Close up of Diego
Close up of Diego
Close up of Diego
PEDIATRICS

Diego Catalan

MARS® technology saved Diego’s life.

Bronx, NY

Diego

MARS® technology saved Diego’s life.

17 year old Diego Catalan had been battling liver disease for two years when the active high schooler’s health took a devastating turn for the worse. He was in acute liver failure.

Diego was the first child in the Northeast to be treated for acute liver failure with MARS®.

 
Miraculously, the MARS® machine not only stabilized Diego, but it allowed his liver to regenerate without the need for a transplant or other surgery.
 
Diego performing in marching band
Diego performing in marching band
 

“We are a specialty referral center particularly for children requiring organ transplantation throughout the entire world.”


Mark Shlomovich, MD

Interim Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
Director, Pediatric Critical Care Unit
Director, Pediatric Transport
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
 
Portrait of Dr. Mark Shlomovich
Mark Shlomovich, MD

Interim Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
Director, Pediatric Critical Care Unit
Director, Pediatric Transport
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
 
Thanks to the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Diego is back on the field performing for excited sports fans at local halftime shows.
Diego standing in marching band uniform with saxophone
Diego standing in marching band uniform with saxophone
 
Portrait of Dr. Mark Shlomovich
 

Meet Mark Shlomovich, MD

Mark Shlomovich, MD


Interim Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
Director, Pediatric Critical Care Unit
Director, Pediatric Transport
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine