Medical Team

Dr Jean-Frédéric Mall

Portrait du Dr Mall

Dr Jean-Frédéric Mall is an accredited and former senior physician in the Division of Old Age Psychiatry at the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Having specialised in psychiatry and psychotherapy for adults and elderly, he is also in charge of the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) unit of the department of psychiatry at the Lausanne University Hospital.

Dr Mall was trained in Lausanne and Paris. He follows an evidence-based medical approach, focused on optimised and personalised prescription for biological treatments, pharmacological or non-pharmacological, in particular neurostimulation and neuromodulation.

He has followed intensive training in electroconvulsive therapy at the Division of Brain Stimulation & Therapeutic Modulation of Columbia University, New York, and training on transcranial magnetic stimulation at the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Harvard Medical School.

Some publications:

Lucien Gyger, Francesca Regen, Cristina Ramponi, Renaud Marquis, Jean-Frederic Mall, Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart, Armin von Gunten, Nicolas Toni, Ferath Kherif, Isabella Heuser & Bogdan Draganski. Gradient of electro-convulsive therapy’s antidepressant effects along the longitudinal hippocampal axis. Translational Psychiatry (2021) 11:191 

Gyger L, Ramponi C, Mall JF, Swierkosz-Lenart K, Stoyanov D, Lutti A, von Gunten A, Kherif F, Draganski B. Temporal trajectory of brain tissue property changes induced by electroconvulsive therapy. Neuroimage. 2021 May 15;232:117895. 

Marie-Thérèse Clerc, Jean-Frédéric Mall, Armin von Gunten. Vademecum de psychiatrie gériatrique. RMS Editions. 30 nov. 2020. ISBN : 9782880494698

Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart, Jean-Frédéric Mall, Armin von Gunten. Interventional psychiatry in the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: a qualitative review. Swiss Medical Weekly. 2019 Oct 27;149:w20140

Martin Hatzinger, Ulrich Hemmeter, Therese Hirsbrunner, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, Thomas Leyhe, Jean-Frédéric Mall, Urs Mosimann, Nicole Rach, Nathalie Trächsel und Egemen Savaskan. Therapy Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Old Age. Praxis (2018), 107, pp. 127-144.

Hannou S., Voirol P., Pannatier A., Weibel ML., Sadeghipour F., von Gunten A., Mall JF., De Giorgi Salamun I. Pharmacist intervention acceptance for the reduction of potentially inappropriate drug prescribing in acute psychiatry. Int J Clin Pharm. 2017 Sep 13.

Mall J.F., von Gunten A. “La « rTMS » : un traitement de choix dans la dépression résistante”,  Nouveautés Thérapeutiques 2016. Rev Med Suisse 2017 ; 13 : 102-4.

Battistella G., Fornari E., Annoni J.M., Chtioui H., Dao K.,  Fabritius M., Favrat B, Mall J.F., Maeder P., Giroud C.; Long-term effects of cannabis on brain structure. Neuropsychopharmacology accepted article preview 17 March 2014;

Mall J.F., Chouiter L., Antonietti. J.P., Ebbing K., von Gunten A.; Cognition and psychopathology in nonagenarians and centenarians living in geriatric nursing homes in Switzerland: a focus on anosognosia. Psychogeriatrics 2014; 14: 55–62

Mall J.F., Ebbing K., von Gunten A. “Electroconvulsivothérapie – au-delà du mythe”,  Nouveautés Thérapeutiques 2012. Rev Med Suisse. 2013 Jan 9;9(368):76-9.

Battistella G., Fornari E., Thomas A., Mall J.F., Chtioui H., Appenzeller M., Annoni J.M., Favrat B., Maeder P., Giroud C.; Weed or Wheel! fMRI, Behavioural, and Toxicological Investigations of How Cannabis Smoking Affects Skills Necessary for Driving. PLoS ONE 2013, 8(1): e52545.

Fabritius M., Favrat B., Chtioui H., Battistella G. Annoni J.M. Appenzeller M., Dao K., Fornari E., Lauer E. Mall J.F. Maeder P. Mangin P., Staub C. Giroud C. THCCOOH concentrations in whole blood: are they useful in discriminating occasional from heavy smokers? Drug Test. Analysis (2013)

Hannou S., Pannatier A., von Gunten A., Voirol P., Mall J.F., De Giorgi I., de Boer E. Effects of pharmacist interventions on inappropriate prescribing in a geriatric psychiatry unit. Eur J Hosp Pharm 2014;21:A31

Hannou S., Voirol P., Weibel M.L., von Gunten A., Pannatier A., Mall J.F., De Giorgi Salamun I.; Reduction of Inappropriate Drug Prescribing by a Clinical Pharmacist in a Geriatric Psychiatry Unit. Congrès GSASA – 2014

Weibel M.L., Mall J.F., Voirol P., Pannatier A., von Gunten A., De Giorgi I.; Evaluation of inappropriate prescribing in geriatric psychiatry. In: European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) International Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 – 31 May 2013

Hannou S., Pannatier A., De Boer E., von Gunten A., Voirol P., Mall J.F., De Giorgi I.  Évaluation de l’impact d’un pharmacien clinicien sur la prescription médicamenteuse inappropriee en psychiatrie de l’âge avancé. In : 18èmes Journées Franco-Suisses de Pharmacie Hospitalière (JFSPH). 2013.

Weibel M.L., Mall J.F., Voirol P., Pannatier A., von Gunten A., Saiah L., De Giorgi I.; Etat des lieux de la médication et prescription médicamenteuse inappropriée en psychiatrie de l’âge avancé. Congrès GSASA- Baden 15 et 16 novembre 2012

Dr Xavier De Moor

Dr Xavier De Moor

Dr Xavier De Moor is chief resident in the Division of Old Age Psychiatry at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland.

Specialist in adult psychiatry and psychotherapy, trained in Strasbourg and Lausanne, he has a strong focus on biological and interventional treatments at the CHUV.

He offers psychiatric assessments for adults and elderly, targeted interventions, pharmacological adjustments, short or longer-term follow-up and is involved in interventional treatments in collaboration with other specialists at the LCIP.

Looking to offer effective and rapid care, his pragmatic approach is mostly inspired by the behavioural and cognitive model.

Anesthesia

For ketamine infusions and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the Centre for Interventional Psychiatry works with Mobile Anesthesia Care, a facility led by Dr Giovanni Gaggero and Dr Nicolas Vasey. It includes a team of FMH (Swiss Medical Association) doctors specialised in anaesthesiology and as well as nurse anesthetists who are highly experienced, including in working with patients suffering from psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Giovanni Gaggero
Nicolas Vasey
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