Dr. Noriyuki Yatabe

About

Dr. Noriyuki Yatabe is Deputy Director of Kato Ladies Clinic (KLC) in Shinjuku, Tokyo, having been appointed to the role in 2023 after serving as the clinic’s Clinical Director from 2014. He joined KLC in 2006 and has since been one of the core physicians behind the clinic’s natural-cycle and minimal-stimulation IVF program.

He graduated from Kanazawa University School of Medicine in 1994 and entered its Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, then completed a broad hospital circuit through the National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center in Tokyo, Kanazawa Red Cross Hospital, Kanazawa University Hospital and Kanazawa Medical Center. That 12-year run through general hospitals and university clinics grounded his reproductive practice in full-spectrum women’s care rather than laboratory-centric ART alone.

As deputy director, Dr. Yatabe combines hands-on fertility treatment with clinic-wide responsibility for clinical quality and patient safety within KLC’s 365-day treatment calendar.

Clinical Expertise

• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): supervision and management of natural-cycle and mild-stimulation programs that minimize medication while preserving patient autonomy
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI): microscopic sperm injection for male-factor infertility and prior fertilization failure
• Female infertility treatment: diagnosis and management of ovulatory disorders, endometriosis and tubal pathology
• Clinical governance: protocol oversight, ART ethics compliance and quality control as part of KLC’s senior management

Why Choose Dr. Noriyuki Yatabe

Patients who consult Dr. Yatabe are seeing one of the three most senior physicians at KLC. His path from clinical director (2014) to deputy director (2023) means treatment decisions he makes reflect both bedside experience and responsibility for how the whole clinic practices ART.

Thirty years in obstetrics and gynecology, including formative posts at Kanazawa University Hospital and the national Disaster Medical Center in Tokyo, give him comfort with complicated medical histories, such as patients with fibroids, endometriosis or systemic conditions who still want to pursue pregnancy.

He works within KLC’s minimal-stimulation tradition, an approach that favors patients seeking gentler protocols, older reproductive-age patients, or those who have experienced side effects from aggressive stimulation elsewhere.

Professional Affiliations

Board-Certified Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG). Credentials are verifiable on the Kato Ladies Clinic physician team page.

Suitable For

• Patients seeking senior-level physician care: consultation directly with the clinic’s deputy director provides protocol-level insight usually reserved for internal case reviews.
• Patients pursuing IVF or ICSI treatment: two decades of KLC practice within a high-volume mild-stimulation program covers the complete treatment pathway.
• Couples wanting an experienced clinician for long-term fertility planning: suited to patients expecting multiple cycles or combined medical and reproductive management over several years.