M is from Misao or Moms.
K is from Kiyomi or Kids.

OB/GYN-Infertility-Pain Clinic-Acupuncture-Fotobright-Laser Hair Removal

Director: Misao Fukuda, MD, DMSc*
Deputy Director: Kiyomi Fukuda, MD, Phar B, Acup**
M&K Health Institute
*Section of Human Reproductive Health
**Section of Human Health
30-9 Kariya, Ako, Hyogo 678-0239
Japan
Tel:81-791-43-5357
Fax:81-791-45-1566

Misao Fukuda was born in Hiroshima in 1950. He qualified in 1976 as MD from Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine and then as DMSc from Kobe University Graduate School in 1981. He was Chief at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Ako Municipal Hospital, Japan. In 1985 he founded M&K Health Institute (formerly Fukuda Ladies Clinic) with his wife, Kiyomi Fukuda, an anesthesiologist in Ako. Since first meeting with Professor Byskov and Professor Yding Andersen in 1991 he has been involved in collaborative works with them on human follicular growth and atresia. He made a presentation entitled "Inter&intra ovarian control mechanisms of ovulation in women " at XIII International Workshop on the Development and Function of the Reproductive Organs (Copenhagen, June 13th 2004). His research interests are follicle and oocyte health in reproductive physiology, obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound and offspring sex ratio in reproductive epidemiology. He has published more than 30 papers in Lancet, Fertility Sterility, Human Reproduction etc.

Kiyomi Fukuda was born in Hiroshima in 1950. She qualified in 1973 as Phar. B. from Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Department and then as MD from Hirosaki University School of Medicine in 1980. In 1985 she founded M&K Health Institute (formerly Fukuda Ladies Clinic) with her husband in Ako. She also obtained degree of acupuncture in 2003. Her research interests are comparison of analgesic effectiveness between epidural block and acupuncture on lumbago etc., effect of acupuncture on cerebral infarction and diode laser hair removal. She coauthored more than 20 papers in Lancet, Fertility Sterility and Human Reproduction etc.