Dr. François Mach, MD
Not yet claimedCardiologist, Preventive cardiologist, Lipidologist · Physician (MD)
Geneva, Switzerland
Professor and médecin-chef (head) of the Cardiology Service at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), and chair of the ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias.
About Dr. François Mach, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. François Mach is a cardiologist in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the head (médecin-chef de service) of the Cardiology Service at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), which handles screening, diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of heart disease. His office is at Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva.
He trained at the University of Geneva, earning his MD in internal medicine and cardiology, and did a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Prof. Peter Libby at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston from 1995 to 1999. He returned to Switzerland in 2000 and became a full professor of cardiology. He also directs the cardiology basic science laboratory at the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine.
He is best known publicly for his work on cholesterol and lipid disorders. He was the first-listed author of the 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias and served as ESC chairperson for the 2025 focused update of those guidelines. He was President of the Swiss Society of Cardiology from 2012 to 2014. His ESC biography reports more than 500 publications in high-impact journals and an h-index above 100.
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- Head of cardiology at HUG
- HUG lists Prof. François Mach as médecin-chef de service of the Cardiology Service, and as the person responsible for general cardiology. hug.ch
- Lead author, 2019 lipid guidelines
- He is the first-listed author of the 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias, published in the European Heart Journal. academic.oup.com
- Chair, 2025 guideline update
- He is listed as ESC chairperson of the 2025 focused update of the ESC/EAS dyslipidaemias guidelines, and as a joint corresponding author in the journal record. academic.oup.com
- Training and fellowship
- He obtained his MD in internal medicine and cardiology at the University of Geneva and completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Peter Libby at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (1995–1999). escardio.org
- Swiss Society of Cardiology president
- His ESC curriculum vitae states he was President of the Swiss Society of Cardiology from 2012 to 2014. escardio.org
- Research output
- His ESC biography reports an h-index above 100 and more than 500 publications in high-impact-factor journals. A ResearchGate profile lists 654 publications and 53,163 citations. researchgate.net
- Directs research laboratory
- Radcliffe Cardiology describes him as director of the cardiology basic science laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva. radcliffecardiology.com
- Cardiovascular Centre committee
- HUG lists him among the members of its Cardiovascular Centre committee, in his role as head of the Cardiology Service. hug.ch
- Consultations in French
- A directory listing states that consultations are held in French and that the profile is not bookable online; the practice phone number is 022 372 33 11. onedoc.ch
Worth knowing
- Two official-adjacent sources give different dates for when he became head of cardiology in Geneva: his ESC curriculum vitae says 2006, while his ESC 365 biography says 2002. The discrepancy is unresolved. esc365.escardio.org
- A correction notice to the 2025 focused update of the dyslipidaemias guidelines was published in the European Heart Journal on 11 February 2026 (47(6):697). Corrections to guideline documents are routine and the notice does not describe the nature of the change. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- The research did not verify a Swiss FMH specialist title or an entry in the federal MedReg licence register; this was not checked, not a finding of absence. hug.ch
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Practice location
Service de cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)
Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4
Geneva 1205 · Switzerland
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