IBD centres in France
13 hospitals with a dedicated service for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Listed alphabetically by city — not ranked.
Amiens
CHU Amiens-Picardie
The hépato-gastroentérologie department at CHU Amiens-Picardie cares for more than 1,000 people with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis). It has a dedicated referent nurse for MICI who guides patients through the care pathway from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up, working alongside gastroenterologists, digestive surgery and specialists in dermatology, rheumatology, radiology and pathology. Biotherapies are delivered via a day hospital and at home.
1 named clinician
Clermont-Ferrand
CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
The CHU de Clermont-Ferrand runs a dedicated MICI (inflammatory bowel disease) unit within its hépato-gastroentérologie service at the Estaing site, directed by Prof. Anthony Buisson. It combines clinical and translational research on Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, including therapeutic-sequence clinical trials and work on the gut microbiota. It is connected to national and international IBD networks including GETAID.
1 named clinician
Clichy
Hôpital Beaujon (AP-HP)
Hôpital Beaujon (AP-HP) in Clichy runs a dedicated service for inflammatory bowel disease (MICI), gastroenterology and nutritional support, led by Pr Francisca Joly, with particular expertise in severe and refractory forms of IBD. It has a 12-bed inpatient unit, an 8-bed day hospital for biotherapies, and a clinical-research unit offering patients innovative treatments through therapeutic trials.
4 named clinicians
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Hôpital Bicêtre (AP-HP)
The hépato-gastro-entérologie department at Hôpital Bicêtre (AP-HP) runs a dedicated inflammatory bowel disease (MICI) programme. It offers MICI therapeutic-education workshops covering nutrition, treatments and daily life, alongside OPTI'MICI HOME, a multidisciplinary programme for Bicêtre patients staffed by a coordinating nurse, dietitian, psychologist, social worker and pharmacist.
1 named clinician
Lille
CHU de Lille
The adult gastroenterology / digestive-diseases department at CHU de Lille (Hôpital Claude Huriez) runs a dedicated inflammatory bowel disease (MICI) activity, including a twice-yearly adult MICI therapeutic-education programme (EDU MICI) delivered by a multidisciplinary team. The centre hosts a MICI patient-information virtual hospital and is home to EPIMAD, the French MICI epidemiological registry. Its MICI team includes Pr Pierre Desreumaux, Dr Maria Nachury and Dr Benjamin Pariente.
3 named clinicians
Marseille
Hôpital Nord (AP-HM)
The hépato-gastro-entérologie and digestive-oncology department at AP-HM's Hôpital Nord runs a dedicated MICI activity and describes itself as a reference centre following over 1,000 IBD patients. Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary MICI team of gastroenterologists, surgeons, radiologists, specialist nurses (consultation, therapeutic education, stoma therapy), dietitians and psychologists, with a structured MICI therapeutic-education programme. The service is led by Pr Marc Barthet and includes MICI-experienced clinicians such as Pr Véronique Vitton and Dr Ariane Desjeux.
3 named clinicians
Nantes
CHU de Nantes
The CHU de Nantes runs a dedicated inflammatory bowel disease (MICI) service within its hépato-gastro-entérologie department, part of the Institut des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif (IMAD). A multidisciplinary medical-surgical team, with dedicated radiologists and pathologists and support from rheumatology and dermatology, cares for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The service offers IBD-nurse consultations every Thursday, a therapeutic-education programme, and clinical research through the CIC-IMAD.
3 named clinicians
Paris
Hôpital Saint-Antoine (AP-HP)
The gastro-entérologie et nutrition department at Hôpital Saint-Antoine (AP-HP) runs a recognised MICI (inflammatory bowel disease) care and research activity for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It combines specialist consultations, clinical trials, therapeutic education, a dedicated MICI coordination line (RESOMIC) and a nationally known intestinal-microbiota research programme including faecal microbiota transplantation. Care is coordinated across gastroenterologists, digestive surgeons, oncologists and a dietitian.
4 named clinicians
Paris
Hôpital universitaire Robert-Debré (AP-HP)
The paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition department at Hôpital Robert-Debré (AP-HP) in northern Paris lists inflammatory bowel disease (MICI) among its named areas of expertise, caring for children and adolescents with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The service is led by Prof. Jérôme Viala.
1 named clinician
Pessac
CHU de Bordeaux (Hôpital Haut-Lévêque)
The gastroentérologie et nutrition unit within CHU de Bordeaux's hépato-gastro-entérologie service, at the Centre Médico-Chirurgical Magellan on the Haut-Lévêque site, runs a dedicated MICI programme. The team led by Prof. David Laharie follows around 2,000 patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Care spans consultations, day-hospital intravenous treatments, conventional hospitalisation for severe flares, therapeutic-education workshops and access to clinical-research protocols.
2 named clinicians
Pierre-Bénite
Hospices Civils de Lyon (Hôpital Lyon Sud)
The hépato-gastro-entérologie and nutritional-support service at Hôpital Lyon Sud lists inflammatory bowel disease (MICI) as a dedicated activity. It runs MICILYS, a therapeutic-education programme for adults and adolescents with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, alongside a gastroenterology day hospital. The service is led by MICI-focused clinicians including Prof. Gilles Boschetti and Prof. Stéphane Nancey.
3 named clinicians
Rennes
CHU de Rennes
The digestive-diseases service (maladies de l'appareil digestif) at CHU de Rennes, headed by Pr Guillaume Bouguen, treats inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It is a GETAID-accredited centre — the French therapeutic study group for inflammatory bowel disease — and Pr Bouguen's profile lists MICI and therapeutic trials as core expertise. Proctology consultations within the service cover perianal disease relevant to Crohn's.
1 named clinician
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
CHRU de Nancy (Hôpitaux de Brabois)
The hépato-gastro-entérologie department at CHRU de Nancy runs a dedicated MICI (inflammatory bowel disease) activity, following around 2,500 patients it describes as France's first MICI cohort and holding roughly 2,000 MICI consultations a year. It runs a therapeutic-education programme with a dedicated MICI coordinator and a MICI nurse hotline, and hosts multidisciplinary MICI meetings open to hospitals across the Grand Est region. It also launched what it describes as France's first virtual clinic dedicated to MICI.
1 named clinician
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