Dear Friends,

On behalfof the President, WFNS, Dr Yong Kwang Tu, and all the Administrative Council members, I very much regret to inform you that Professor Atos Alaves de Souza, an honorary an President of WFNS, passed away on Sunday, 17th November 2013. He died at the age of only 66.

Professor Atos Alves de Souza was an outstanding neurosurgeon and teacher. He will be greatly missed for these qualities as well as for the warmth and friendship he showed to colleagues and students. He was held in very high regard and many WFNS member encouraged him to stand for the WFNS Presidency. Although he chose to focus his energies on his neurosurgical work, he was nevertheless a true ambassador of our profession throughout his distinguished career.

We express our sincere condolences to his grieving family.

Several colleagues have written tributes to Prof Atos Alves de Souza . You can find them at the following link:
Memorian 1, Memorian 2, Condolences 


Basant K Misra
Secretary, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies