Shizuko Takahashi

About

Dr. Shizuko Takahashi is a physician and researcher in biomedical ethics who is affiliated with the Center for Human Reproduction (CHR) in New York as a Visiting Scientist. CHR lists her credentials as MD, PhD and describes her focus as bioethics and decision-making in fertility treatment. Her published work examines ethical questions in assisted reproduction, including how patients view the transfer of embryos labeled abnormal after preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy. Her academic affiliations have included the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the National University of Singapore and the Department of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Tokyo. Her role at CHR is research-based; she is not listed among the center's treating physicians.