Anastase Dzudie is a professor of medicine and research methods at the University of Yaounde I, a laureate of the competitive PU-PH examination of the French National Council of Universities, and a cardiologist and cardiac pacing specialist at the Douala General Hospital in Cameroon. He completed his MD and internal medicine training in Cameroon, followed by advanced postgraduate training in clinical cardiology in France. He later obtained a PhD at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, before earning an accreditation to supervise research (HDR) in Paris, France.
Professor Dzudie currently serves as President of the Cameroon Cardiac Society and President-Elect of the Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), placing him among the leading voices shaping cardiovascular health on the continent. In 2014, he founded the Clinical Research Education, Networking and Consultancy (CRENC), which has grown into a major African academic research organization dedicated to high-quality research, capacity building, and clinical excellence.
He has been national principal investigator for several major clinical registries and randomized clinical trials conducted with internationally renowned institutions such as the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Canada and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. His scientific work centers on arterial hypertension, heart failure, and the links between infection, inflammation, and cardiometabolic outcomes, key determinants of cardiovascular health in Africa.
Professor Dzudie has led two influential hypertension roadmaps for Africa and Cameroon, guiding policy development, implementation strategies, and continental advocacy. He serves on multiple editorial boards and global expert committees, contributing to scientific guidance, peer review, and the mentorship of emerging researchers.
He has authored more than 250 scientific publications, with an H-index of 38 and over 6,000 citations. Clear, engaging, and committed to scientific dissemination, he is perfectly bilingual in English and French and fluent in his mother tongue, Ghomala.
