Career
Choussat"s father, a doctor, moved his family to Lafayette in Algeria, where Choussat spent his early years. In 1920, he joined the School of Algiers, where he passed his baccalaureate at the age of 17. He began to study Medicine and Law, eventually focusing on medicine.
He became an intern in 1928, married Juliette Clausse, and the two moved to Ménerville (Algeria).
Thereafter, he became head of the clinic of Professor Lebon at Mustapha Hospital in Algiers. In 1925, he obtained the agrégation of Medicine, then became professor of the Chair of General Pathology, Faculty of Algiers.
In 1962, with the independence of Algeria, he was assigned to the Faculty of Medicine of Bordeaux as professor of Symptomatology and later Medical Pathology. He focused on Gerontology until his retirement in 1977.
(Fédération Internationale des Associations des Personnes Agées) and O.A.R.E.I.L. (Office Aquitain de Recherche, d"Etude, d"Information et de Liaison sur les Problèmes des Personnes Agées).
OAREIL has established an annual Henri Choussat Prize in his honor.
