Kathryn Ko, MD, MFA, FAANS(L)
Dr. Ko completed training at Mt. Sinai Medical Center and earned a Master’s of Fine Art in 2012. Her neurosurgery practice and art studio are located in New York City. She is the Artist in Residence at the Living Museum and served as the inaugural Artist in Residence for the American Medical Women's Association. Her paintings, drawings, cartoons and videos can be viewed on TikTok @doc_ambidexter.
A bare left arm halted the closing elevator doors. I noticed the hospital wristband, and then I heard the voice as the doors parted....
Thirty years ago, I begged a group of artists at the Museum of Holography to collaborate in the creation of a brain hologram. I...
Many trauma seasons ago, I assisted on the repair of an abdominal gunshot wound. After stitching the long vertical incision closed, I nearly collapsed....
Movements are calculated and precise. There is forward momentum, directed with singular focus at completion of the task at hand. The rest of the...
In October of 1995, the badly decomposed body of an unidentified white female was found in the water near York Island at the southern...
I’m old school R&B, but Drake has a point when he complains about fake people. Click Like or thumbs up and OMG if it’s...
July 1 comes ‘round once again. I examine my practice and revisit my patients’ lives. I am transported back to an earlier July by...
In 1993, Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) replaced radiographic film and positioned medicine at the forefront of digital technology. Neurosurgeons quickly evolved...
