Memorial Sloan Kettering critical care physician Dona Bugov

Dona Bugov, MD

Intensivist

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Complications of cancer
  • COVID-19
  • Pain

My Specialties

  • Critical cancer-related care
  • Managing symptoms of cancer treatment
  • Pain management
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Dr. Bugov's Office Information
Languages: English & Romanian
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Get to Know Me

I am a specialist in Critical Care and have done my residency in Internal Medicine.

My interest in Critical Care started at a young age, admiring my mother’s lifelong dedication to treating critically ill patients as an intensivist herself, and seeing how rewarding it was to see them back to their families. Moreover, I realized its importance when my mother became sick – her health deteriorated due to a severe infection that threatened her life, and she became an ICU patient herself many times. These personal life experiences gave me a better understanding of my patients’ challenges, needs, and feelings while in the ICU, as well as those of their loved ones.

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I did my fellowship in Critical Care here at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and trained with world-renowned intensivists with in-depth expertise in oncologic Critical Care.

In our ICU, we treat our patients at their most difficult and vulnerable times of their lives. We do so with the help of incredible advancements in technology and state-of-the-art medical devices to diagnose their problems, monitor and sustain life, and use revolutionary protocols and medications that have been proven to be efficient through rigorous research and the test of time.

Beyond the science behind it, Critical Care also involves the art of balancing the risk and benefits of each intervention we do and recognizing the individual needs of each patient and their loved ones while trying to alleviate their illness, pain and suffering, and this is something my team and I strive for.

 

What I Do at MSK

I'm an intensivist (in-TEN-sih-vist), a doctor who treats patients who are very sick. They often work in the intensive care unit (ICU).

  • Assistant Attending Physician
Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Complications of cancer
  • COVID-19
  • Pain

My Specialties

  • Critical cancer-related care
  • Managing symptoms of cancer treatment
  • Pain management
  • Inpatient care
Education & Honors

Education

  • Residency - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Internal Medicine Program at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ

Fellowships

  • Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2016

Board Certifications

  • Critical Care and Internal Medicine

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Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering work as teams, with specialists from all different areas. This allows us to consider all your needs together, and to give you the best possible care.

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Research and Publications

Publications on PubMed

Visit PubMed for a full listing of Dr. Bugov’s journal articles. Pubmed is an online index of research papers and other articles from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Dona Bugov discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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