Joseph Choukroun

Joseph Choukroun

Former GPR Director

Dr. Joseph Choukroun studied medicine in Montpellier, spent five years as a surgeon, then as an anesthesiologist, then as a pain specialist. With the help of Dr. Schleicher, he proposed the first PRF protocol. He invented three PRF techniques: L-PRF, A-PRF and i-PRF. In 2003, he organized the first SYFAC, an international symposium on growth factors. He is a tireless lecturer throughout the world and the author of numerous articles in the most prestigious journals.Dr. Choukroun earned his M.D. at the University of Montpellier, France and is owner of a private pain clinic in Nice.

  • Diploma: Medicine 1979. University of Montpellier, France
  • Anestesiology 1981. University of Montpellier, France
  • Study of Management of Pain 1986. University of Strasbourg, France
  • Chief of Staff: Pain therapy Center, Nice, FRANCE
  • Inventor of the PRF® technique. “Platelet Rich Fibrin” (autologous platelet growths factors)
  • President of the Syfac congress: International Symposium on Growth Factors