Pierre-Nicolas Carron

Pierre-Nicolas Carron is a full professor at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Head of the Emergency Department at CHUV, a position he has held since August 1, 2017. He is affiliated with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at UNIL, where he contributes to academic leadership, clinical research, and medical education in emergency medicine.

His research interests span three major areas: the public health and structural challenges posed by aging populations in emergency departments, clinical studies on cardiac arrest management, and the complex care of agitated and violent patients—often linked to substance abuse and requiring multidisciplinary intervention. These themes reflect both clinical urgency and broader systemic concerns in emergency care.

While no specific publications are listed, his research direction emphasizes epidemiological, clinical, ethical, and pharmacological dimensions of emergency medicine. He is committed to advancing clinical research culture and improving triage, stabilization, and referral systems within the first six hours of patient care.

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Carron plays a key role in mentoring future physicians, particularly through undergraduate teaching, where he aims to instill foundational emergency medicine principles and structured diagnostic reasoning. He has previously served as a private lecturer and MER (Maître d'enseignement et de recherche) at UNIL. He leads an interdisciplinary medical-nursing team at CHUV’s Emergency Department, which handled nearly 64,000 patients in 2016. His vision includes early identification of emerging talent and fostering a sustainable academic framework for emergency medicine, a discipline still evolving in academic recognition.