Prof. Dr. Jérôme Cau

Vascular Surgery
General Surgery

About

At Clinica VenArt, Prof. Dr. Jérôme Cau contributes as a visiting professor and mentor, dedicating his experience and expertise pro bono to the professional training and scientific work of the team. His presence here is purely a mentoring and guidance role, driven by his passion for advancing vascular and endovascular surgery.

In recent years, Prof. Dr. Jérôme Cau has been active in the vascular, endovascular, and thoracic surgery department at Poitiers Clinic. He treats arterial pathologies using endovascular methods (stent angioplasty, balloon angioplasty, stent-graft angioplasty, EVAR, TEVAR, thrombectomy, embolization, aortic aneurysm, varicose veins, pelvic varicose veins, endarterectomy, carotid endarterectomy, femoral endarterectomy, vascular bypass, diabetic foot, venous stenting) as well as laparoscopic and conventional vascular techniques.

He is also an Associate Researcher at CNRS (Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique) within the laparoscopic surgical robot project, developing new techniques for learning laparoscopic surgical gestures using an expert system for computerized motion capture and processing. Additionally, he is an Associate Researcher at INSERM in the project on celioscopic kidney transplantation and applications of robotic vascular surgery.

He is involved in a project to create a complex Training Center for educating digestive, vascular (arterial pathology), urological, gynecological, and orthopedic surgeons, as well as teaching advanced laparoscopic and interventional techniques using animal models (pigs), cadaver models, and simulators, employing motion capture technology.

He has developed arterial laparoscopic surgery centers, training vascular surgeons in renowned university hospitals.

Until 2013, he led the Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantation at Benghazi Medical Center.

His vascular surgery techniques have been presented at numerous conferences and published in leading specialty journals in Europe and the USA. Recently, he has been serving as the Medical Director of the Sainte Marguerite Private Clinic Network.

Languages

Appointments in Cluj-Napoca & Bucharest

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Interventions and treatments

Vascular Techniques

Endovascular Techniques

Hybrid Vascular Techniques

Laparoscopic Techniques

Varicose Veins

Current appointment

Professional & academic appointments

2022-2025: Vascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Hôpital Privé de Marseille, France; Medical Director, Groupe Sainte-Marguerite (Var and Bouches-du-Rhône).
2015-2022: Private-Practice Vascular Surgeon, Polyclinique de Poitiers, France; President, Medical Executive Committee; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Poitiers (ABS Lab).
2010: Visiting Professor, Vascular Surgery and Renal Transplant Unit, Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC), Libya.
2005-2015: Staff Physician, Department of Vascular Surgery, Poitiers, under Prof. J.B. Ricco; Associate Researcher, INSERM U927, Ischemia-Reperfusion Laboratory.
2001: Chief Resident, Toulouse University Hospitals, Department of Vascular Surgery under Prof. A. Barret.

Education & qualifications

2008: Master II, Surgical Sciences; European doctoral thesis (3rd year).
2005: Associate Researcher, INSERM U927, Ischemia-Reperfusion Laboratory, Poitiers.
2004: Diploma, French College of Vascular Surgery.
2003: DESC, Vascular Surgery.
2001: State Diploma of Doctor of Medicine; DES, General Surgery.
1999: Interuniversity Diploma in Endovascular Surgery.
1998: University Diploma in Microsurgery.
1996: French National Residency Examination - ranked 5th in Surgery, Limoges.

Honors

Clinical expertise

Complex open and endovascular aortic surgery: abdominal, thoracic and thoraco-abdominal aortic disease; EVAR/TEVAR.
Totally laparoscopic aortic reconstruction for occlusive and aneurysmal disease.
Totally laparoscopic aorto-renal bypass and visceral artery revascularization.
Carotid and supra-aortic trunk surgery; peripheral arterial revascularization and hybrid procedures.
Renal and mesenteric revascularization; popliteal aneurysm treatment; hemodialysis access.
Venous surgery and thermal ablation; thoracic outlet syndromes; vascular involvement of complex tumors and arteriovenous malformations.

Surgical innovation, education & simulation

Among the early European surgeons to develop and publish totally laparoscopic aortic reconstruction; published early series of 42 cases (2005) and 95 cases (2006).
Early focus on the laparoscopic vascular suturing learning curve and strategies to shorten technical skill acquisition. Among the initiators of the Surgical School in Poitiers (2008).
Contributor to the PIG program at INSERM, using animal models for progressive training in transplantation techniques.
Founder, Medical Training International (MTI): international training organization for advanced laparoscopic and endovascular techniques, initially developed within a French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs training framework for crisis-affected countries.
Collaboration with Med Amine Laribi and Pprime Institute (CNRS - University of Poitiers - ISAE-ENSMA) on motion-capture-based surgical performance assessment and learning-curve optimization.
Expert faculty for laparoscopic surgery courses at IRCAD, Strasbourg; cadaveric laparoscopic workshops with SwissEndo, Fribourg, and University of Málaga.

International surgery experience

Visiting Professor, Benghazi Medical Centre, Libya (2010), with long-term clinical and educational engagement in Libya.
Medical engagement during the 2011 Libyan revolution and subsequent civil conflict, contributing to the development of training models adapted to war-affected and disrupted healthcare systems.
Development of international surgical training programs focused on autonomy, train-the-trainer models and transfer of advanced operative skills.

Professional societies & leadership

Published book chapters & major educational contributions

1. Laskar M, Cau J. Dissections aortiques. In: Artériopathies des membres. Masson, Paris, 2001.
2. Chaufour X, Cau J, Barret A, Bossavy JP. Sympathectomie lombaire. Encycl Méd Chir: Techniques chirurgicales - Chirurgie vasculaire, 2001.
3. Chaufour X, Cau J, Barret A, Bossavy JP. Restauration aortique par voie laparoscopique. Encyclopédie Médico-Chirurgicale.
4. Ricco JB, Marchand C, Cau J. Indications des endoprothèses aortiques abdominales. Actualités vasculaires de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 2004.
5. Ricco JB, Cau J, Marchand C. Amputations du pied et revascularisation chez le diabétique. Actualités de chirurgie vasculaire, 2004.
6. Cau J, Ricco JB, Guillou M, Febrer G, Lecis A, Marchand C. Aortobifemoral bypass: laparoscopy-assisted and totally laparoscopic operative procedures. ESVS European Book, Springer, 2005.
7. Picquet J, Abilez OJ, Cau J, Goeau-Buissonière O, Zarins CK. Laparoscopic Vascular Surgery in 2006. In: Comprehensive Gynecologic Endoscopic Surgery. Cambridge Press.
8. Cau J, Ricco JB, Guillou M, Febrer G, Marchand C. Operative approaches in totally laparoscopic aortic procedures. Controversies and Updates in Vascular Surgery, 2007.
9. Cau J, Ricco JB, Marchand C. Totally laparoscopic aorto-renal bypass. Controversies and Updates in Vascular Surgery, 2010.

Peer-reviewed publications

1. Cau J, Deelchand A, Berard X, Chaufour X, Barret A, Bossavy JP. Totally Laparoscopic Aortic Repair: A Series of 42 Cases. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2005;15(1):46.
2. Casbas L, Chauffour X, Cau J, Bossavy JP, Midy D, Baste JC, Barret A. Post-Traumatic Thoracic Outlet Syndromes. Ann Vasc Surg. 2005;19(1):25-8.
3. Cau J, Ricco JB, Deelchand A, Berard X, Cau B, Costecalde M, Chaufour X, Barret F, Barret A, Bossavy JP. Totally Laparoscopic Aortic Repair: A New Device for Direct Transperitoneal Approach. J Vasc Surg. 2005;41(5):902-6.
4. Ricco JB, Cau J, Marty M, Rodde-Dunet MH, Fender P, Allemand H, Corsini A. Stent Graft Repair for Thoracic Aortic Disease: Postoperative Results of an Independent Nation-Wide Study in France from 1999 to 2001. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;131(1):131-7.
5. Cau J, Ricco JB, Deelchand A, Berard X, Cau B, Costecalde M, Chaufour X, Barret F, Barret A, Bossavy JP. Laparoscopic aortic repair for occlusive and aneurysmal disease: first 95 cases. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2006;31(6):567-74.
6. Zhang K, Desurmont T, Goujon JM, Favreau F, Cau J, Deretz S, Mauco G, Carretier M, Papadopoulos V, Hauet T. Modulation of peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor during ischemia reperfusion injury in a pig kidney model. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;203(3):353-64.
7. Probst H, Haller C, Uldry E, Petermann D, Haesler E, Cau J, Corpataux JM. News in vascular surgery. Rev Med Suisse. 2006;2(70):1572-6.
8. Doucet C, Zhang K, Desurmont T, Hebrard W, Scepi M, Nadeau C, Cau J, Leyre P, Febrer G, Carretier M, Richer JP, Papadopoulos V, Hauet T, Goujon JM. Influence of warm ischemia time on peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor. Nephron Exp Nephrol. 2007;107(1):e1-11.
9. Cau J, Favreau F, Tillement JP, Lerman LO, Hauet T, Goujon JM. Trimetazidine reduces early and long term effects of experimental warm ischemia: a dose effect study. J Vasc Surg. 2008;47(4):852-860.
10. Cau J, Favreau F, Milin S, Goujon JM, Lerman LO, Hauet T. Influence of FR167653 on prolonged renal ischemia reperfusion injury and effect of nephronic mass. J Vasc Surg. 2009;49(3):728-40.
11. Cau J, Ricco JB, Corpataux JM. Laparoscopic aortic surgery: techniques and results. J Vasc Surg. 2008;48(6 Suppl):37S-44S.
12. Ricco JB, Cau J, Marchand C, Neau JP, Marchand E, Fébrer G. Prosthetic carotid bypass grafts for atherosclerotic lesions: a prospective study of 198 consecutive cases. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2009;37(3):272-8.
13. Cau J, Ricco JB. Totally laparoscopic aortic surgery: experience in a French academic center. J Vasc Surg. 2009;49(5 Suppl):S8.
14. Cau J, Ricco JB, Marchand E, Marchand C, Corpataux JM. Totally laparoscopic aorto-renal bypass after failed PTA. J Vasc Surg. 2011;53(1):87-91.
15. Favreau F, Thuillier R, Cau J, Milin S, Manguy E, Mauco G, Zhu X, Lerman LO, Hauet T. Anti-thrombin therapy during warm ischemia and cold preservation prevents chronic kidney graft fibrosis in a DCD model. Am J Transplant. 2010;10(1):30-39.
16. Desurmont T, Giraud S, Cau J, Goujon JM, Hauet T. Trophic factor and FR167653 supplementation during cold storage rescue chronic renal injury. J Urol. 2011;185(3):1139-46.
17. Berard X, Cau J, Déglise S, Ricco JB, Marchand C, Lecis A, Abbibeh H, Guillou M, Febrer G, Bossavy JP. Laparoscopic surgery for celiac artery compression syndrome: current management and technical aspects. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2012;43(1):38-42.
18. Ronssad L, Favreau F, Demars J, Robert R, Nadeau C, Cau J, Thuillier R, Hauet T. Evaluation of early regenerative processes in a preclinical pig model of acute injury. Curr Mol Med. 2012;12(4):502-5.
19. Ricco JB, Cau J, Biancari F, et al. Outcome after open and laparoscopic aortic surgery in a matched cohort using propensity score matching. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2016;52(2):179-88.
20. Tillet S, Giraud S, Kerforne T, Saint-Yves T, Joffirion S, Goujon JM, Cau J. Inhibition of coagulation proteases Xa and IIa decreases ischemia-reperfusion injuries in a preclinical renal transplantation model. Transl Res. 2016;178:95-106.
21. Barrera-Chimal J, André-Grégoire G, Nguyen Dinh Cat A, Lechner SM, Cau J. Benefit of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism in AKI: role of vascular smooth muscle Rac1. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017;28(4):1216-1226.
22. Giraud S, Thuillier R, Cau J, Hauet T. In vitro/ex vivo models for the study of ischemia reperfusion injury during kidney perfusion. Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21(21):8156.
23. Cau M, Sandoval J, Arguel A, Breque C, Huet N, Cau J, Laribi MA. Toward optimal learning of the gesture in laparoscopic surgery: methodology and performance. J Clin Med. 2022;11:1398.
24. Trabelsi A, Sandoval J, Mlika A, Lahouar S, Zeghloul S, Cau J, Laribi MA. Optimal multi-robot placement based on capability map for medical applications. Mechanisms and Machine Science. Springer, 2022:333-342.

Selected invited lectures & scientific presentations

Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting, Denver, USA (2009): Totally Laparoscopic Aortic Repair - single-center experience.
Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA (2008): Totally laparoscopic aortic surgery - European experience.
European Society for Vascular Surgery, Nice (2008): Totally Laparoscopic Aortic Repair - workshop.
World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Berlin (2006): Totally Laparoscopic Aortic Repair - first 120 cases.
ESVS, Helsinki (2005): Totally Laparoscopic Aortic Repair - first 95 cases.
IRCAD, Strasbourg (2004-2006): invited teaching in laparoscopic aorto-iliac surgery.
MEET, Cannes (2005): How to limit deleterious effects and duration of the learning curve?
CACVS, Paris (2008-2009): Aortic repair - the laparoscopic suture.
Endovascular Chapter / EVC, Amsterdam (2008): Totally laparoscopic aorto-renal bypass.
SwissEndo, Fribourg (2005): Laparoscopic aortic surgery - first 100 cases.

Research themes

Minimally invasive and totally laparoscopic aortic surgery.
Surgical learning curves, simulation and objective assessment of technical performance.
Motion capture and human-movement analysis in laparoscopic surgery.
Robotic surgical training and multi-robot placement for medical applications.
Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and transplantation models.

Member

French College of Vascular Surgery;
European College of Vascular Surgery;
Endovascular and Laparoscopic Society, Quebec City (IELS) (founder);
European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS);
European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT);
International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS);
Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM);
Libyan Vascular Society, Benghazi (LVS) Founder.