English Speaking Medical Professionals and Hospitals in Rennes and Vicinity (Angers, Brest Caen, Le Mans, Nantes)
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 Médecins Tel: 3624
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 Rennes is available here.
Brittany
CHU Hôpital Pontchaillou
2, rue Henri Le Guilloux
35033 Rennes Cedex 9
Tel: 02 99 28 43 21
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest
2 avenue Foch
29200 Brest
Tel: 02 98 22 33 33
Normandy
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen
Avenue de la Côte de Nacre
14033 Caen Cedex 9
Tel: 02 31 06 31 06
Pays de la Loire
Hôpitaux du CHU de Nantes-Hôtel Dieu
1 place Alexis Ricordeau
44000 Nantes
Tel: 02 40 08 33 33
Hôpital Saint Jacques
85, rue Saint-Jacques
44093 Nantes Cedex 1
Tel: 02 40 08 33 33
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Angers
4, rue Larrey
49933 Angers Cedex 9
Tel: 02 41 35 36 37
Hôpital du Mans
194, avenue Rubillard
72037 Le Mans Cedex 9
Tel: 02 43 43 43 43
Dentists
Brittany
Centre de Soins Dentaires
2 rue Henri Le Guilloux
35000 Rennes
Tel: 02 99 28 24 00
Dr. Veronique Cochet – Dental surgeon
12 bis rue Docteur Morvan
29870 Lannilis
Tel: 02 98 04 04 81
Pays de la Loire
Dr. Sylvie Tromas – Dental surgeon
41 rue Maurice Daniel
44230 Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
Tel: 02 40 03 08 51
Centre de Soins Dentaires Mutualistes
22, Boulevard René Levasseur
72000 Le Mans
Tel: 02 43 28 05 93
Email: dentaire.lemans-levasseur@vys3.fr
General Practitioners
General Practitioners – Rennes
Brittany
Dr. Catherine Le Thanh Le Cloarec
11 Bis Quai d’Ille et Rance
35000 Rennes
Tel: 02 99 35 05 05
Dr. Julien Bahuaud – Cabinet medical Olec
25 square de la Rance
35000 Rennes
Tel: 02 22 91 12 30
Dr. Eric Furet
2, rue Colbert,
29200 Brest
Tel: 02 98 43 03 38
Normandy
Dr. Pascal Villechalane
98 rue de Bernières
14000 Caen
Tel: 02 31 50 33 33
Dr. Stephane Debelle
2 Place Pierre et Marie Curie
14200 Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Tel: 02 31 50 11 11
Pays de la Loire
Dr. Bruno Baudart
56 rue Constant Drouault
72100 Le Mans
Tel: 02 53 76 01 13
Pediatricians
Dr. Deo Rugemintwaza
4, rue du Bourg Bas
72100 Le Mans
Tel: 02 43 84 35 32
Physical Therapists
Mr. François Le Corre, Stéphane Davourie and Rémy Launois, kinesitherapists
29, avenue Jean Janvier
35000 Rennes
Tel: 02 99 65 16 80
Tel: 06 08 67 24 02
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.
