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Behind the Knife, the Surgery Podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at surgery

from leaders in the Knife. Today we have a very exciting

episode to you coming from Columbia and New York City. We have Dr Cato with

us and one of his fellows, Peter Lowe.

Peter, please tell us a little bit about your boss, Dr Cato.

Hey guys, my name is Peter.

I am a surgery resident at home university.

I finished three years of general surgery residency and over the last two years I've been having

the privilege of doing a dedicated fellowship in intestinal and multivitional

transplants with Dr Cato. He is the chief of abdominal transplant at Columbia

where he is a leading liver transplant surgeon but his true passion is in the management and

transplantation of patients with intestinal failure so from his experience then as

a transplant surgeon he's also pioneered a procedure,

which is known as X-Vevo surgery,

in which he removes hard to reach tumors

by taking out the tumor with the associated organ

and then he respects that on a back table.

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