Michel Canis

I was born in October 1957 in Chamali®res in the Clermont-Ferrand area. I went to Clermont-Ferrand medical school from 1974 to 1980 and did my residency from 1980 to 1984. I became a resident in Professor's Bruhat department in 1982 where I confirmed my interest in laparoscopic surgery which I discovered as a medical student attending many laparoscopic surgical procedures with Dr Hubert Manh®s who pioneered laparoscopic surgery in Europe. My interest in Endometriosis begun during my residency. I performed a literature review on this topic, from this work Pr Bruhat and I selected all the speakers of the first world congress on endometriosis which was 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, and in basic research on the pathophysiology of endometriosis and of the peritoneal surgical environment.