 He was appointed "médecin des hôpitaux" in 1864, and was later a professor of surgical pathology (from 1877) and genitourinary surgery (from 1890) at the University of Paris.In 1878 he became a member of the "Académie de Médecine".At Hôpital Necker he held clinics that were attended by students worldwide

In 1907, he along with urologists from Europe, the United States and South America established the "Association Internationale d'Urologie".