Dr. Maxime Heyndrickx
- Hospital Practitioner
Thoracic surgery
- Service
- Institute Center

Areas of expertise
- Minimally invasive video- and robot-assisted surgery
- Bronchopulmonary cancer surgery
- Thymus surgery
- Surgery for sarcomas and rare tumors
- Thoracic trauma
Medical studies and hospital-university training
- First and second cycle of medical studies – Faculty of Medicine of Caen (2003-2009)
- Master 1 in Biomedical Sciences (2009)
- Intern at the University Hospital of Caen Normandy (2009-2014), specializing in general surgery then thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
- Inter-hospital collaboration with the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris 14th arrondissement) – Dr. Gossot
- Clinical Fellow – Assistant in Thoracic Surgery / Anatomy Laboratory – 2014-2016
- State Diploma of Doctor of Medicine – 2014
- Diploma of Specialized Studies in General Surgery – 2014
- Postgraduate Diploma in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery – 2016
- Diploma from the College of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Thoracic Option – 2016
- VATS Tour de France, organised by the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2016-2017)
- Full-time contract practitioner, Thoracic Surgery Department, Surgery Division, Caen University Hospital (2016-2017)
- Full-time Hospital Practitioner, Thoracic Surgery Department, Surgery Division, Caen University Hospital (since 2018)
Publications
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=heyndrickx+maxime
Key lessons learned
- Anatomy and thoracic surgery techniques course – IBODE School, Caen University Hospital (since 2015)
- Thoracic drainage course – DESC Anesthesia and Intensive Care students – NORSIM laboratory (since 2018)
- Thoracic drainage course – Emergency Medicine DESC students – (since 2017)
- Thoracic drainage course for surgical students training for departure to the TAAF (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) – anatomy laboratory – (since 2018)
- Course and dissection “emergency thoracic approaches” within the framework of the FST “war and disaster surgery” – anatomy laboratory – (since 2022)