
Also known as: Mitral valve narrowing
Zhen Huang requires mitral valve surgery but his son Jason struggles to crowdfund the high deductible costs, which becomes central to Max's debate about crowdfunding ethics and leads to the development of WeFundYou.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Tevi falls into an elevator shaft during a selfie challenge and breaks a rib which punctures his lung, causing a pneumothorax. Reynolds is trapped with him and must create an emergency chest seal to stabilize him before they can be rescued.
Also known as: Ewing sarcoma
Jessye, a teenage cancer survivor preparing to speak at the Fighting Cancer fundraiser, develops a limp that Sharpe discovers is caused by aggressive sarcoma recurrence in her popliteal fossa, requiring surgery and representing cancer's return.
Also known as: Hodgkin's disease
Stage 4 Hodgkin Lymphoma is mentioned during the WeFundYou debate as doctors argue over which pediatric cancer patients are most deserving of the $100,000 fund to cover their deductibles.
Also known as: Spinal tumor
Stage 4 Neuroblastoma in a 9-year-old patient is mentioned during the WeFundYou debate as doctors argue over which pediatric cancer patients should receive funding assistance.
Also known as: Spinal cord damage
Mateo, a former military pilot paralyzed in an accident, is undergoing experimental brain-computer interface treatment to control a robotic arm. He struggles with the device but succeeds when using a flight simulator, though the implant must be removed due to infection.
Also known as: Alpha-1
Tevi mentions he comes to New Amsterdam regularly for gene transfusion therapy to treat his Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency, which is why he was at the hospital during his elevator shaft accident.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
During surgery for his elevator shaft injuries, Tevi is found to have a bleeding spleen that requires removal, along with a small tear in his diaphragm.
Also known as: Early-onset Alzheimer's
Dr. Harold Rothman, a former psychiatrist at New Amsterdam who left in 1996, now resides in the hospital's Alzheimer's ward where staff practice therapeutic fibbing by allowing him to believe he still works there.
Also known as: Throat cancer
Sharpe reveals during the fundraiser speech that she was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma last year and is now a survivor, using her story to advocate for cancer research funding.