About Povl Riis
Lived 1925 – 2017 (aged 91). Povl Riis was a Danish physician and gastroenterologist.
Povl Riis (1925-2017) was a Danish gastroenterologist.
Biography Riis was born on 28 December 1925.
In 1956 he used, for the first time, amniocentesis to make an antenatal diagnosis of genetic disease.
Riis also served as chair of National Research Ethics Committee of Denmark, from its creation in 1979, until 1998. and physician-in-chief for gastroenterology at the Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, from 1976 to 1996.
He was editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Danish Medical Association from 1957 to 1991.
He served on the Journal of the American Medical Associations editorial board from 1994; and as chair of the Nordic Cooperative Board for Medical Science from 1970 to 1972; of the Danish National Sciences Ethical Committee for Medicine from 1979–98; and of the Age Forum from 1996.
He died on 2 January 2017.
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Who was Povl Riis?
Danish gastroenterologist (1925-2017)
When was Povl Riis born?
Povl Riis was born on 28 December 1925.
When did Povl Riis die?
Povl Riis died on 2 January 2017.
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Povl Riis was a physician and gastroenterologist.
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Povl Riis was Danish.
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