Dr. Julien Mazières is a Professor of Medicine at University Hospital as well as a researcher at the Claudius Regaud Institute, both in Toulouse, France. He finished his medical degree as well as a residency in Pulmonary Medicine at Rangueil University, and in 2001 completed a Complementary Specialization in Oncology,a Master's degree in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Toulouse, and a research fellowship in Molecular Oncology at the Claudius Regaud Institute. In 2003, Dr. Mazières served as a research fellow here in the Thoracic Oncology Laboratory and went on to receive a PhD from Paul Sabatier University in 2005. He became a Professor of Medicine at Larrey Hospital in 2006 and head of the Thoracic Oncology Department both there and at University Hospital in 2008.