Olivier Caron, MD, MSc
After his MD, Dr. Olivier Caron occupied a position as a Hospital Practitioner at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France. He shared his time between the genetic lab, where he was in charge of the analysis of cancer predisposition genes and quality manager, and the oncogenetics consultation in the Department of medical Oncology.
In 2008, he moved to Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France. He has run since then the genetic clinics in the Department of Clinical Oncology. He has been the head of the Gustave Roussy Genetics board since 2009. His activity is now focused on consultations (more than 2000/ year). He teaches at Gustave Roussy School of Oncology (Paris-Sud University).
Dr. Olivier Caron is involved in around 10 major national and international studies in the field of breast/ovarian predisposition, Lynch syndrome and other digestive cancer predispositions, Li Fraumeni syndrome and melanoma predisposition. He is member of the “UNICANCER Groupe Génétique et Cancer” national board. He has more than 80 publications on these various topics.
Education
- Medical Doctorate (MD), 2004, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France
- MSc in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2002, Paris V University, France
- Postgraduate degree in Medical Genetics, 2004 (main speciality) Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France
- Postgraduate degree in Medical Oncology, 2006, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France
