Former Columbia University OB-GYN Robert Hadden was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in a federal prison for sexually assaulting patients during examinations over two decades. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman handed down the maximum prison sentence allowed in the case, noting that federal prosecutors believe Hadden abused at least 245 women. Lawyers representing survivors say Columbia had a long history of ignoring Hadden’s behavior in order to protect its reputation instead of acting in the victims’ interests. So far, Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital have paid out $236 million to settle claims by over 200 former patients of Hadden. One of the survivors, Evelyn Yang, recently wrote, “To this day, I’m still waiting for Columbia University to notify former patients that a now twice-convicted sex offender worked at Columbia for 20-plus years. They’ve been saying that that’s not their responsibility, but how does that make sense?”