Dr. Richard Bosshardt

And this is what they call a regental department, meaning that the head of that department, the clinical director, was now one of the members of the board of regents. It had its own clinical director, its own executive director. They installed all these initiatives. They started training their staff and even the leadership on things like microaggressions, implicit bias.

And this is what they call a regental department, meaning that the head of that department, the clinical director, was now one of the members of the board of regents. It had its own clinical director, its own executive director. They installed all these initiatives. They started training their staff and even the leadership on things like microaggressions, implicit bias.

And this is what they call a regental department, meaning that the head of that department, the clinical director, was now one of the members of the board of regents. It had its own clinical director, its own executive director. They installed all these initiatives. They started training their staff and even the leadership on things like microaggressions, implicit bias.

ally and active bystander, white privilege. And when I saw this, this is one that, I guess it really hit me. I never thought I would be doing this at this point in my career. I'm retired. I'm three months retired from 38 years as a surgeon. And to be an activist was never on my radar. But I couldn't let this stand. It just really bothered me.

ally and active bystander, white privilege. And when I saw this, this is one that, I guess it really hit me. I never thought I would be doing this at this point in my career. I'm retired. I'm three months retired from 38 years as a surgeon. And to be an activist was never on my radar. But I couldn't let this stand. It just really bothered me.

ally and active bystander, white privilege. And when I saw this, this is one that, I guess it really hit me. I never thought I would be doing this at this point in my career. I'm retired. I'm three months retired from 38 years as a surgeon. And to be an activist was never on my radar. But I couldn't let this stand. It just really bothered me.

Absolutely. Do no harm. The organization that I joined as a result of this whole issue has actually published, you can go online and you can read it, They've done a systematic study. Well, actually, they've looked at five systematic studies of this issue. Does racial concordance, does concordance of ethnicity and race and so forth correlate to better outcomes in surgery? Short answer is no.

Absolutely. Do no harm. The organization that I joined as a result of this whole issue has actually published, you can go online and you can read it, They've done a systematic study. Well, actually, they've looked at five systematic studies of this issue. Does racial concordance, does concordance of ethnicity and race and so forth correlate to better outcomes in surgery? Short answer is no.

Absolutely. Do no harm. The organization that I joined as a result of this whole issue has actually published, you can go online and you can read it, They've done a systematic study. Well, actually, they've looked at five systematic studies of this issue. Does racial concordance, does concordance of ethnicity and race and so forth correlate to better outcomes in surgery? Short answer is no.

I mean, just to ask a dumb question. if they have a black doctor, whether obstetrician or whatever, than if it's not. And so they keep repeatedly referring to the study, but if you look at the study, the study design is terribly flawed.

I mean, just to ask a dumb question. if they have a black doctor, whether obstetrician or whatever, than if it's not. And so they keep repeatedly referring to the study, but if you look at the study, the study design is terribly flawed.

I mean, just to ask a dumb question. if they have a black doctor, whether obstetrician or whatever, than if it's not. And so they keep repeatedly referring to the study, but if you look at the study, the study design is terribly flawed.

The reviewer, if you're familiar with Vinay Prasad, who is a data geek and very good at parsing clinical studies and so forth, came out and said, this study is catastrophically flawed. And even though this study does not, by any stretch, show that this is the case, it's still referred to as the primary evidence for this idea that racial concordance is a real thing. And it's still in the ACS.

The reviewer, if you're familiar with Vinay Prasad, who is a data geek and very good at parsing clinical studies and so forth, came out and said, this study is catastrophically flawed. And even though this study does not, by any stretch, show that this is the case, it's still referred to as the primary evidence for this idea that racial concordance is a real thing. And it's still in the ACS.

The reviewer, if you're familiar with Vinay Prasad, who is a data geek and very good at parsing clinical studies and so forth, came out and said, this study is catastrophically flawed. And even though this study does not, by any stretch, show that this is the case, it's still referred to as the primary evidence for this idea that racial concordance is a real thing. And it's still in the ACS.

When you say a push, but push by whom?

When you say a push, but push by whom?

When you say a push, but push by whom?

I think the only thing that's pushing this is ideology. I think if you're really science-based, if you follow the science as the saying goes, if you look at that, you can't possibly believe that. So either you have an ideology that supersedes factual science or you're clueless and you're following whoever it is that's taking the lead on this

I think the only thing that's pushing this is ideology. I think if you're really science-based, if you follow the science as the saying goes, if you look at that, you can't possibly believe that. So either you have an ideology that supersedes factual science or you're clueless and you're following whoever it is that's taking the lead on this