Professeur Laurent Nicod

Specialist in
Pneumology
Languages
French, German, English

Core competencies

  • Severe asthma
  • Chronic obstructive diseases
  • Interstitial diseases: sarcoidosis, idiopathic or secondary pulmonary fibrosis
  • Chronic pneumonia
  • Lung cancers
  • Sleep apnoea

Professional career

2009 - 2019
Head of Pulmonology Department, Full Professor – CHUV, Lausanne
2003 - 2008
Head of Pulmonology Department, Full Professor – Insel Hospital, Bern
1987 - 2003
Senior Physician, then Assistant Physician in Pulmonology at HUG – Geneva

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

1989
Specialist in pulmonology – FMH member
1984 - 1987
Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine – Dallas, Texas USA
1978 - 1984
Specialist in Internal Medicine – FMH member
1971 - 1977
Medical studies – University of Lausanne

Practices at

Memberships and partnerships

  • European Respiratory Society – Fellow since 2014
  • American Thoracic Society
  • Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française
  • Société Suisse de Pneumologie – President, 2018–2020
  • Member of the Bureau and Committee of the Ligue Vaudoise Pulmonaire
  • Vice-President of Swiss TB since 2001

Publications & videos

Events & lectures