Fukudo, S is a professor of Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan since 1999 and has been recognized as one of the distinguished researchers of brain-gut interactions.  Fukudo graduated Tohoku University School of Medicine and took MD degree in 1983 as well as PhD degree in 1990.  Fukudo is known as a recipient of Early Career Award of American Psychosomatic Society in 1994 and Masters Award of American Gastroenterological Association in 2009.  Fukudo is one of the members of Rome III, IV and V committee for disorders of gut-brain interaction (functional gastrointestinal disorders).