Jacques F. Acar
Jacques Fouad Acar (born April 13, 1931 in Dakar , † March 27, 2020 in Paris ) was a French physician and microbiologist .
Life
Jacques F. Acar was born in Dakar, French West Africa in 1931 . He left Africa to study medicine in Paris from 1948 . After graduating in 1954, he completed his military service as a field doctor in sub-Saharan Africa . He then returned to Paris, where he was appointed Clinical Director for Infectious Diseases at the Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard in 1962 . From 1966 to 1999 he was in charge of the microbiology and infectious diseases department at the Hôpital Saint-Joseph in Paris . From 1973 to 1980 he was professor of medical microbiology at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie and then director of the institute until 2000.
From 1992 to 1996 he was the President of the Working Group on Antibiotic Resistance at the World Health Organization . He was editor-in-chief of Clinical Microbiology and Infection from 1995 to 2000. In addition, from 1999 until his death he worked as a consultant for the World Organization for Animal Health and from 2015 at the French Ministry of Health for the working group on antibiotic resistance.
On March 27, 2020, Acar died at the age of 88 as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in France . He was admitted to hospital on March 22, 2020 after contracting the disease at a health conference in the United States .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Décès du Pr Jacques Acar, infectiologue de renom, victime de Covid-19 , lequotidiendumedecin.fr , accessed on April 8, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Acar, Jacques F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Acar, Jacques Fouad (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French medic and microbiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dakar |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2020 |
| Place of death | Paris |