Dr. Tomoko Kuroda

About

Dr. Tomoko Kuroda is the Director of Clinical Genetic Diagnostics at Kato Ladies Clinic (KLC) in Shinjuku, Tokyo, appointed in 2025 to lead the department that handles embryo genetic screening, prenatal inherited-disease risk and genetic counseling for the clinic’s fertility patients.

Her background is unusual among fertility clinicians. She trained in pediatrics at Nagasaki University School of Medicine, earning her doctorate, and conducted research at the Whitehead Institute, the MIT-affiliated genetics research institute, from 1995. She then spent a decade in reproductive medicine practice, including at the reproductive center of Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, before joining KLC in 2006, where she built its clinical genetics service over nearly twenty years.

Dr. Kuroda holds dual board certification as a pediatrician and as a clinical genetic specialist and instructor of the Japan Society of Human Genetics, the credentialing that anchors her role advising families on PGT decisions and hereditary risk.

Clinical Expertise

• PGT-A (preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy): interpretation of embryo chromosome screening to guide transfer decisions and reduce miscarriage and recurrent implantation failure risk
• PGD / PGT-M and PGT-SR: preimplantation diagnosis for single-gene disorders and chromosomal structural rearrangements
• Genetic counseling: inheritance-risk assessment for couples with hereditary disease, advanced parental age or recurrent pregnancy loss
• Pediatric-informed continuity: guidance that follows patients from embryo selection through the health outcomes of children born after ART

Why Choose Dr. Tomoko Kuroda

As department director, Dr. Kuroda is the physician behind KLC’s genetic diagnostics program itself. Couples ordering PGT-A at the clinic receive result interpretation from the specialist responsible for the testing framework, not a third-party laboratory report summary.

Her research training at the Whitehead Institute and her clinical genetics instructor certification place her among the small number of counselors in Japan qualified to translate complex genetic findings into transfer decisions. For carriers of balanced translocations or monogenic conditions, PGD case design requires exactly that expertise.

Her pediatrics board certification adds a rare dimension to fertility counseling: she can discuss the post-birth genetic implications of testing choices from a child specialist’s perspective, closing the loop that most IVF consultations leave open.

Professional Affiliations

Certified Clinical Genetic Specialist and Instructor, Japan Society of Human Genetics. Certified Pediatrician, Japan Pediatric Society. Member of the Japanese Society for Obstetric and Gynecologic Clinical Genetics, the Japan Society for Pediatric Genetics, and the Japanese Society for Reproductive Medicine. Credentials are verifiable on the Kato Ladies Clinic physician team page.

Suitable For

• Couples planning PGT-A or PGT-SR genetic testing: protocol choice, embryo interpretation and transfer strategy reviewed directly by the genetic diagnostics director.
• Families with chromosomal abnormalities or hereditary disease risk: structured inheritance counseling before and during IVF, including PGD program design.
• Patients seeking genetic counseling alongside fertility treatment: suited to recurrent miscarriage patients, advanced-age family builders, and couples with affected relatives weighing screening options.