Docteure Laurence Bastien Pournaras

Specialist in
Urology
specially: Surgical urology
Languages
French, English, German

Core competencies

  • Oncology
  • Lithiasis
  • Urinary incontinence and functional evaluations (urodynamic assessment)
  • Laparoscopy
  • Endourology

Professional career

2009 - 2012
Senior Physician Assistant in Prof. Desgrandchamps’ Urology Department at Hopital Saint Louis, 75010 Paris
2003 - 2009
General and urological surgery internship in Paris

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

Jun 2014
FMH diploma in Operative Urology
Jun 2012 - Jun 2012
University Diploma in Urodynamics – Paris 7 – Didier Diderot Faculty
Oct 2011 - Oct 2011
Secondary Specialised Study Diploma in Neurological Surgery at Paris 7 – Denis Diderot Faculty
Jun 2011 - Jun 2011
European Board of Urology (EBU)
Oct 2010 - Oct 2010
Medical thesis: Radiofrequency Kidney Cancer Treatment: Long-term Morbidity and Oncological Results
Commendation and jury silver medal
Denis Diderot Faculty, Paris VII
Oct 2010 - Oct 2010
State Doctor’s Diploma in Medicine, Denis Diderot Faculty, Paris VII

Specialised Studies Diploma in General Surgery at Paris 7 – Denis Diderot Faculty
Aug 2009 - Aug 2009
7th European Urology Residents Education Programme (EUREP), Prague
Oct 2008 - Oct 2008
Master 2 in Surgical Sciences
Under the supervision of Dr de la Taille
Unité U841 Eq07, Créteil
On the evaluation of the therapeutic response of metastatic kidney cancer to antiangiogens.
Jun 2008 - Jun 2008
University diploma in Hyperbaric Medicine
Université Paris XIII
May 2004 - May 2004
University diploma in Clinical Anatomy
1998 - 2003
Medical studies at Bichat Claude Bernard Paris VII

Further information

  • Certified Physician with Hirslanden group clinics
  • Certified Physician with Hôpital Saint Loup (EHNV) and Hôpital Intercantonal de la Broye (HIB)

Practices at

Memberships and partnerships

  • Member of the Société Suisse d’Urolie (SSU)
  • Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)
  • Member of the Association Suisse Romande de Chirurgie Coelioscopique (ASRCC)
  • Member of the Société Interdisciplinaire Francophone d’UroDynamique et de PelviPérinéologie (SIFUD PP)
  • Member of the Société Vaudoise de Médecine (SVM)
  • Member of the Fédération des Médecins Suisses (FMH)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Encyclopédie Médico Chirurgicale (EMC)
  • Member of the Association des Anciens Internes des Hôpitaux de Paris (AAIHP)

Events & lectures

Secondary activities

Apr 2023 - to date
Association vaudoise des urologues (vice-présidente)