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Denys Pellerin

Born  1924
Died  

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    French paediatric surgeon, born 1924.

    Biography of Denys Pellerin

    Denys Pellerin is (June 2004) professor emeritus of the René-Descartes University in Paris. He is a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine and the Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique (French National Consultative Committee on Ethics).

    Pellerin was chief of clinical paediatric surgery at the children's hospital Necker-Enfants-Malades.

    We thank Andre Trombeta for information submitted.

    Bibliography

    • D. Pellerin:
      La Médecine de demain "Consumérisme ou Humanisme".
      Revue Humanisme et Entreprise, volume 250, December 2001. Special issue on: L'homme et la protection sociale.
    • D. Pellerin:
      Histoire de l’Académie nationale de chirurgie.
      Chirurgie : Mémoires de l'Académie de chirurgie, Paris, 1999, 124: 201-209.
    • D. Pellerin, Pierre Aubrespy, Patrick Bertin:
      Techniques de chirurgie pédiatrique. Masson, 1997. 598 pages.

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