Professor Bertrand Guidet is the director of the Medical Intensive Care at the Hôpital Saint Antoine in Paris, France. In 1987 he joined the Medical Intensive Care Board. In 1993 he gained the necessary qualifications to perform research direction. He has been a university medical professor since 1997.
Professor Guidet is also a member of the research unit INSERM U1136 at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), which is a French public organization entirely dedicated to biological, medical and public health research. He is the medical director of Saint Antoine hospital. He is the past President (2008 – 2010) of the French Society for Intensive Care and is currently a member of the Health Research and Services outcome section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Professor Guidet has written 357 articles published in national and international journals. He worked on the critically-ill old patients since 20 years and was the PI of several national and international studies. He is member of the National Medical Academia.
During the COVID period, he elaborated recommendation for ICU admissions. He is involved with the French ministry of health on ICU organization at the national level.