Jehan-François Desjeux

Background

Desjeux, Jehan-François was born on February 5, 1940 in Garches, France. Son of J. and Françoise (Candlot) Desjeux.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Paris School Medicine, 1971.

Career

Resident Hopital d'enfants, Tunis, Tunisia, 1967-1968, Hopital Sainte Justine, Montreal, 1968-1969, hopitaux de Paris, 1969-1972. Research associate Yale University, New Haven, 1972-1974. Chief pediatrics clinic Hopitaux de Paris, 1974-1978.

Research director Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Paris, 1982-1997. Professor, chair biology National Conservatory Arts & Mètiers, 1990. Scientific advisor Nestlè Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 1996.

President scientific committee Action Contre la Faim, Paris, since 1999. Director Scientific Institute Tehcnology & Nutrition, Paris, 1990-1995. Consultant World Health Organization, 1979-1988.0.

Achievements

• Jehan-François Desjeux has been listed as a noteworthy pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member French Academy Medicine, American Gastroenterology Association, French Association Nutrition (president since 1980).

Interests

• Hunting, fishing.

Connections

Married Marie France Lefort, March 25, 1965. Children: Olivier, Isabelle, Sphie, Virginie.

Father:

J. Desjeux

Mother:

Françoise (Candlot) Desjeux

Spouse:

Marie France Lefort

child:

Isabelle Desjeux

child:

Sphie Desjeux

child:

Olivier Desjeux

child:

Virginie Desjeux