General practitioner in Lausanne Switzerland since 1985. Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine - Unisanté - University of Lausanne. Past member of the board of the CAS in psychosomatic and psychosocial medicine (University Lausanne and Geneva) - past Vice President of UEMO, European Union of General Practitioners - chair of the WG competencies and complexity in UEMO. Redactor Primary Hospital Care.