Ambassador for Epilepsy Award 2021

Yushi Inoue is an outstanding epileptologist and has made exemplary contributions to epilepsy care over a long period. He translated the “MOSES” and “famoses” educational programs for people with epilepsy to Japanese. After the 2011 earthquake, he set up an “epilepsy hotline” to support persons with epilepsy, receiving >1000 consultations from all over Japan in its first year. He received the Asian & Oceanian Outstanding Achievement Epilepsy Award in 2012.