The multidisciplinary vascular anomalies consultation was created in 1976 at Lariboisière by Prof. JJ. Merland and Dr. MC. Riché, both interventional neuroradiologists.
In the 1970s, cerebral and spinal arteriography led to the observation in angiography of "atypical vascular lesions," associated with skin lesions, affecting children as well as adults.

Prof. JJ. Merland and Dr. MC. Riché therefore wondered what these entities could be and decided to do the rounds of the staff meetings in the internal medicine, vascular surgery, dermatology, and ENT departments in Paris. They presented "their cases" and sought volunteers to participate in a potential "Angioma consultation" that would jointly manage these patients with lesions of the skin and vessels, and sometimes even an extension into deep tissues.
"Thus, the idea for the first Angioma consultation in France and at Lariboisière was born."
It was then necessary to bring together the expertise of different specialties: Pediatrics, Dermatology, Surgery: ENT/maxillofacial/plastic/vascular, Anatomopathology, Hematology (coagulation disorders), and Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. The multidisciplinary team could establish the diagnosis and propose appropriate therapeutic management for each sub-entity.

They met Dr. O. Enjolras at Tarnier Hospital and Dr. F. Lemarchand-Venencie (from Prof. Saurat's department at the time) at Necker Hospital, both of whom agreed to join the multidisciplinary consultation as dermatologists.

Dr. T. Hadjean (maxillofacial surgeon from Lariboisière ENT Department); Dr. C. Laurian (vascular surgeon at Saint-Joseph Hospital), Dr. J.M. Brévière (pediatric cardiologist from Lille), as well as Prof. Ludovic Drouet (hematologist) and Dr. Michel Wassef (anatomopathologist from Lariboisière) also joined them.