The Hospital “Saint Louis” was founded in 1607 by King Henry IV of France to relieve overcrowding of Parisian hospitals during the plague epidemic of 1605-1606. He named it Saint-Louis in memory of his grandfather, King Louis IX.
Today, the Hospital Saint-Louis, a registered historic monument, is used for administrative activities.
Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris
The Hospital “Saint Louis” in Paris was created in 1607 by King Henry IV of France, to relieve overcrowding of Parisian hospitals during the plague epidemic of 1605-1606.
Since 1980, a modern building has hosted all the activities of the University Hospital Center, which belongs to the University of Paris 7.
Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris
Since 1980, a modern building has hosted all the activities of the University Hospital Center, which belongs to the University of Paris.
In addition to dermatology, the main departments include hematology and bone marrow transplantation, hemato-oncology, general surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, clinical immunology, internal medicine, and nephrology. Saint-Louis Hospital employs 2,500 people, including a medical staff of 1,000. It houses the Institute Inserm U976 – a public research unit that is part of the National Health and Medical Research Institute, which focuses on human immunology, physiopathology and immunotherapy – as well as the René-Touraine Foundation, a private non-profit organization that brings together dermatologists, scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and health authorities to support therapeutic progress in dermatology.
Saint-Louis Hospital is known for its long tradition in hematology; it is the site of the first successful allogeneic bone marrow transplant in 1958, performed by Georges Mathé, MD, Professor Jean Bernard, and one of the recipients of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Professor Jean Dausset. The hospital is known for not only its activity in dermatology care and research (such as oncodermatology and inflammatory diseases) but also its long tradition of teaching in dermatology and venereology.
Over the last four centuries, great physicians have practiced their art here and many professors, and clinicians at Saint-Louis Hospital have authored publications and developed manuals of dermatology that have been translated across five continents. Many diseases and semiology signs in dermatology were first described by physicians from this hospital, their names familiar to dermatologists worldwide: Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, MD; Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, MD; Laurent-Théodore Biett, MD; Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin, MD; Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave, MD; François Henri Hallopeau, MD; Léon Lortat-Jacob, MD; Henri-Alexandre Danlos, MD; Ernest Besnier, MD; Jean Baptiste Emile Vidal, MD; Ferdinand-Jean Darier, MD; Louis Brocq, MD; Bernard Felix Duperrat, MD; Gaston Auguste Milian, MD; Albert Sézary, MD; Achille Civatte, MD; Raymond Sabouraud, MD; Henri Gougerot, MD; Albert Touraine, MD; Arnault Tzanck, MD; and Robert Degos, MD, among others.