We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Michel Dumas on November 8, 2025, in Limoges, France.
A pioneer in global neurology, Prof. Dumas helped establish the first Francophone Departments of Neurology in West and Central Africa, training the region’s first neurologists. Joining the University Hospital of Limoges in 1976, he founded and led its Department of Neurology until 2000 and served as Vice-Dean from 1980 to 1990.
In 1982, he created the Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology (IENT), which became internationally recognised for research and training on neurological diseases in tropical and low-resource settings.
Honoured with the Services to International Neurology Award by the World Federation of Neurology in 2015, he was also a Corresponding Member of the French National Academy of Medicine.
The institute he founded, now the Institute for Epidemiology and Global Health Michel Dumas, stands as a lasting testament to his vision and humanity.
Pierre-Marie Preux, MD, PhD
Chair, Neuroepidemiology Specialty Group, World Federation of Neurology
Director, Michel Dumas Institute for Epidemiology and Global Health, University of Limoges
Amadou Gallo Diop, MD, PhD
Past Trustee, World Federation of Neurology
Member, Senegal National Academy of Sciences
Past Chair, Department of Neurosciences, University of Dakar
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