Pierre-Yves Rodondi

pierre-yves.rodondi@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 9451
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2007-2995

ARS 02 bu. 264
Rte des Arsenaux 41
1700 Fribourg

ARS 02, 264

+41 26 300 9451

Biography

Pierre-Yves Rodondi, MD, is ordinary professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is Director of the Institute of family medicine. He studied medicine at the University of Lausanne, where he obtained his medical degree in 1997 and his doctorate in 2001. He obtained his specialty in internal medicine in 2003. He is working as family physician in a private practice since 2005. He completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. From 2015 to 2018, he led the center for integrative and complementary medicine at Lausanne University Hospital. His teaching to medical students is focused on general internal medicine, communication skills and complementary and integrative medicine. He is a member of the board of the Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine. His fields of research are family medicine, complementary and integrative medicine, chronic pain and cancer.

Research and publications

Publications

34 publications

Complementary and alternative medicine use by pediatric oncology patients before, during, and after treatment
Emmanuelle Lüthi and Manuel Diezi and Nadia Danon and Julie Dubois and Jérome Pasquier and Bernard Burnand and Pierre-Yves Rodondi, BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies (2021) | Journal article

Are mind–body therapies effective for relieving cancer‐related pain in adults? A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Nadia Danon and Muaamar Al-Gobari and Bernard Burnand and Pierre-Yves Rodondi, Psycho-Oncology (2021) | Journal article

Centre de santé de soins primaires : à quoi ressemblera-t-il dans le futur ?
Schaller P and Kherad O and Jaunin-Stalder N and Mazouri-Karker S and Rodondi PY and Jacot Sadowski I and Zürcher K and Marti J and Niwa N and Jeannot JG and Dory É and Senn N and Sommer J, Revue medicale suisse (2021) | Journal article

[Scientific literature on integrative medicine in 2020].
Berna C and Dubois J and Zurron N and Rrustemi I and Fernandez A and Bourqui A and Lüthi E and Rodondi PY, Revue medicale suisse (2021) | Journal article

Académisation de la médecine complémentaire et intégrative : une nécessité à plusieurs niveaux.
Rodondi PY and Berna C, Revue medicale suisse (2021) | Journal article

[Pediatric integrative medicine is an integral part of child health care in Switzerland].
Huber BM and Rodondi PY and Wildhaber J, Revue medicale suisse (2020) | Journal article

Médecine complémentaire et intégrative : que dire en 2020 ?
Rodondi PY and Huber BM, Revue medicale suisse (2020) | Journal article

Corona Immunitas: study protocol of a nationwide program of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and seroepidemiologic studies in Switzerland.
West EA and Anker D and Amati R and Richard A and Wisniak A and Butty A and Albanese E and Bochud M and Chiolero A and Crivelli L and Cullati S and d’Acremont V and Epure AM and Fehr J and Corona Immunitas Research Group, International journal of public health (2020) | Journal article

Osteopathy in the French-speaking part of Switzerland: Practitioners' profile and scope of back pain management.
Bill AS and Dubois J and Pasquier J and Burnand B and Rodondi PY, PloS one (2020) | Journal article

Complementary Medicine Use and Self-perceived Discrimination Among Asylum Seekers in Switzerland: A Cross-sectional Study.
Walthert L and Bodenmann P and Burnand B and Rodondi PY, Journal of immigrant and minority health (2020) | Journal article

Characteristics of complementary medicine therapists in Switzerland: A cross-sectional study.
Dubois J and Bill AS and Pasquier J and Keberle S and Burnand B and Rodondi PY, PloS one (2019) | Journal article

Primary care patients' use of conventional and complementary medicine for chronic low back pain.
Rodondi PY and Bill AS and Danon N and Dubois J and Pasquier J and Matthey-de-l’Endroit F and Herzig L and Burnand B, Journal of pain research (2019) | Journal article

Complementary Medicine Provision in an Academic Hospital: Evaluation and Structuring Project.
Rodondi PY and Lüthi E and Dubois J and Roy E and Burnand B and Grass G, Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) (2019) | Journal article

[From theory to practice : innovations in the family medicine curriculum in Swiss French-speaking universities].
Pfarrwaller E and Sommer J and Héritier F and Rodondi PY and Haller DM, Revue medicale suisse (2019) | Journal article

[Acute respiratory and urinary tract infections in medical practice : a selection of complementary medicines].
Dumitrascu A and Senn L and Rothuizen LE and Rodondi PY, Revue medicale suisse (2019) | Journal article

Complementary medicine use during cancer treatment and potential herb-drug interactions from a cross-sectional study in an academic centre.
Jermini M and Dubois J and Rodondi PY and Zaman K and Buclin T and Csajka C and Orcurto A and E Rothuizen L, Scientific reports (2019) | Journal article

A test of positive suggestions about side effects as a way of enhancing the analgesic response to NSAIDs.
Fernandez A and Kirsch I and Noël L and Rodondi PY and Kaptchuk TJ and Suter MR and Décosterd I and Berna C, PloS one (2019) | Journal article

Enseigner la médecine de famille aux étudiant-e-s : et pourquoi pas moi ?
Rodondi PY and Lüthi E and Sheppard S, Revue medicale suisse (2019) | Journal article

« Le master fribourgeoissera l’occasion d’innovations pédagogiques ».
Rodondi PY, Revue medicale suisse (2019) | Journal article

Primary care physicians' attitude and reported prescribing behavior for chronic low back pain: An exploratory cross-sectional study.
Rodondi PY and Dubois J and Bill AS and Koutaïssoff D and Ros J and Aveni E and Pasquier J and Herzig L and Decosterd I and Burnand B, PloS one (2018) | Journal article

Level of readiness of chronic pain patients to practise active self-care.
Scala E and Decosterd I and Faouzi M and Burnand B and Rodondi PY, European journal of pain (London, England) (2018) | Journal article

[Opioid consumption from 1985 to 2015 : The situation in Switzerland, with an international comparison].
Ruchat D and Suter MR and Rodondi PY and Berna C, Revue medicale suisse (2018) | Journal article

Healthcare professionals' sources of knowledge of complementary medicine in an academic center.
Aveni E and Bauer B and Ramelet AS and Decosterd I and Ballabeni P and Bonvin E and Rodondi PY, PloS one (2017) | Journal article

Agenda Setting During Follow-Up Encounters in a University Primary Care Outpatient Clinic , in Health Communication 32.6
Sarah Rey-Bellet and Julie Dubois and Marco Vannotti and Marili Zuercher and Mohamed Faouzi and Karen Devaud and Nicolas Rodondi and Pierre-Yves Rodondi (3.6.2017) , p. 714–720 | Press article

[Complementary medicine for low back pain : what is the scientific evidence ?]
Aveni É and Berna C and Rodondi PY, Revue medicale suisse (2017) | Journal article

Complementary medicine use among general internal medicine inpatients in a Swiss university hospital.
Ducrest I and Marques-Vidal P and Faouzi M and Burnand B and Waeber G and Rodondi PY, International journal of clinical practice (2017) | Journal article

Chronic low back pain patients' use of, level of knowledge of and perceived benefits of complementary medicine: a cross-sectional study at an academic pain center.
Dubois J and Scala E and Faouzi M and Decosterd I and Burnand B and Rodondi PY, BMC complementary and alternative medicine (2017) | Journal article

The Attitudes of Physicians, Nurses, Physical Therapists, and Midwives Toward Complementary Medicine for Chronic Pain: A Survey at an Academic Hospital , in EXPLORE 12.5
Eléonore Aveni and Brent Bauer and Anne-Sylvie Ramelet and Yolande Kottelat and Isabelle Decosterd and Guillaume Finti and Pierluigi Ballabeni and Eric Bonvin and Pierre-Yves Rodondi (9.2016) , p. 341–346 | Press article

A qualitative study of adolescents with medically unexplained symptoms and their parents. Part 1: Experiences and impact on daily life , in Journal of Adolescence 45
Virginie Moulin and Christina Akre and Pierre-Yves Rodondi and Anne-Emmanuelle Ambresin and Joan-Carles Suris (12.2015) , p. 307–316 | Press article

A qualitative study of adolescents with medically unexplained symptoms and their parents. Part 2: How is healthcare perceived? , in Journal of Adolescence 45
V. Moulin and C. Akre and P.-Y. Rodondi and A.-E. Ambresin and J.-C. Suris (12.2015) , p. 317–326 | Press article

Exploratory survey about dietary supplement use: a hazardous and erratic way to improve one’s health? , in Swiss Medical Weekly
DS Troxler and PA Michaud and B Graz and PY Rodondi (6.9.2013) | Press article

Offer and use of complementary and alternative medicine in hospitals of the French-speaking part of Switzerland , in Swiss Medical Weekly
P Carruzzo and B Graz and PY Rodondi and PA Michaud (6.9.2013) | Press article

Physician Response to “By-the-Way” Syndrome in Primary Care , in Journal of General Internal Medicine 24.6
Pierre-Yves Rodondi and Julia Maillefer and Francesca Suardi and Nicolas Rodondi and Jacques Cornuz and Marco Vannotti (6.2009) , p. 739–741 | Press article

Parkinson's disease masked by clozapine: a case report , in General Hospital Psychiatry 26.4
Daniele Fabio Zullino and Pierre-Yves Rodondi (7.2004) , p. 333–334 | Press article

Teaching and courses

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