Francois Tranquart

François Tranquart (MD, PhD) was born in France in 1958. He is General Manager of Bracco Suisse SA, Geneva Research Center and Manufacturing site since 2010. This site is dedicated to the development of imaging contrast agents mainly new ultrasound contrast agents as well as developing solutions to support adequate use of those agents in in vitro and in vivo. As a full Professor of Biophysics, he worked previously at Tours University Hospital as head of Ultrasound Medical Dept (with 100 exams performed daily), head of Centre For Innovation (new ultrasound developments) and head of a research team (INSERM U930) dedicated to the development of new ultrasound approaches including microbubbles. His present activity is to manage innovation in medical imaging in Geneva and to ensure the proper production of SonoVue. He has presented more than 400 papers in national and international conferences, written more than 150 papers and participated to 20 books. He is currently Bracco employee.