One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Tomoaki Kato, MD

Liver & Abdominal Transplant Surgery
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Specialties
General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Liver & Abdominal Transplant Surgery, morespecialties
Leadership
Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery | moreleadership

Locations and Appointments


New Patients
Treats Children

CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
Floor 14
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • POS
  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • Columbia University Employee Plan
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Tomoaki Kato, MD


Languages Spoken

  • Japanese

Specialties & Expertise

  • Abdominal Organ Transplantation
  • Abdominal Wall Transplantation
  • Auto Transplantation
  • Auxiliary Transplant
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Ex-Vivo Resection
  • Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (Fibrolamellar HCC)
  • Hepatobiliary Surgery
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • Intestinal Transplant
  • Liver Transplant
  • Liver Transplant, Pediatric
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Multivisceral Transplantation
  • Organ Transplant, Pediatric
  • Pediatric Liver Cancer
  • Sarcoma
  • Small Bowel Resection
  • Small Bowel Transplant, Pediatric
  • Small Bowel Transplantation
  • Surgical Oncology

EDUCATION

  • Medical School: Osaka University, Japan
  • Fellowship: University of Miami Hospital
  • Residency: Itami City Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Edwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology
  • Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
  • Surgical Director, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation
  • Executive Director of the Columbia Transplant Initiative
  • Clinical Director of Transplant Services at NYP/CUIMC

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2009 - 2020: New York Magazine's Best Doctors
  • 2015: Global Alumni Fellow, Osaka University
  • 2014: Nobility in Science Award, Sarcoma Foundation of Americas
  • 2007: Humanitarian of the Year, Consulate General of Israel in Miami

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