Jean Luc Levy, MD, MBA

Centre Laser Dermatologique
Marseille (France)

After obtaining a doctorate in Medicine (1984), Jean-Luc accepted a "Médaille d'or" (University Hospital Gold Medal) position in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Marseille in clinical metrology research (focusing on the field of cosmetics). In 1988, he set-up his dermatology clinic and the first private laser centre in France located at the Red Cross Hospital in Marseille.

From 1990 to 1992 he studied at ESSEC Paris and obtained an MBA specialising in the evaluation of health technology and scientific marketing. He subsequently returned to the clinic and worked to expand the laser centre at the Red Cross Hospital in Marseille; at the same time, he continued his clinical laser research on port wine stains.

In 1996, he moved to Boston and obtained a fellowship to follow the Harvard Medical Course for lasers in dermatology. Upon his return to France, he was appointed as teaching faculty for laser applications in dermatology and cosmetology at several French universities. 
In 1999, he opened the "Centre Laser Dermatologique" in Marseille; he continued to perform clinical research on prototypes or new devices and the development of imaging methods to assess skin hyper-pigmentation. His research was funded by public grants and through industrial collaborations. Jean-Luc is the inventor of an ablative fractional C02 laser device manufactured by Quantel Derma (Germany) and called Exel02 (CE marked, FDA 510k pending).

In 2005, he began to collaborate with the Bodyestetic group (Barcelona, Spain); the company has developed a cream to treat pigmented spots on the skin and has also developed an electrically-based enhancement technology for transdermal cosmetic delivery. 
Jean-Luc has published ~25 papers. He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology (US) and Journal of Cosmetic Laser Therapy (EU); he is also a reviewer for several journals in the imaging and laser dermatologic fields.