In 1958, he was appointed head of the laboratory of medical pathology of the geriatric clinic opened the year before by Professor Herbeuval.
In October 1958 he participated in the first meeting of the clinical European section of the International Association of Gerontology in Sunderland (England), during which Herbeuval and Cuny presented a paper on "Treatment of prostate cancer and adenoma of the prostate" in the session on "Genito-urinary disturbances in old age".