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New University Hospital

Dr. Maxime Heyndrickx

  • Hospital Practitioner
Thoracic surgery

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)