Alain BERNARD

Professor Alain Bernard is a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon and former Head of the Heart-Lung-Vessel Division at Dijon University Hospital, a position he held from 2011 to 2021. He has been deeply involved for over two decades in the evaluation of health technologies, first within the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products (AFSSAPS), and later at the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), where he served as Vice-Chair of the CNEDiMTS from 2008 to 2013. He continued to contribute to HAS by providing scientific advice on the clinical development of medical devices from 2013 to 2025. At the regional level, he chaired the Regional Committee for the Improvement of Care Relevance (IRAPS) of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regional Health Agency from 2022 to 2025. From 2021 to 2025, he also served as Mediator at Dijon University Hospital, where he implemented a care and procedure relevance program. Nationally, he played an active role in the assessment of healthcare quality using the French national hospital database (PMSI) from 2005 to 2025, publishing 19 scientific articles to date. His career reflects a sustained commitment to improving medical practice, regulating medical devices, and promoting a healthcare system grounded in quality and clinical relevance.