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CLDT
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Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Welcome


Tomoaki Kato, MD
Tomoaki Kato, MD
Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH
Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH
Director, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Jean C. Emond, MD
Jean C. Emond, MD
Vice Chair and Chief of Transplantation
Columbia University Department of Surgery
 

The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation (CLDT) offers adults and children with liver disease the seamless integration of medical, surgical and radiologic expertise. We have a legacy of close collaboration among clinical specialists, including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, hepatobiliary surgeons, diagnostic and pathology experts, advanced-care nurses, social workers, and patient support staff affiliated with the program.

Facts about the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation

Founded in 1998, the Center for Liver Disease and Tranplantation is one of the first liver programs built from the inception as a multidisciplinary unit. The center has performed over 1000 liver transplants as of July, 2007, and has cared for thousands of patients with liver disease and liver cancer.

In the New York State region, the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation has the highest survival rate while on the waiting list, and the shortest waiting time. According to SRTR data from 2007, the Center's waiting list mortality rate is 7%, compared with 13% at the other four regional transplant centers. This is even better than expected when adjusted for the severity of patients' illness while on the waiting list.


Our Specialties

Viral Hepatitis Patient
Support Groups

Hepatitis B
Patient Support Group

First Thursday of Each Month

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Liver Disease
The Center offers a full spectrum of services to patients suffering from all forms of liver disease, from walk-in office consultations to antiviral treatment for Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B to liver transplantation.

Liver Cancer
Novel treatments for patients with liver cancer and cancers of the bile duct, or cancer that started elsewhere in the body and has spread to the liver.

Liver Transplantation
Liver transplant procedures at the CLDT take advantage of the most sophisticated medical knowledge and surgical technology available today, including living donor transplantation, partial liver transplantation, advanced organ preservation techniques, liver transplantation in HIV- and Hepatitis C co-infected individuals, and antiviral therapy to prevent or treat recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation.

Clinical innovation and scientific progress are at the core of the Center's mission. The center participates in multiple government- and industry-funded clinical research studies at any given time. Our patients have the opportunity to receive treatments available in only a few centers, or in no other centers. We are also a major center for the study of treatment outcomes for liver disease treatment and liver transplantation. Click here to review a complete of the center's clinical research currently underway.

We are committed to caring for all patients regardless of financial status, and we participate in many insurance plans. We strive to offer the widest range of services, therapies and options to individuals facing the burdens of liver disease. We are gratified to help them gain a new lease on life.


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