Xavier Monnet is Professor of Intensive Care at the Paris-Saclay University. He is the head of the Medical Intensive Care Unit of the Bicêtre Hospital (Paris-Saclay University Hospitals).

Dr Monnet completed his medical studies at the Pitié-Salpétrière Medical School and he earned his medical degree in 2000, with specialty in Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine. In 2004, at 33, he obtained his PhD from the Paris-Saclay University.
Dr Monnet’s main fields of research investigation are acute circulatory failure and its treatment, haemodynamic monitoring and heart-lung interactions. He has written several book chapters and didactic reviews, and is the author of numerous scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is the past chair of the Cardiovascular dynamics section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the past General secretary of the French Intensive Care Society.