Drs. Ortiz-Pujols and Tchang have been exploring the link between obesity and its association with a higher risk of developing severe symptoms and complications of COVID-19. Why are patients with obesity at higher risk of infection in general?

At NewYork-Presbyterian, geriatricians and palliative medicine physicians have long been committed to identifying the needs of patients at the end of life as well as those of their caregivers.

At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, requests for palliative care consultations increased nearly sevenfold across the 10 campuses of NewYork-Presbyterian.

A large percentage of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 have diabetes. Many have hyperglycemia, increased insulin resistance, and even new presentations of diabetes

According to Dr. Lowe, there has been a three-fold increase in thyroid cancer over the past three decades, with more than 50,000 cases in the United States in 2018, mainly driven by the increased number of early-stage papillary thyroid cancers.

At the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, surgeons are pioneering weight loss techniques and continue to refine minimally invasive approaches to advance the field.

Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, one of the nation’s leading colorectal surgeons, has been named Chief of Colorectal Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Pulmonologists at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center are developing a new paradigm to confront idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other forms of progressive fibrotic ILDs.