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Care Philosophy: Noah B. Zuker M.D. F.A.C.S. is a board certified General Surgeon practicing in Staten Island, NY. He is former Chief of Surgery at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, NY. He received his medical degree from Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Be'erSheva, Israel, and completed General Surgery residency at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He completed a fellowship in advanced minimally invasive surgery at L'Institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris, France and has been in General Surgery practice from 2012. He is experienced in minimally invasive surgery, hernia repair, robotic surgery, anorectal complaints, varicose vein and wound management, skin and soft tissue surgery, acute care general surgery complaints, gastrointestinal disease and treatment, and advanced endoscopy. He lives in Brooklyn NY with his family and enjoys, hiking, biking, art, music and spending time with family.

Biography: If you need assistance in Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), please call 646-317-6325. Visit Columbia Liver Asian Outreach Office (English | Mandarin) Tomoaki Kato, M.D., is a noted pioneer in multiple-organ transplantation, pediatric and adult liver transplantation. Dr. Kato is Surgical Director of Adult and Pediatric Liver and Intestinal Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is a professor of surgery at Columbia University 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 involving the transplant of two kidneys together with ureters connected to a patch of the donor bladder. In a highly publicized case, he led the first reported removal and re-implantation, or auto-transplantation, of six organs to excise a hard-to-reach abdominal tumor. Previously the director of pediatric liver and gastrointestinal transplant and professor of clinical surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Dr. Kato received his medical degree from the Osaka University Medical School in Japan and received his residency training in surgery at Osaka University Hospital and Itami City Hospital in Hyogo, Japan. He completed a clinical fellowship in transplantation at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, in Miami, Florida, where he was subsequently appointed to the surgical faculty in 1997, and promoted to full professor in 2007. He served as a surgeon and senior leader of the liver and transplantation center at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital, beginning in 1997, and at University of Miami Hospital (previously Cedars Medical Center), beginning in 2004. Dr. Kato is a member of numerous professional and honorary organizations, and the author or co-author of more than 180 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver

Biography: Dr. Daniel Hagler is a board certified General Surgeon specializing in Critical Care Medicine practicing at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital located in Flushing, NY. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University, completed his residency in General Surgery and fellowship in Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Hagler is certified by the American Board of General Surgery and certified in Critical Care Medicine.

Biography: Dr. Michael Castellano, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in Staten Island, NY. He is 56 years old and has been practicing for 29 years. Dr. Michael Castellano, MD is affiliated with Staten Island University Hospital.

Biography: Dr. David Lee, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 62 years old and has been practicing for 35 years. Dr. David Lee, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Brooklyn, Mount Sinai Queens and Mount Sinai Morningside.