Chantal Wood

Born 5/09/1954 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Nationality : French

Education and Current Postition
Medical Studies in Toulouse
Diplomas obtained : Paediatrics (1984), Anaesthesia (1985), Intensive Care (1988),
Pain (1996), Hypnosis (2000)

1979-1984 : Internship in Paediatrics and Anaesthesia
1984-1988 : Fellowship in the largest Paediatric ICU in Paris ( Pr Huault)
1989-1994 : Head of the Paediatric ICU of St Vincent de Paul Hospital (Paris)
1995-1998 : Position in the Adult Pain Clinic of Cochin Hospital
1998- till now : Head of the Paediatric Pain Unit of Robert Debré Hospital, Paris

Teaching Activities
Numerous teaching courses in different French Universities on :
- Pain in children : Paris VII, Paris V, Paris Sud, Strasbourg, Bordeaux
- Palliative Care in children : Paris VII, Paris XIII, Lyon, Poitiers
- The Use of Hypnosis in children : Bordeaux II, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris XIII

Numerous Training courses in Hospitals on the Management of Paediatric Pain

Member of Professional Societies
Member of the French Association for Palliative Care
Member of the French Pain Society and Coordinator of the Paediatric Group
Elected on the Board of the Special Interest Group (SIG) for Paediatric Pain of the International Association For the Study of Pain (IASP) (2005)
Member of the Commission on Pain and Palliative Care for children of the French Paediatric Association (SFP)
Member of the National College of the Teachers on Pain
Expert for the French Agency of Medecine ( AFSSAPS)