Kotaro Kitaya MD (Infertility Center, Kouseikai Mihara Hospital) graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in 1995 and earned MD in the same year. He majored in obstetrics and gynecology at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, specializing in reproductive medicine. He earned his PhD in 2001. His research interest is in infertility, reproductive endocrinology, implantation failure, and chronic endometritis.