Povl Riis

Prof. Povl Riis (born 28 December 1925) is a Danish gastroenterologist.[1] He was a Professor at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark from 1974 to 1996.

In 1956 he used, for the first time, amniocentesis to make an antenatal diagnose of sexual related genetic disease.[2]

Riis also served as president of National Research Ethics Committee of Denmark, created in 1979. He wrote the second version of the Helsinki Declaration of Human Research in 1975 with Prof. Bloomquist (Sweden) and Prof. Engers (Norway). He is also a founding member of Vancouver Group of Medical Editors.

Riis received his MD from the University of Copenhagen in 1952 and DM Sci in 1959. He served there as a professor of medicine from 1974-96. He was also vice president of the European Science Foundation from 1974-77 and the Chairman of the Danish Medical Research Council from 1972-77.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rogers, Arthur; Durand de Bousingen, Denis (1995). Bioethics in Europe. Council of Europe. p. 218. ISBN 978-92-871-2566-8. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Saxon, Wolfgang (4 March 1995). Dr. Fritz Fuchs, 76, Who Advanced Obstetrics, The New York Times ("Dr. Fuchs and a Danish colleague, Povl Riis, reported in 1960 that they had successfully performed amniocentesis to diagnose male fetuses at risk for hemophilia and muscular dystrophy.")
  3. ↑ Facing the Future Together - 2005 Conference - CVs, European Commission, Retrieved August 29, 2011

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