Patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-unresponsive bladder cancer remain a challenging patient population to treat. Radical cystectomy continues as the oncologic gold standard treatment in patients at high risk of recurrence after BCG failure in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Robotic-assisted radical cystectomy has assumed its rightful place in the skill set of urologic oncologists. The application of robotics to perform radical cystectomy has been steadily increasing since its introduction nearly two decades ago.

As COVID-19 cases continued to climb, so did the need to bolster the physician ranks by redeploying residents, fellows, and attendings. In the Division of Endocrinology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, fellows volunteered to go where they were most needed.

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.

Dr. Brian DeRubertis, a leading vascular surgeon and researcher who develops innovative approaches and surgical techniques for treating conditions affecting the circulatory system, has been named chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective July 12.

Dr. Rajesh Malik, a highly experienced vascular surgeon and health care leader, has been named chief of vascular surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.