Naomichi Matsumoto

Background

Matsumoto, Naomichi was born on August 3, 1961 in Saga, Japan. Son of Kaname and Kazuko Matsumoto.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, Nagasaki University, Japan, 1997.

Career

Matsumoto has been the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Journal of Human Genetics since 2014. Matsumoto was born in Saga Prefecture, Japan, and completed his Doctor of Medicine in 1986 from Kyushu University School of Medicine. After residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Kyushu University Hospital, he worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist for several years.

Wishing to pursue advanced study in medical genetics, he went to Nagasaki University to study as a graduate student under Norio Niikawa, who discovered Kabuki syndrome.

He obtained his doctorate in genetics in 1997 from the same institution, before becoming a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. He was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Human Genetics at Yokohama City University School of Medicine in 2003.

Achievements

• Naomichi Matsumoto has been listed as a noteworthy medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Clinical Genetics (member editorial board since 2005), Japan Society Human Genetics since 2007, (Young Investigator award 2003).

Interests

• Movies.

Connections

Married Ako Komatsubara, October 1990. Children: Teppei, Shota.

Father:

Kaname Matsumoto

Mother:

Kazuko Matsumoto

Spouse:

Ako Komatsubara

child:

Teppei Matsumoto

child:

Shota Matsumoto