Francine Leca

Francine Leca, born on (1938-05-20) May 20, 1938 (age 84) in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French professor of medicine specialising in heart surgery, a pioneer of the discipline in paediatrics.

Biography[edit]

Francine Leca gravitated toward medicine at a very young age. During an internship in cardiac surgery under professor Jean Mathey at Hôpital Laennec de Paris, she assisted her first open heart surgery. As an intern at Assistance hôpitaux de Paris, she discovered pediatric cardiac surgery under Professor George Lemoine. She went on to specialize in Congenital heart defect.

She was the first woman to become a cardiac surgeon in France, and was the chief of services of cardiac surgery, first at Laennec Hospital and then Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital until 2003.

In 1996 Francine Leca along with Patrice Roynette founded the organization Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque - Enfant du Monde (Mécénat Cardiac Surgery - Child of the World) which raises funds to treat children with serious heart conditions who could not otherwise receive treatment in their home countries. More than 3,700 children have been able to come to France and received operations thanks to this organization and its 350 host families, its 350 volunteers, and a team of 13 salaried employees.

Distinctions[edit]

• Grand officer of the Legion of Honour
• Grand officer of the ordre national du Mérite

Honors[edit]

• The Marcel Rudloff Prize of Tolerance 2015.
• Gold Women Trophy 1998

Bibliography[edit]

• Elizabeth Drévillon, Professeur Leca : Chirurgien du cœur, Éditions Anne Carrière, 2003. ISBN 978-2843372162
• Elide Montesi, « Francine Leca », in Les filles d'Hippocrate, Les Éditions Acrodacrolivres, 2014. ISBN 9782930756233

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