English Speaking Medical Professionals and Hospitals in Lyon and vicinity (Pinel, Bron, Pierre Benite)
The following institutions, individuals, hospitals and/or doctors, have informed the Embassy that they are qualified to practice in the categories specified, and that they are sufficiently competent in the English language to provide services to English-speaking clients. The Embassy has neither the authority nor the facilities to act as a medical grievance committee. If you encounter unsatisfactory services by parties listed, however, set forth the circumstances in writing and the complaint will be noted in our files. If errors have occurred in this list, they will be corrected in the next edition. Each person listed should bring any errors to the Embassy’s attention, as well as any changes in names, addresses, telephone numbers and basic information. The information on this page is updated triennially. All corrections and modifications should be sent to: American Embassy, American Citizen Services, 4, avenue Gabriel, 75382 Paris Cedex 08 or send an E-mail to Citizeninfo@state.gov.
Important Note: Before making an appointment to see a medical professional in France, ask for consultation fees in advance in order to avoid issues concerning payment for services.
A more complete list of physicians can be found in the French Yellow Pages; general practitioners are listed under Médecin Généralistes, & specialists under médecins qualifiés and their specialty, e.g. pédiatrie, cardiologue etc. For more information on French health insurance, see last tab.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer: U.S. Embassies and Consulates maintain lists of physicians, health care providers, and medical facilities for distribution to American citizens needing medical care. The inclusion of a specific physician, health care provider, or medical facility does not constitute a recommendation and the Department of State assumes no responsibility or liability for the professional ability or reputation of, or the quality of services provided by the medical professionals, medical facilities, health care providers, or air ambulance services whose names appear on such lists. Names are listed alphabetically, and the order in which they appear has no other significance. Professional credentials and areas of expertise are provided directly by the medical professional, medical facility, health care provider, or air ambulance service.
Emergency Medical Services
SOS Doctors: 289, rue Garibaldi, 69007 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 83 51 51
Medical advice and help from qualified doctors Tel: 01 47 07 77 77
BEFORE YOU CALL SOS MÉDECINS
For reasons of technical reliability, the call center can ask your landline number even if you are calling from a mobile. When you call, you will be asked:
• Telephone number where you may be reached
• Patient’s Name (if you are NOT the patient, please specify)
• Exact address of the visit: place, and optionally,
• Intercom
• Access code
• Building
• Floor
• Gate number
• Any other information enabling the doctor to find your home as quickly as possible.
• Reason for your call and patient’s age:
✓ Possible delays: we do everything we can to make get to your location as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, the number of large calls, traffic problems or emergencies may require us to conduct the visit in a longer delay than expected.
✓ CAUTION: If you have already called SOS Medecins service, your details are certainly included in our database, please specifying whether the intercom access codes have changed since the last intervention.
✓ Do not go away from your location after your call. If for a compelling reason, you must leave the place you are calling from, or the patient, please contact the call center to give them a new address or to cancel the doctor’s emergency visit.
✓ Keep your telephone (mobile or landline) with you and your line open, the doctor on duty or the medical call center coordinator may have to call you to ask for medical information (to provide first responder assistance prior to the visit) or to confirm whereabouts (details of address, etc …)
✓ If you call on behalf of a third party without being personally on site, know that we always keep in contact with the patient prior to our interventions in order to obtain as much information as possible about his/her medical condition.
Hospitals
More information on the public hospitals in the vicinity of Lyon is available here.
Hôpital Edouard Herriot
5, place d’Arsonval
69003 Lyon
Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse
Centre Livet
10, gde rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon
Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Centre Hospitalier St Joseph Et St Luc
20, quai Claude Bernard
69007 Lyon
Tel: 04.78.61.81.81
Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical Pierre Wertheimer (Neurology)
59, boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron
Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Hospital Louis Pradel – (Heart and respiratory reanimation)
59 Blvd. Pinel
69500 Bron
Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Hôpital Femme-Mere-Enfant (mothers and children)
59, boulevard Pinel
69500 Bron
Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
Chemin du Grand Revoyet
69310 Pierre Benite
Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Service de Consultations et de Traitements Dentaires (Dental service)
6-8, place Depéret
69007 Lyon
Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Allergist
Dr. Alain Voloce
Centre Medical P.A.R.O.T.
54, rue Duquesne
69006 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 94 24 74
(For pneumologie – allergologie, cancerologie, pneumo-pediatrie)
Cardiologist
Dr. Laurent Gorin
31, rue Saint-Maximin
69003 Lyon
Tel: 04 72 33 42 43
Dermatologist
Dr. Chantal Gavaud-Kennedy
73, rue Vauban
69006 Lyon
Tel: 04 72 74 23 18
Dentists
Dr. Alexandre Baroud
74, rue Pierre Corneille
69003 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 60 36 68
Fax: 09 57 90 39 31
Dr. Alain Crez
38, quai Jayr
69009 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 83 76 81
Dr. Bruno Tedesco
18, place Ambroise Courtois
69008 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 76 66 66
Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT)
Dr. Jean-Jacques Naville
5, cours Franklin Roosevelt
69006 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 89 51 25
General Practitioners
Dr. Alain Gaillard
30, rue des Remparts d’Ainay
69002 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 38 00 31
Dr. Blandine Ravel
14, place Jean Macé
69007 Lyon
Tel: 04 72 73 59 12
Fax: 04 72 73 59 15
Cell: 06 85 61 95 93
Oncologists
Dr. Benoît You
Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
165, Chemin du Grand Revoyet
69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex
Tel: 04 78 86 43 18
Fax: 04 78 86 43 19
Orthodontists
Dr. Muriel Galloy
54, avenue Maréchal de Saxe
69006 Lyon
Tel: 04 72 83 93 60
Dr. Philippe H. Tartaix
23, rue Centrale
38230 Pont-de-Chéruy
Tel: 04 72 02 33 23
Cell: 06 26 20 90 46
Pediatricians
Dr. Francois Payot
51, rue Waldeck Rousseau
69006 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 24 85 09
Dr. Jean Stagnara
46, cours Franklin Roosevelt
69006 Lyon
Tel: 04 78 24 47 68
Dr. Marc Lafont:
Cial Center
20, rue de Chavril
69110 Ste Foy lès Lyon
Tel: 04 78 25 65 70
Dr. Michel Goldberg
55, avenue Alsace-Lorraine
38000 Grenoble
Tel: 04 76 46 38 41
Physiotherapist
Mrs. Héloïse Coupé
Centre Expert du Mouvement
184, quai Joseph Gillet
69004 Lyon
Tel : 07 55 04 29 09
Psychologists
Ms. Karen Cain
Cabinet Brac de la Perrière
122, rue Bossuet
69006 Lyon
Tel: 06 84 54 22 73
Antoine Duchon
3 Avenue Maréchal de Saxe
69006 Lyon, France
TEL: 06 29 46 87 07
Email: contact@antoine-duchon.com
Daniela Rocha IJzerman
10 Chemin de la Maveria
74290 Veyrier-du-Lac
TEL: 07 56 90 66 18
Email: danielarochaijzerman@gmail.com
Ms. Emmanuelle Niollet-Metcalfe
2, rue Abbé Lemire
69300 Caluire
Tel: 06 73 66 22 34
Psychotherapists
Ms. Diane Webb
18F, résidence Rose l’Haye
90 av. Clémenceau
69230 St Genis Laval
Tel: 06 08 56 34 27
Fax: 04 72 31 04 87
Email address: d.webb@free.fr
Website: www.dianewebb.fr
About Health Insurance in France
For information on French health insurance, visit the website of “l’Assurance Maladie”
- Or call 0 811 36 36 46 (toll call ) in English
- From abroad dial 0033 811 36 36 46 (toll call) Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
