Dr. Tomoaki Kato MD
Transplant Surgeon
622 W 168th St Fl 14 New York NY, 10032About
Dr. Tomoaki Kato is a transplant surgeon practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Kato specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Kato performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Kato works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
Education and Training
Osaka City University MD
Osaka University School of Medicine 1991
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Hepatobiliary Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Surgical Procedures And More
- Liver Cancer
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Hepatitis C
- Hernia
Fellowships
- University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Fl 1997
Experience & Accolades
- MemberChief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
- Surgical Director Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation
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