- Director of a CNRS Research Unit on Computer Vision and Endoscopy (ENCOV, part of The Pascal Institute of Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne University), France
Professor Canis is full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2003 and served as head of the department of Gynecologic Surgery in the CHU of Clermont-Ferrand up to 1 July 2018.
Michel Canis was born in October 1957 in Chamalières in the Clermont-Ferrand area. He went to Clermont-Ferrand medical school from 1974 to 1980 and did his residency from 1980 to 1984. He became a resident in Professor’s Bruhat department in 1982 where he confirmed his interest in laparoscopic surgery which he discovered as a medical student attending many laparoscopic surgical procedures with Dr Hubert Manhès who pioneered laparoscopic surgery in Europe.
Professor Canis’s interest in Endometriosis begun during his residency. He performed a literature review on this topic, from this work Pr Bruhat and he selected all the speakers of the first world congress on endometriosis which was organized in Clermont-Ferrand in November 1986. Since then he has been involved both in the development of advanced laparoscopic surgical procedures, such as laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and excision of deep endometriotic nodules, and in basic research on the pathophysiology of endometriosis and of the peritoneal surgical environment.
He is full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2003 and served as head of the department of Gynecologic Surgery in the CHU of Clermont-Ferrand up to 1 July 2018. Since 2012, he is, together with Pr Bartoli, director of a CNRS Research Unit on Computer Vision and Endoscopy (ENCOV part of The Pascal Institute of Clermont Ferrand Auvergne University).
Professor Canis has two children: Hugo and Anouk.
Professor Canis has been a WES Ambassador since 2011.