Dept Chair
Chair, Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Larissa V. Rodríguez is Chair of Department of Urology, Chief of Urology NYP and Professor of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director of the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS) at Weill Cornell-NYP. She has a degree in Mathematics from MIT, completed her medical training and Urology residency at Stanford University, and completed her Female Urology, Voiding Dysfunction, and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Rodríguez’s clinical research focuses on outcomes of vaginal and robotic surgery, quality of life, and health disparities as it relates to pelvic floor disorders, and the pathophysiology and treatment of interstitial cystitis and stress urinary incontinence. In the laboratory she is pursuing investigations on the role of environmental stress in the development and maintenance of urinary symptoms, voiding dysfunction and bladder pain. She has been involved in some of the seminal work of the use of adipose derived stem cells for lower urinary tract reconstruction. She has served as reviewer of multiple journals and member of study sections for the NIH and other research foundations. She is an expert in the care of women with pelvic floor disorders. She has been the recipient of multiple research awards from the American Urological Association (AUA), the Western Section of the AUA, and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU). In 2008 she was the recipient of the Zimskind Award, an award given by SUFU to an individual with significant contribution to the field of Pelvic Medicine and Voiding Dysfunction within the first 10 years of their career. In 2024 she was the recipient or the Victor A. Politano Award, given by the Urologic Care Foundation of the American Urological Association recognizing outstanding research and clinical achievement in the field of urinary incontinence and enhancing the treatment of incontinent patients.
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