PROF. René-Jean Bensadoun

MD, MSc, HRD
WALT President, Chair for Centre de Haute Energie, Nice, France

Prof. Bensadoun is Professor in Radiation Oncology, and Chairman at the Centre de Haute Energie in Nice, France. He was previously Full Professor and Chairman at the Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Poitiers in France. His fields of interest are radiation oncology, head and neck cancer, supportive care in cancer, photobiomodulation, new techniques in radiation oncology, and cancer-treatment toxicity. He’s the author of more than 190 peer reviewed papers.

Boards:

• WALT President (2021-24) (World Association of photobiomoduLation Therapy)
• WALT World Congress Chairman (Nice 2018: www.walt.no)
• 2020 Senior Investigator Award for Excellence in PBM Clinical Sciences
• Membre du Comité Scientifique Permanent en Oncologie-Hématologie (CPOH) de l’ANSM (nomination juillet 2019)
• Membre du CA du Centre Clinique et de Recherche en Photobiomodulation de Shepperdstown (USA)
• Vice-President de l’Association Chaine de Vies (SSR Les Lauriers Roses)
• Membre de la SFRO (Société Française de Radiothérapie Oncologique) et de l’AFSOS (Association Francophone pour les Soins Oncologiques de Support)
• Membre du Bureau du SNRO (Syndicat National des Radiothérapeutes Oncologues)
• Member of the Editorial Board of JSCC (Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer)
• Member of Mucositis Board and Oral Care Board of MASCC-ISOO (Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer)
• Membre du Comité organisateur du DU de Photobiomodulation en Oncologie (Supportive Care), (IGR, Paris XII, 2020-21)
• Board Member of IMPAQTT Foundation (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/impaqtt-foundation/96/6b1/97), a group of Experts in the treatment of side effects of targeted cancer therapy (from 2014)
• SFRO (2011-2012), APLAC, ARRCR, ex Board Member of SFCCF and GORTEC (H & N Cancer French Groups)

SPEAKING SCHEDULE AT PBM2024