Prof. Yutaka Osuga, JAPAN

• Professor and Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo • Deputy director, the University of Tokyo Hospital • Vice Chairperson of the Executive Board, Chairperson of International Relations Committee, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology • President, Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine • President, Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation Prof. Osuga received his MD in 1985 and PhD in 1995 from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo, Japan. He completed his OB/GYN residency training at the University of Tokyo. He trained as a postdoctoral fellow in the field of ovarian physiology at Stanford University from 1995 to 1997. He is board-certified by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Japan Society of Gynecologic and Obstetric Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Therapy, the Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine. Prof. Osuga provides clinical services in gynecology and reproductive medicine with special expertise in laparoscopic surgery and assisted reproductive technology. His main research targets cover a wide variety of physiology and pathology of reproduction including endometriosis, implantation, folliculogenesis, and reproductive aging. He has authored over 500 research papers published in eminent peer-reviewed journals and has written and edited many textbooks. He serves as an executive board member of several medical groups and associations and an editor of several international journals. He is frequently sought out to provide his expertise at international medical conferences and academic institutions.