Dr. Lesurtel completed his residency in General & Visceral Surgery at the University of Paris, France. Subsequently, he performed a HPB & Liver Transplant fellowship at Saint Antoine Hospital (Prof. Parc) and Beaujon Hospital (Prof. Belghiti) in Paris. In 2008, he was appointed as Assistant Professor and attending staff surgeon in the Swiss Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Center in Zurich (Prof. Clavien). He was granted with a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Clinical Professorship. In this setting, he ran an active basic science team focusing on liver regeneration, portal vein occlusion and liver volume modulation. In September 2016, he was appointed as Full Professor of Surgery (HPB and Liver Transplantation) at Croix Rousse University Hospital in Lyon, France. Finally, in October 2021, he joined Beaujon Hospital, University of Paris as Head of the Department of HPB and Liver Transplantation.
He is a member of the Editorial Board Committee of the European Surgical Association (ESA) and he co-organized the 15th Biennial Congress of the European-African HPB Association (E-AHPBA) in 2023 in Lyon, France.