Dr. Philippe Gorny’s Career
His surgical practice at that time focused primarily on coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve replacement or repair, heart transplants, and peripheral arterial surgery.
He also served as a research assistant in the laboratory of Professor Alain Carpentier, the pioneer of implantable biological valves (Lasker Award) and the artificial heart developed by Carmat.
A Pioneer in Phlebology Surgery in France
In the field of venous surgery, he has been a pioneer in France since the early 1990s in performing phlebology surgery on an outpatient basis (without hospitalization), under local anesthesia or light sedation, advocating the use of minimally invasive techniques. He authored the first publications on this topic and, in 2001, reported the first cases in France using endovenous laser therapy (see pioneering venous references).
Dr. Philippe Gorny has also been a pioneer in cosmetic venous surgery outside the lower limbs, enabling the removal of unsightly swollen veins from the hands, face, and other areas - a technique he has been performing for over 25 years and for which he has developed specialized instruments.
After more than 35 years of intensive practice in venous surgery, he has gained extensive experience, both in the cosmetic treatment of varicose veins and in complex revision surgeries related to this condition.
Pioneering venous references
- Eveinage par invagination sur fil
Gorny Ph.
J Med Esth et Chir Derm. XVII, 71,1991,189-93 - La chirurgie ambulatoire dans l’insuffisance veineuse - Une étude sur 1222 interventions
Gorny Ph., Tran-Duy S, Chahine D, Hutinel B, Reinharez D
Phlébologie 1994,47(2),155-63 - Tran-Duy S- Petit fait clinique mais grand retentissement potentiel : l’arrivée du laser endoveineux
Gorny Ph., Chahine D.
Phlébologie 2001. 54.4.367-70
Vascular Qualifications
Dr. Gorny is board-certified in angiology. He also holds a degree in vascular surgery from Paris VI-Broussais University (summa cum laude). This degree was the first and oldest in France to be created specifically for the surgery of arteries and veins.
Teaching
For this degree program, he taught arterial vascular surgery from 1982 to 1991 at Broussais Hospital in Paris and subsequently taught venous surgery at Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris until 2011.
Academic Textbooks
Gorny Ph - Current Status of Coronary Surgery - Documenta Ciba-Geigy, 1984, 95 pages – A textbook and guide to the indications for coronary artery bypass grafting (40,000 copies distributed)
Later reprinted in a joint article with Prof. Alain Carpentier:
Carpentier A, Gorny Ph - Current Status of Coronary Artery Surgery - Revue du Praticien, 1984, 34 (27), 1457-65
Gorny Ph - Handbook of Vascular Pathology, 1985 - 75 pages - Robert et Carrière Laboratories - Textbook on vascular surgery and medicine - Reprinted in 1986 (25,000 copies, then 15,000 copies)
Medical Books for the General Public
- Au coeur de vos artères - Éditions Denoël – 1985 – Caducée d’or du livre médical pour le grand public
- Le guide de l’opéré - Éditions Denoël -1989
- Le guide de vos veines - Éditions Denoël - 1991
Books on the History of Medicine and Surgery
An Illustrated History of Cardiology from Prehistory to the Present Day - 1985 - Éditions Da Costa, also published in Italy - covering the entire history of cardiac (and vascular) surgery, from its origins to transplants. Awarded a prize in 1986 at the International Medical Book Festival in Paris
The Adventure of Medicine - 1991 - The entire history of medicine in 400 illustrated pages - a book for the general public
Journalistic Work
Dr. Gorny also founded the Health section of the weekly magazine Paris-Match in 1986, which he ran with his wife, Sabine de la Brosse, for over 30 years. The section became a leading reference in France’s general-interest medical press and was highly respected within the medical community. Following his wife’s death in 2017, he continued to edit the page alone, alongside his surgical practice, until December 2023 (over 350 articles in the magazine covering the most common diseases and innovative treatments)
Two medical films on the History of Medicine as director
- The Discovery of True Blood Circulation - screened at the International Congress of the History of Medicine, Paris in 1982, and at the University of Louvain, Belgium, in 1983 and 1984
- Tribute to Hippocrates - produced by the Association of French Physicians - 1979
Three surgical films as screenwriter and operating surgeon in the film
- Intermittent Claudication (Arteritis of the Lower Limbs) - Meditel - 1985
- Indications for Coronary Surgery - Meditel - 1985
- Coronary Surgery: “The Arterial Approach” - Technical Demonstration Film (AHS-Bentley - 1985)
- Initiator and screenwriter of the film “The Mystery of the Yellow Plaque” (explains atherosclerosis). This film received three awards in 1985: at the Deauville Medical Film Festival for Best Director—the Video Award at the Entretiens de Bichat, and the MIP-TV Medical Award for Best Screenplay in Parma, Italy
