Nescens Clinique de Genolier

Preventive medicine is a branch of general medicine aimed at early detection of diseases and a reduction in the prevalence of chronic disabilities and relapses. It covers the activities designed to respond from the very onset of a pathology. These counteract its development, reduce the possibility of complications, disabilities or continuous relapses of a disease, and even eliminate the risk factors.

Preventive medicine is usually practiced by doctors of internal medicine. Thanks to their specialties, they are often able to implement therapeutic strategies alongside other specialist doctors, called upon for their diagnosis (cardiologist, radiologist, gynecologist, etc.) or for prevention strategies, including healthy living advice (nutrition, physical activity, risk behavior prevention, etc.).

Some examples of the most frequently detected pathologies include: arterial hypertension, diabetes, cancer, degenerative diseases and aging-associated diseases (Alzheimer’s, etc.).

The Men’s Health Center is a medical center specializing in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of (patho)physiological alterations and age-related diseases that are specific to the male sex.

Following a consultation and a preventive medicine biological assessment, the center’s physicians (doctors of internal medicine, urologists, andrologists, etc.) take care of hormonal deficiencies, prostatic problems and sexual disorders, as well as defects in bone mineralization (osteoporosis) and loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia).

Today, scientific knowledge of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in aging processes, their causes and factors favoring them, makes it possible to better manage age-related diseases.
Anti-aging medicine is an area of preventive medicine aimed at correcting pathophysiological disorders linked to aging and slowing down certain aspects by prescribing molecules that are scientifically proven to work.
It is practiced by doctors of internal medicine who have completed their medical training with a course in the biology of aging or specialization in geriatrics.

A paramedical discipline, physiotherapy is useful in preventive health and health promotion, as well as in the assessment, expertise and treatment of impairments and disabilities affecting the musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiorespiratory systems of the human body.

The physiotherapist works with patients suffering from acute or chronic diseases, injuries or disabilities, and postural problems, but also with healthy and athletic people.

The Physiotherapy Center at Clinique de Genolier consists of more than 10 physiotherapists specialized in orthopedic, traumatological (often sporting) and general rehabilitation.

The Physiotherapy Center is fitted with all the state-of-the-art equipment specifically designed for rehabilitation. In particular, it has an isokinetic device for muscular assessments and specific joint rehabilitation of feet, knees and shoulders. This machine is aimed at the assessment of muscular strength of the upper and lower limbs, and allows for the evaluation of the development of different stages of rehabilitation.

Thanks to liposuction, it is now possible to remove adipose tissue in order to extract stem cells. They will be perfectly sterilized, purified, and quantified.

The cosmetic surgeon will then proceed with microinjections in areas such as the face, neck and hands.

The nature of stem cells: collagen production stimulation and local micro-vascularization growth are well known and used to treat certain skin illnesses, burns, or wounds. Numerous publications reveal that stem cells also allow epidermal thickness to increase, so as to effectively fight against wrinkles and prevent their appearance.

It is also possible to take advantage of a preventive anti-age esthetic treatment, thanks to a local injection of stem cells.

Jacques Philippe graduated from medical school in Geneva in 1978 before completing his training in internal medicine at the Geneva University Hospitals, the University of Tennessee, and Harvard University, where he specialised in endocrinology and diabetology.

Upon his return to Geneva, he set up his laboratory within the Faculty of Medicine’s Microbiology Department and joined Diabetology Unit of the Geneva University Hospitals.

He became chief physician of the newly created endocrinology and diabetology department before being named as its head in 1998. His research focuses on the expression and regulation of the insulin and glucagon genes, the genetics of diabetes, and the transplantation of islets of Langerhans.

A laureate of several awards, he has received the Cloëtta Prize and his achievements have been recognised by the Capps Foundation of Harvard, the Diabetes Research and Education Foundation, the Fondation Suisse du Diabète, and the Société Suisse de Médecine Interne. He is also the co-founder and president of the Société Suisse d’Endocrinologie et Diabétologie, the president of the Société Médicale de Genève, and a council member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Privatdocent of the Faculty of Medicine in 1990, then Associate Professor in 1995, he was named Professor in 1998. He was also Vice-Dean for Research from 2003 to 2011 and President of the Collège des Chefs de Service from 2013 to 2018.

He is now a Physician at the Centre for Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases of Nescens Clinique de Genolier.

Professor Jacques Proust was born in France, where he started his career in Parisian hospitals as an internal medicine physician and geriatrician.

He then specialized in the biology of aging at the Gerontology Research Center at NIH in Baltimore (USA) for 10 years, later on deepening his biology of aging knowledge at the University of John Hopkins. Following his sojourn in the United States, he then supervised the Biology of Aging Laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine (Geneva University Hospitals) before creating one of the very first European age-prevention centers at the Clinique de Genolier, with the objective of providing patients with the latest scientific advancements linked to the prevention and treatment of pathophysiological processes associated with age.

Professor Proust is the author of numerous scientific publications within the biology of aging domain. In addition to his professional activity within the clinic, he consecrates a part of his time to research and holds a position as a professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva. Using his numerous years of fundamental research within the senescence domain, Professor Jacques Proust has developed a deep interest in therapeutic strategies to slow down the effects of aging on the human body.

As the largest and most exposed organ, skin naturally peaked his scientific interest. Thanks to his knowledge within biological mechanisms at the root of the aging process, Professor Jacques Proust is the leading player within Nescens cosmeceuticals and the source of numerous scientifically validated products. Today, he is the Medical Director of Nescens Preventive Medicine Center within the Clinique de Genolier and Scientific Director of the Nescens brand.

The youngest ever to graduate within the history of his university, Dr. Martin Zarate Lagunes completes his General Medical studies in 1986 and then specializes in Internal Medicine, graduating summa cum laude in 1990 from UNAM with honorable mention.

Shortly afterward, he is named graduate professor of internal medicine, then postgraduate professor of emergency internal medicine. As the Head of Emergency Medical Services, he perfections his knowledge within internal medicine before arriving in Paris in 1993 to work and continue his residency training.
In Paris, he receives certification in Supplemental Specialization in Medicine within advanced age in addition to a national diploma in Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Passionate about biological research and the mechanisms of aging, he obtains first and foremost certification in Normal and Pathological Aging. His research within neurodegeneration linked to age brings him to begin fundamental research on Parkinson’s disease at U-289 of INSERN within La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. He obtains further education and certification in the Biology of Aging.
In 1999 Dr. Zarate Lagunes is solicited by Geneva University Hospital to join their medical team as the Head of the clinic at the Geriatric hospital. Recognizing his professional expertise, senior management names him Deputy Physician, then Head of Services ad interim in Medical Rehabilitation, where he supervises a department of almost 300 beds.

With more than 30 years of experience within the university-hospital domain, Dr. Zarate Lagunes joins the Swiss Medical Network group at the Clinique de Genolier, working as head of the Les Hauts de Genolier residence in 2009.

Working in close collaboration with Professor Jacques Proust with whom he shares a great passion for the biological mechanisms of aging in addition to laboratory and clinical activity, Dr. Zarate Lagunes is named Medical Deputy Director of Nescens Preventive Medicine Center at the Clinique de Genolier, where his vast experience, professionalism, and humanity enriches the quality of our medical services.

Nescens Clinique de Genolier provides both covered and outdoor parking spots for guests.
Valet parking is available upon request. This also includes bellhop services.
Numerous sporting and cultural activities are available in Genolier and its surrounding areas.
Our reception and concierge service teams would be happy to help you organize any of your recreational activities.