Ritsuko Kimata-pooh MD, PhD, LLB

Ritsuko Kimata Pooh is a Japanese obstetrician and gynecologist. Ritsuko Kimata Pooh was born in Osaka, Japan in 1960. She graduated from the Law Department of Keio University, Tokyo, and graduated from the Medical school of Tokushima University with social, legal and ethical viewpoints. After her graduation from Medical school in 1990, she has dedicated her most of the time to clinical research and investigation on sonoembryology and sonogenetics in perinatology.

Pooh received the Alfred Kratochwil Award during the ISUOG Congress in 2011, the Lifetime Achievement award during the WCPM (World Congress in Perinatal Medicine) in 2015, and the Sir William Liley medal during the International Congress on Fetus as a Patient in 2016.