document on the reappraisal of hypertension guidelines.
Professor Laurent’s research interests concern the arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, clinical investigation and pharmacology of large arteries (arterial stiffness, central pulse pressure, carotid intima-media thickness, and endothelial dysfunction).
Professor Laurent is Associate Editor of Journal of Hypertension, Deputy Editor of Artery Research, and is member of the editorial board of Hypertension.
He is the author of over 350 referenced articles and 20 chapters in books. His “h” index is 57 and the total number of citations of his articles is 21,018
Professor Laurent has delivered more than 300 invited lectures at international venues.
