Bernard Vasseur, MDBernard Vasseur, was appointed President of SoH during the Board meeting June 30, 2005 in New York.
He succeeds Dr. Alain Deloche former president of SoH since 2001, co-founder of the Nobel Prize winning organization Doctors Without Borders, chairman of the Cardiovascular Department of Hospital George Pompidou in Paris and current president of La Chaine de l’Espoir.
Dr. Vasseur is currently a cardiac surgeon at The Reading Hospital Heart Center in Reading, PA. Dr. Vasseur was a former Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey and cardiothoracic surgeon at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Dr. Vasseur is board certified in Thoracic Surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. After receiving his medical degree from Paris Medical School in Paris, France, Dr. Vasseur completed his internship in general surgery at New York University Hospital in New York, New York. He went on to complete his general surgery residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Vasseur is Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also chairman of the Surgeons of Hope’s Medical Committee and leads with experience and knowledge, as he has frequently operated and taught at the Phnom Penh Heart Center.