CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
Floor 14
New York, NY 10032
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About Tomoaki Kato, MD
Tomoaki Kato, MD, is a noted pioneer in multiple-organ transplantation, pediatric and adult liver transplantation. Dr. Kato is Vice Chair for Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is a professor of surgery at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Kato is known for unique and innovative surgeries for adults and children, including a six-organ transplant; a procedure called APOLT (auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation) that resuscitates a failing liver by attaching a partial donor liver, making immunosuppressant drugs unnecessary and the first successful human partial bladder transplantation inv...
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 Transplantation
- Multivisceral Transplantation
- Organ Transplant, Pediatric
- Pediatric Liver Cancer
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Sarcoma
- Small Bowel Resection
- Small Bowel Transplant, Pediatric
- Small Bowel Transplantation
- Surgical Oncology
Education
- Fellowship: University of Miami Hospital
- Medical School: Osaka University, Japan
- Residency: Itami City Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Languages
- Japanese
Titles & Positions
- Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Clinical Director of Transplant Services at NYP/CUIMC
- Edwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology
- Executive Director of the Columbia Transplant Initiative
- Surgical Director, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation
- Vice Chair for Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Medical School: Osaka University, Japan
- Fellowship: University of Miami Hospital
- Residency: Itami City Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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
Titles & Positions
- Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Clinical Director of Transplant Services at NYP/CUIMC
- Edwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology
- Executive Director of the Columbia Transplant Initiative
- Surgical Director, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation
- Vice Chair for Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Languages Spoken
- japanese
NYP Articles & Features
NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia Team Performs Rare Six-Organ Multivisceral Transplant to Treat Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis
Advances•March 16, 2026Dr. Tomoaki Kato: Pioneering the First Adult Domino Split-Liver Transplant in the U.S.
Advances•November 24, 2025One Living Donation Saves Three Lives: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Performs the First Domino Split-Liver Transplant in Adults in the United States
Health Matters•August 20, 2025New York’s First Heart-Lung-Liver Transplant Recipient Reflects on Her Second Chance at Life
Health Matters•July 03, 2025Celebrating Culture and Advancing Care
Health Matters•May 30, 2024