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Katherine Fischkoff, MD
Chief, Division of General Surgery

Call (212) 342-1734 for appointments.

About Katherine Fischkoff, MD:

Katherine Fischkoff, MD is a general and acute care surgeon, with a special interest in medical ethics. Dr. Fischkoff’s
clinical skills and research expertise have earned her recognition as
Medical Director for the Surgical Step Down Unit and Vice-Chair of the
Department of Surgery’s Quality and Patient Safety Committee.  She has produced influential research in the
field of medical ethics to help clarify the role of the surgeon in difficult ethical situations. During the COVID pandemic, she led the way in developing
standard-of-care recommendations to guide the diverse and numerous
ethics challenges faced by all healthcare workers.

Dr. Fischkoff earned her medical degree from George Washington
University and went on to receive specialized training at NYU, Cornell
and Memorial-Sloan Kettering before joining the team at Columbia.

Expertise:

Appendectomy
Gallbladder Surgery
General Surgery
Intestinal Surgery
Laparascopic Abdominal Surgery
Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Surgery

Appointments:

Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Education:

MD, 2006 George Washington University School of Medicine
Internship: New York University Medical Center
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Residency: Bellevue Hospital-NYU Program
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
Floor 5
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:
(212) 342-1734
Fax:
(212) 342-5754

Other Locations:

CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building

177 Ft. Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032

NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

5141 Broadway
New York, NY 10034

For new and current patient appointments, call:
(212) 342-1734

Insurances:

Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

AETNA [Student Health, NY Signature, Aetna Signature Administrators, NYP Employee Plan]
Affinity Health Plan [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
CIGNA [HMO, PPO, EPO, POS, Great West (National), Medicare Managed Care]
Emblem/GHI [PPO, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
Emblem/HIP [POS, EPO, ConnectiCare, Essential Plan, Medicare Managed Care, Select Care (Exchange), PPO, HMO, Vytra, ConnectiCare, POS]
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [EPO]
Fidelis Care [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus]
Healthfirst [Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange)]
Local 1199 [Local 1199, Local 1199]
MVP Health Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care]
MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare, MagnaCare]
Medicare [Traditional Medicare, Railroad]
Multiplan [Multiplan, Multiplan]
RiverSpring [Special Needs]
UnitedHealthcare [POS, HMO, Empire Plan, Compass (Exchange), PPO, Medicaid (Community Plan), Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO, Oxford Liberty, HMO]
VNSNY CHOICE [Special Needs, Special Needs, SelectHealth]
WellCare [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)]
World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

Publications:

Peer Reviewed PapersFlum D, Davidson G, Monsell S, Shapiro I, Odom S, Sanchez S, Drake FT, Fischkoff K, Johnson J, Patton J, Evans H, Cuschieri J, Sabbatini A, Faine B, Skeete D, Liang M, Sohn V, McGrane K, Kutcher M, Chung B, Carter D, Ayoung-Chee P, Chiang W, Rushing A, Steinberg S, Foster C, Schaetzel S, Price T, Mandell K, Ferrigno L, Salzberg M, DeUgarte D, Kaji A, Moran G, Saltzman D, Alam H, Park P, Kao L, Thompson C, Self W, Yu J, Wiebusch A, Winchell R, Clark S, Krishnadasan A, Fannon E, Lavallee C, Comstock B, Bizzell B, Heagerty P, Kessler L, Talan D. A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics and Appendectomy forAppendicitis. New England Journal of Medicine. 2020 Nov 12;383(20):1907-1919.

Fischkoff K, Neuberg G, Dastidar J, Williams EP, Prager KM, Dugdale L. Clinical Ethics Consultations during the COVID-19 Pandemic Surge at a New York City Medical Center. Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2020 Fall;31(3):212-218.

Bustan S, Nacoti M, Botbol-Baum M, Fischkoff K et al. COVID 19: Ethical dilemmas in human lives [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 14]. J Eval Clin Pract. 2020;10.1111/jep.13453. doi:10.1111/jep.13453

Argenziano M, Fischkoff K, Smith C. Surgery Scheduling in a Crisis. New England Journal of Medicine. 2020 June 4; 582:e87.