◍ Career · Qualifications
A career
devoted to precision.
DR FRANÇOIS LOZACH
◍ Biography
From Montpellier
to Sète.
After passing the competitive surgical residency examination, Dr François Lozach was appointed Surgical Resident at the Montpellier University Hospitals.
He trained under Professor Philippe Maury, who conveyed with great passion the complexity of lower limb surgery — the rigour of a specialty that tolerates no approximation.
He spent eight years specialising in hip and knee arthroplasty — primary and revision — arthroscopic surgery, foot surgery, and traumatology.
He took part in humanitarian surgical missions in countries engaged in armed conflict, under the auspices of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).
As a court-appointed Medical Expert, he participates in medico-legal assessments at the Montpellier Court of Appeal.
◍ Timeline
Key milestones.
2017Practice at Polyclinique Sainte ThérèseSète, Ortho-7
2013-2017Chief Resident, Montpellier University HospitalsCHU Montpellier
2013Lecturer — Faculty of Medicine & IBODE/IFSI Nursing SchoolMontpellier
2013Orthopaedic Surgery Residency (DESC)Montpellier
—Senior Medical Officer of Reserve, Military Health ServiceFrance
—MSF Surgeon — war zones & humanitarian missionsInternational
◍ Training
Posts
& teaching.
Former Resident, Montpellier University Hospitals
Former Senior House Officer, Montpellier University Hospitals
Former Chief Resident, Montpellier University Hospitals
Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Montpellier (2013–2016)
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Montpellier (2013–2016)
Enrolled in Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Senior Medical Officer of Reserve, Military Health Service
MSF Surgeon for war zones and humanitarian missions
◍ Member
Learned societies
& accreditations.
French Society of Orthopaedic Surgery — SOFCOT
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons — AAOS
ORTHORISQ
FFAMCE
French Association of Foot Surgery — AFCP
Accredited by the HAS (French National Authority for Health)
Court-Appointed Medical Expert, Montpellier Court of Appeal
◍ Academic positions
Teaching
& training.
Senior House Officer, Montpellier University Hospitals
Chief Resident, Montpellier University Hospitals
Anatomy practical sessions (PCEM2 students)
Lectures on DESC Emergency Traumatology of the Lower Limb
Orthopaedic surgery lectures at the IBODE School, Montpellier
Surgical anatomy lectures at the IFSI School, Montpellier
Orthopaedic Department lectures for Second Cycle Medical Studies
Anterior approach hip arthroplasty trainer — anatomy laboratories in Poitiers and Toulouse
◍ Works & publications
Research
& communications.
/01
Misleading diagnosis of a migratory epigastric pain in mobile emergency units: spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus
Ladwig M, Labourel H, Lozach F, Menthonnex E.
Annales Françaises Anesthésie Réanimation. 2006 Oct;25(10):1072-4
/02
Mosaicplasty for femoral osteochondritis dissecans
Louahem D, Lozach F, Delpont M, Weiss A, Prodhomme O, Cottalorda J.
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2016 Apr;102(2):247-50. doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2015.12.013
/03
Mosaicplasty of the femoral head in a child with osteochondritis dissecans
Presentation
SOFCOT Congress 2015
/04
Derotation osteotomies of the leg skeleton with realignment of the extensor mechanism in femoro-patellar pathology — a review of 120 cases
Presentation
SOFCOT Congress 2015
/05
Post-contusive patellar chondropathy in medico-legal expertise — criteria for causal attribution
Dissertation
CAPEDOC 2022–2023