Fabrice Denis, digital against cancer

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In May, Fabrice Denis took over the reins of the National Institute of e-health, health services provided through the internet and new technologies. SEBASTIEN SORIANO / Le Figaro

PORTRAIT – Pioneer of remote monitoring in oncology and creator of the first reimbursed health application, this oncologist founded and chairs the National Institute of e-Health.

Meningitis, whooping cough, lupus… When he was little, Fabrice Denis had fun learning the names of illnesses by heart, taken from an old medical textbook at his grandparents’. This strange passion pushes him to stroll for long hours in the family library and gives birth to his predisposition for medicine. Then, later, his vocation. He was 14 years old when the image of the x-ray of his grandfather’s lungs, suffering from serious cancer, finally convinced him: one day, he would become a doctor.

The passionate teenager of yesterday is today, after a bac +18, recognized oncologist doctor and radiotherapist at the Jean Bernard cancer institute, in Le Mans. In May 2022, he took the reins of the National Institute of e-health, health services provided through the internet and new technologies. He is behind its creation and the structure is the culmination of several years of work in the digital health ecosystem. Objective of the courses: to train…

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