Dr. Richard Bosshardt

And I'm not here to bash the ACS. I want to be very clear about that. I'm still FACS. I'm still a fellow. They consider me a fellow even though I'm permanently banned, which is kind of an interesting situation to be in. And so I posted this thing saying that I would leave the ACS if this continued. And that generated a comment thread.

And I'm not here to bash the ACS. I want to be very clear about that. I'm still FACS. I'm still a fellow. They consider me a fellow even though I'm permanently banned, which is kind of an interesting situation to be in. And so I posted this thing saying that I would leave the ACS if this continued. And that generated a comment thread.

And if you're familiar with comment threads, if you look at the engagement in the comment thread, usually it's only about 1% to 10% of people that are reading the comment thread that actually engage. Because that's just the nature of things. That comment thread ran for four months. and 75 individual surgeons and over a thousand comments. It broke the system, basically.

And if you're familiar with comment threads, if you look at the engagement in the comment thread, usually it's only about 1% to 10% of people that are reading the comment thread that actually engage. Because that's just the nature of things. That comment thread ran for four months. and 75 individual surgeons and over a thousand comments. It broke the system, basically.

And if you're familiar with comment threads, if you look at the engagement in the comment thread, usually it's only about 1% to 10% of people that are reading the comment thread that actually engage. Because that's just the nature of things. That comment thread ran for four months. and 75 individual surgeons and over a thousand comments. It broke the system, basically.

I mean, they had to open up a second comment thread because they'd never had this much engagement on anything. And two-thirds of the surgeons that engaged weighed in favor of my position as opposed to the ACS. And they kept saying, why are we doing this? Tell me where the racism is. Let's deal with the racism, but don't just call us racist and go with that. And they repeatedly refused to do that.

I mean, they had to open up a second comment thread because they'd never had this much engagement on anything. And two-thirds of the surgeons that engaged weighed in favor of my position as opposed to the ACS. And they kept saying, why are we doing this? Tell me where the racism is. Let's deal with the racism, but don't just call us racist and go with that. And they repeatedly refused to do that.

I mean, they had to open up a second comment thread because they'd never had this much engagement on anything. And two-thirds of the surgeons that engaged weighed in favor of my position as opposed to the ACS. And they kept saying, why are we doing this? Tell me where the racism is. Let's deal with the racism, but don't just call us racist and go with that. And they repeatedly refused to do that.

Who is they? This is the leadership of the ACS. And this is my beef is not with the ACS, with my fellow surgeons. My beef is with the leadership of the ACS.

Who is they? This is the leadership of the ACS. And this is my beef is not with the ACS, with my fellow surgeons. My beef is with the leadership of the ACS.

Who is they? This is the leadership of the ACS. And this is my beef is not with the ACS, with my fellow surgeons. My beef is with the leadership of the ACS.

I don't have any problem because it's public record. The general secretary was a fellow named Tyler Hughes, just retired. Tyler Hughes. Yeah, general surgeon. And he was the editor-in-chief of the communities. So he was kind of moderating. And he would weigh in sometimes if it seemed like surgeons were getting a little bit too heated and so forth.

I don't have any problem because it's public record. The general secretary was a fellow named Tyler Hughes, just retired. Tyler Hughes. Yeah, general surgeon. And he was the editor-in-chief of the communities. So he was kind of moderating. And he would weigh in sometimes if it seemed like surgeons were getting a little bit too heated and so forth.

I don't have any problem because it's public record. The general secretary was a fellow named Tyler Hughes, just retired. Tyler Hughes. Yeah, general surgeon. And he was the editor-in-chief of the communities. So he was kind of moderating. And he would weigh in sometimes if it seemed like surgeons were getting a little bit too heated and so forth.

And my position was, you know, we're professionals. We're, you know, surgeons are opinionated. We're not shrinking violets. We state our case. We're certainly qualified to have conversations without a chaperone. And I didn't really like the whole chaperoning thing that was going on. And so this went forward.

And my position was, you know, we're professionals. We're, you know, surgeons are opinionated. We're not shrinking violets. We state our case. We're certainly qualified to have conversations without a chaperone. And I didn't really like the whole chaperoning thing that was going on. And so this went forward.

And my position was, you know, we're professionals. We're, you know, surgeons are opinionated. We're not shrinking violets. We state our case. We're certainly qualified to have conversations without a chaperone. And I didn't really like the whole chaperoning thing that was going on. And so this went forward.

And as common threads do, it kind of ran its life expectancy really beyond what you'd think for months. At which point I was thinking, okay, so I did that. What do I do now? And I was waiting to see what my next step would be when the ACS leadership, the Board of Regents, reached out to me. Tyler Hughes reached out to me and said, we'd like to have you on a Zoom call.

And as common threads do, it kind of ran its life expectancy really beyond what you'd think for months. At which point I was thinking, okay, so I did that. What do I do now? And I was waiting to see what my next step would be when the ACS leadership, the Board of Regents, reached out to me. Tyler Hughes reached out to me and said, we'd like to have you on a Zoom call.

And as common threads do, it kind of ran its life expectancy really beyond what you'd think for months. At which point I was thinking, okay, so I did that. What do I do now? And I was waiting to see what my next step would be when the ACS leadership, the Board of Regents, reached out to me. Tyler Hughes reached out to me and said, we'd like to have you on a Zoom call.