From 1917 to 1920 he was a physician in charge of the bacteriology laboratory at the hospital in Diego-Suarez. In 1922 he was appointed director of the Institute of Bacteriology of Madagascar (Institut Pasteur of Antananarivo), a position he maintained until 1940..
From 1917 to 1920, he served as a bacteriology laboratory physician at the Diego-Suarez hospital. In 1922, he was appointed director of Madagascar's Bacteriology Institute (Pasteur Institute in Antananarivo). He held this position until 1940.