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Prof. Tomoaki KATO

Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital · New York

Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Surgery, Department of Surgery

  • BirthAugust 30, 1968 in Tokyo (Japan)
  • NationalityAmerican

Functions and titles

Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Surgery, Columbia University
Executive Director, Columbia Transplant Initiative
Chief Clinical Officer of Transplantation Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Specialty

Liver transplantation
Hepato-biliary surgery

Clinical activity themes

Complex hepato-biliary surgery
Ex vivo surgery (resection and autotransplantation)
Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT)

Hospital titles

Since 2023 - Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Surgery; Executive Director, Columbia Transplant Initiative
2010–2023 - Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Since 2008 - New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
1995–2008 - Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami (Florida)

University titles

Since 2018 - Professor of Surgery with tenure, Columbia University
Since 2010 - Edwin C. and Anne K. Professor of Surgical Oncology, Columbia University
Since 2008 - Professor of Surgery, Columbia University
2017 - MBA, Columbia Business School
2014 - Master of Public Administration (MPA), Columbia School of International and Public Affairs
2006–2008 - Professor of Surgery, University of Miami
2002–2006 - Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Miami
1997–2002 - Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Miami

Languages spoken

Japanese - native language
English - fluent

Address

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
622 West 168th Street, PH14-105
New York, NY
United States

Main publications

  1. Kato T, Hwang R, Liou P, … Cherqui D, Emond J. Ex Vivo Resection and Autotransplantation for Conventionally Unresectable Tumors - An 11-year Single Center Experience. Ann Surg. 2020;272(5):766-772.
  2. Weiner J, Hemming A, Levi D, … Cherqui D, Emond J, Kato T. Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation - Should It be Used more Frequently? Ann Surg. 2022;276:854-859.
  3. Fujiwara S, Tekin A, Pinna AD, … Vianna R, Kato T. Ex Vivo Resection and Intestinal Autotransplantation: An International Multicenter Study. Ann Surg. 2025;282:757-764.
  4. Kato T, Lobritto SJ, Tzakis A, … Brown RS Jr, Emond J. Multivisceral Ex Vivo Surgery for Tumors Involving Celiac and Superior Mesenteric Arteries. Am J Transplant. 2012;12:1323-28.
  5. Kato T, Levi DM, DeFaria W, Nishida S, Tzakis AG. Liver transplantation with renoportal anastomosis after distal splenorenal shunt. Arch Surg. 2000;135:1401-1404.
  6. Weiner J, Griesemer A, Island E, … Tzakis A, Kato T. Long-Term Outcomes of Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Pre-Adolescent Children with Fulminant Hepatic Failure. Liver Transpl. 2015;22:485-494.
  7. Kato T, Tzakis AG, Selvaggi G, … Ruiz P. Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation in children. Ann Surg. 2006;243(6):756-64.
  8. Kato T, Selvaggi G, Gaynor JJ, … Tzakis A. Inclusion of donor colon and ileocecal valve in intestinal transplantation. Transplantation. 2008;86(2):293-7.
  9. Kato T, Tzakis AG, Selvaggi G, … Ruiz P. Transplantation of the spleen: effect of splenic allograft in human multivisceral transplantation. Ann Surg. 2007;246(3):436-44.
  10. Kato T, Ruiz P, Thompson J, … Tzakis AG. Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation. World J Surg. 2002;26:226-237.