Biography

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Dr. Dumont serves as the Director of The Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences as well as the Charles B. Wilson Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Tulane University School of Medicine. He is board-certified in neurosurgery and neurocritical care. Dr. Dumont completed his residency at the University of Virginia as well as a fellowship in cerebrovascular, skull base, and endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Virginia.  He has interests in all areas of pediatric and adult neurosurgery including spine disorders, movement disorders, epilepsy, stroke, and cerebrovascular disease, peripheral nerve disease, radiosurgery, and tumors of the brain and spine. He is dually trained in open traditional microsurgery and minimally invasive endovascular surgery for vascular disorders of the brain and spine. He has active neurosurgical research interests and has published and presented extensively with more than 200 publications and more than 175 national and international presentations. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery (the specialty’s leading scientific journal) and serves on the Editorial Boards of several other academic journals.

Clinical Interests

Brain aneurysms
Brain tumors
Carotid artery
Cerebral bypass surgery
Complex spinal conditions
Endovascular neurosurgery
Epilepsy
Movement disorders and functional neurosurgery
Moyamoya disease

Neurotrauma and critical care
Pediatric neurosurgery
Peripheral nerve disorders
Skull base surgery
Spine disorders
Stereotactic radiosurgery
Stroke
Vascular malformations
Vertebral artery and intracranial stenosis

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Dumont:
 
Metairie 504-503-7001
Tulane-Downtown 504-988-5561