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Biography: Dr. Brian Jacob, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 53 years old.

Biography: Dr. Fred Kimmelstiel, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 72 years old and has been practicing for 45 years. Dr. Fred Kimmelstiel, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside.

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: Board-certified in general surgery, Dr. Alfred Bogucki specializes in advanced, minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures including laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hernia repair and appendectomy at Aria Health.With special interest in critical care as well as surgical oncology, Dr. Bogucki is a senior attending physician practicing general surgery, trauma surgery, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, critical care and surgical oncology at Aria since 1993. He also serves as an instructor to other physicians in advanced trauma life support. In 2009, he was appointed President of Aria's Medical Staff and Chairman of Aria's Medical Executive Committee, pairing key leadership roles with broad clinical experience.Dr. Bogucki earned an undergraduate degree in biology from St. Joseph's University. He went on to receive a masters degree in biochemistry from Hahnemann University Graduate School, completing his thesis on cancer treatment in 1983.After receiving a medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Bogucki completed an internship and residency in general surgery at the Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, where he served as Chief Resident in Surgery in 1992. He received additional training in surgery at the Philadelphia VA Hospital and later completed a fellowship in trauma surgery at Aria Health.Dr. Bogucki is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), a member of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS) as well as the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). In addition, he serves as assistant clinical professor of Surgery at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

Biography: Dr. Indraneil Mukherjee, MB BS is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in Staten Island, NY. He is 43 years old and has been practicing for 19 years. Dr. Indraneil Mukherjee, MB BS is affiliated with Staten Island University Hospital.