Experience

  1. Attending Physician - Field Epidemiologist

    Communicable Diseases - Cantonal Doctor's Office Vaud

    Responsibilities include:

    • Conducting outbreak investigation and coordinating response and control
    • Communicable Diseases Surveillance
    • Epidemic Intelligence and rapid risk evaluation
    • Development of smart data collection tools for outbreak investigation and response
    • Modernized the Cantonal mandatory reporting system for infectious diseases, transitioning it to a fully paperless system.
  2. Resident Physician

    Infectious Disease Service - Lausanne University Hospital
    Clinical work specializing in complex infectious diseases, including infections in immunocompromised patients, bone and joint infections, and general infectious disease consultations. Expertise in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) and specialized outpatient clinics for HIV, STIs, zoonoses, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis.
  3. Short-term Consultant

    World Health Organization
    Technical support for the development of a digital adaptation kit (DAK) for Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) in humanitarian contexts. Modeling of fever management algorithms. Coordination by Dr. Tejshri Harivallabh Shah and Dr. Nigel Rollins.
  4. Visiting Physician

    University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)
    Participation in the clinical activities of the Department of Internal Medicine led by Dr. Jean Damascene Kabakambira. General infectious disease/HIV consultations. Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology.
  5. Digital Health Physician-Scientist

    Centre for Primary Care and Public Health - Lausanne University | Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute - Basel University
    Research Physician for the DYNAMIC project, aimed at improving the quality of care for children and adolescents (0-12 years) in low-resources settings by implementing novel dynamic clinical algorithms and point-of-care tests that help to guide and train health workers in the management of sick children. Responsible for adapting the algorithms to the country’s guidelines. Programming algorithms and giving technical support in the implementation of the project in 2 districts of Rwanda’s Western Province. Contributed to Data Analysis and final publication.
  6. Chief Resident Physician

    Tropical and Travel Medicine Polyclinic - Centre for Primary Care and Public Health - Lausanne University

    Clinical :

    • Supervision of junior residents and nurses in pre- and post-travel advice and consultations.
    • Out-patient and in-patient consultations in Tropical Medicine.
    • On-call physician for an e-mail based telemedicine service for travellers. Research :
    • Co-Investigator and Local Study coordinator for EFFORT study, a multicenter observational studyaimed at assessing the performance of a new multiplex PCR panel, describing causes of fever in the returning traveller and identifying disease-specific predictors.
    • Clinical content manager for Fever Travel App, a clinical decision support algorithm in general medicine focused on the management of fevers in the returning traveller.
  7. Resident Physician

    Tropical and Travel Medicine Polyclinic - Centre for Primary Care and Public Health - Lausanne University

    Clinical :

    • Pre-travel advice and vaccination
    • Post-travel outpatient clinic
    • Intra-hospital consultations in Tropical Medicine
    • On-call physician for an e-mail based telemedicine service for travellers

    Research :

    • Development of a clinical decision support algorithm in general medicine focused on the management of fevers in the returning traveller
  8. Resident Physician

    CHUV - Lausanne University Hospital
    Ward and on-call activities in Internal Medicine, Sub-intensive care Unit, Geriatrics. 6-month rotation in the Infectious Diseases Department
  9. Junior Project Officer

    CUAMM - Doctors With Africa

    Four months volunteer work on a pilot project to improve diabetes and hypertension diagnosis and treatment among TB patients in Luanda, Angola.

    Research :

    • Data management, from data collection to data entry supervision.
    • monitoring and Evaluation
    • On-the-job mentorship to local health officers
    • Project report redaction

    Clinical :

    • Ward rounds at “Hospital Divina Providência” managing acute infectious diseases cases.
  10. Resident Physician

    Hôpital Fribourgeois - Sites de Riaz et Billens
    Clinical tasks within the Internal Medicine Department (Prof. Uwe Schiemann). Rotations in Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Geriatrics, Emergency Department, Internal Medicine and Subintensive Care Unit.

Education

  1. Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    University of Glasgow / Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (UK)
    Passed with distinction after completing a 9-month hybrid Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Preparatory Course at the University of Glasgow. The diploma was awarded by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
  2. PGCert in Data Science, Technology and Innovation

    The University of Edinburgh (UK)
  3. Specialisation in Infectious Diseases

    Swiss Institute for Postgraduate and Continuous Medical Education (CH)
  4. Doctorate in Medicine (MD)

    Faculty of Biology and Medicine - Lausanne University (CH)
    Thesis title : “Should we treat Blastocystis sp.? A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial” Supervised by Serge de Vallière, MD. Oral presentation at the 3rd International Blastocystis Conference Mentioned as one of the most impactful papers in travel medicine at the 18th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine.
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  5. Specialisation in General Internal Medicine

    Swiss Institute for Postgraduate and Continuous Medical Education (CH)
  6. Master in Human Medicine and Surgery

    Università degli Studi dell'Insubria (IT)
Skills & Hobbies
Infectious diseases
Bacteria
Created by Lareafrom the Noun Project Viruses
Created by Olena Panasovskafrom the Noun Project Parasites
Fungi
Technical Skills
Python
R
Data Science
SQL
Awards
CTH® - Certificate of Travel Health
International Society of Travel Medicine ∙ June 2019
Internationally recognised Certificate of Knowledge in Travel Health
Tropical Medicine and International Health
Medicus Mundi - Università di Brescia ∙ November 2015
Three weeks course on clinical tropical medicine and international health amounting to 105 hours and 50 CME credits, including laboratory training sessions
Languages
100%
French
100%
Italian
90%
English
90%
Spanish
75%
Portuguese
25%
German
15%
Kinyarwanda