Francine Leca

Francine Leca
Born	(1938-05-20) May 20, 1938 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Nationality	French
Title	Professor of Medicine specializing in cardiac surgery

Catégorie:Article utilisant une Infobox Francine Leca, born on (1938-05-20) May 20, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French professor of medicine specializing in heart surgery, a pioneer of the discipline in pediatrics.

Biography

Francine Leca gravitated toward medicine at a very young age. During an internship in cardiac surgery under professor Jean Mathey at Laennec Hospital, she assisted her first open heart surgery. As an intern at hôpitaux de Paris, she discovered pediatric cardiac surgery under Professor George Lemoine. She went on to specialize in congenital heart defects.

She was the first woman to become a cardiac surgeon in France, and was the chief of services of cardiac surgery, first at Laennec Hospital and then Necker (Paris) until 2003.

In 1996 Francine Leca along with Patrice Roynette founded the organization Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque - Enfant du Monde (Mécénat Cardiac Surgery - Child of the World) which raises funds to treat children with serious heart conditions who could not otherwise receive treatment in their home countries. More than 3,700 children have been able to come to France and received operations thanks to this organization and its 350 host families, its 350 volunteers, and a team of 13 salaried employees.

Distinctions

• Grand officer of the Legion of Honour
• Grand officer of the ordre national du Mérite

Honors

• The Marcel Rudloff Prize of Tolerance 2015.
• Gold Trophy of Women 1998

Bibliography

• Elizabeth Drévillon, Professeur Leca : Chirurgien du cœur, Éditions Anne Carrière, 2003. ISBN 978-2843372162
• Elide Montesi, « Francine Leca », in Les filles d'Hippocrate, Les Éditions Acrodacrolivres, 2014, p. 125-130 ISBN 9782930756233

Radio Broadcast

• « Francine Leca, à cœur ouvert », À voix nue, par Claire Pouly-Borgeaud. Réalisation : Rafik Zenine. France Culture, mai 2016.

External Links

• Margaux Rambert, « Francine Leca, à cœur ouvert », psychologies.com, novembre 2010.
• Official website

[[Category:Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur]] [[Category:Commanders of the National Order of Merit (France)]] [[Category:French surgeons]] [[Category:French cardiologists]] [[Category:1938 births]]