Infected early in the pandemic, Dr. Tomoaki Kato, a renowned transplant surgeon, was soon on life support, and one of the sickest patients in his own hospital.
âI Had Never Faced the Reality of Deathâ: A Surgeon Becomes a Patient
Infected early in the pandemic, Dr. Tomoaki Kato, a renowned transplant surgeon, was soon on life support, and one of the sickest patients in his own hospital.
Dr. Tomoaki Kato, who performs liver and intestinal transplantations on adults and children at New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center, was known to his boss as âour Michael Jordan.âCredit.Joshua Bright for The New York Times
June 3, 2021Updated 12:45 p.m. ET
Early in the pandemic, as hospitals in New York began postponing operations to make way for the flood of Covid-19 cases, Dr. Tomoaki Kato continued to perform surgery. Patients still needed liver transplants, and some were too sick to wait.
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Early in the pandemic, as hospitals in New York began postponing operations to make way for the flood of COVID-19 cases, Dr. Tomoaki Kato continued to perform surgery. Patients still needed liver transplants, and some were too sick to wait.
Two Notes a Day While the Doctorâs Away
Dr. Matthew Levitsky, an orthopedic surgery resident, leaves Deb Reich a note every morning, and she adds one for him during the day.
Credit.Felix Feygin/Fred Marcus Studio
By Rosalie R. Radomsky
May 28, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Deborah Rachel Reich got a preview of Dr. Matthew Michael Levitskyâs hectic schedule in June 2019 when she asked if their first date was still on after they met on Hinge.
âHell yeah! Letâs do it,â said Dr. Levitsky, 31, in a text. He was also impressed she took the initiative. Dr. Levitsky is a fourth-year orthopedic surgery resident at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. He graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University and received a medical degree from Tufts.