About
Dr. Kazumi Takeshima is a part-time physician at Kato Ladies Clinic since 2019. She graduated from Yokohama City University Faculty of Medicine in 2006 and built her career through the Yokohama hospital network and Japan’s flagship children’s and maternal-health institution, the National Center for Child Health and Development, where she worked in its dedicated infertility department. From 2015 she served as an instructor at the Reproductive Medicine Center of Yokohama City University Medical Center before joining KLC.
Clinical Expertise
- IVF cycle management in natural and minimal-stimulation protocols
- ICSI and embryo transfer
- Egg freezing and fertility preservation
- Infertility workup at university-hospital standard
Why Choose Dr. Kazumi Takeshima
Dr. Takeshima’s résumé is unusually focused on infertility itself: a national center’s infertility department followed by a university reproductive medicine center faculty post. She is certified both as a JSOG obstetrics and gynecology specialist and as a JSOG training supervisor, plus a Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine reproductive medicine specialist — credentials that signal depth recognized by Japan’s two main societies in her field.
Professional Affiliations & Certifications
- Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG)
- Training Supervisor, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG)
- Specialist in Reproductive Medicine, Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine
Suitable For
- Couples starting or continuing IVF/ICSI: specialist-level cycle care inside KLC’s program.
- Women considering egg freezing: counseling informed by university fertility-center practice.
- Unexplained or long-standing infertility: systematic workups from an infertility-department trained physician.