I was born in October 1957. I went to Clermont-Ferrand medical school from 1974 to 1980 and did my residency from 1980 to 1984. I confirmed my interest in laparoscopic surgery which I discovered attending many surgeries with Dr Hubert Manhès who pioneered laparoscopic surgery. My interest in Endometriosis begun, when I performed a literature review, from this work we selected the speakers of the first world congress on endometriosis organized in Clermont-Ferrand in November 1986. Since then I have been involved both in the development of advanced laparoscopic surgical procedures, such as laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and excision of deep endometriotic nodules. I am full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2003. Since 2012, I am together with Pr Bartoli director of a CNRS Research Unit on Computer Vision and Endoscopy (ENCOV). Together with Catherine we have two children Hugo and Anouk who are 28 and 21 years old.