Dr. Richard Bosshardt

This was going to happen in 2022. They wanted to wait a little bit. It wasn't until March because they were bringing on board their new director of diversity, a doctor named Bonnie Mason, who is their clinical director of diversity.

This was going to happen in 2022. They wanted to wait a little bit. It wasn't until March because they were bringing on board their new director of diversity, a doctor named Bonnie Mason, who is their clinical director of diversity.

This was going to happen in 2022. They wanted to wait a little bit. It wasn't until March because they were bringing on board their new director of diversity, a doctor named Bonnie Mason, who is their clinical director of diversity.

And so the Zoom call consisted of myself and Tyler Hughes and Bonnie Mason and a regent of the ACS, a member of the board of regents named Tim Eberlein, who is a very well-known prominent surgeon in a big institution. And I had joined a group called FAIR, F-A-I-R, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism.

And so the Zoom call consisted of myself and Tyler Hughes and Bonnie Mason and a regent of the ACS, a member of the board of regents named Tim Eberlein, who is a very well-known prominent surgeon in a big institution. And I had joined a group called FAIR, F-A-I-R, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism.

And so the Zoom call consisted of myself and Tyler Hughes and Bonnie Mason and a regent of the ACS, a member of the board of regents named Tim Eberlein, who is a very well-known prominent surgeon in a big institution. And I had joined a group called FAIR, F-A-I-R, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism.

And I helped found FAIR in medicine, which has been working kind of like doing no harm in the area of DEI medicine. And so I went to some of my colleagues in FAIR and said, hey, listen, I'm invited to this Zoom call. How do you think I should prepare for this? And the first thing they said is, don't go by yourself because you're going to get jumped on.

And I helped found FAIR in medicine, which has been working kind of like doing no harm in the area of DEI medicine. And so I went to some of my colleagues in FAIR and said, hey, listen, I'm invited to this Zoom call. How do you think I should prepare for this? And the first thing they said is, don't go by yourself because you're going to get jumped on.

And I helped found FAIR in medicine, which has been working kind of like doing no harm in the area of DEI medicine. And so I went to some of my colleagues in FAIR and said, hey, listen, I'm invited to this Zoom call. How do you think I should prepare for this? And the first thing they said is, don't go by yourself because you're going to get jumped on.

I said, okay, that sounds like a reasonable piece of advice. So I invited a colleague of mine who's a surgeon I worked with for 30 years. Her name is Celia Nelson. Celia is a Jamaican-born black female general surgeon, which is unusual. She's definitely in the minority on the ACS. And she came on the call. So it was five of us on the call. very, very civil conversation, well over an hour.

I said, okay, that sounds like a reasonable piece of advice. So I invited a colleague of mine who's a surgeon I worked with for 30 years. Her name is Celia Nelson. Celia is a Jamaican-born black female general surgeon, which is unusual. She's definitely in the minority on the ACS. And she came on the call. So it was five of us on the call. very, very civil conversation, well over an hour.

I said, okay, that sounds like a reasonable piece of advice. So I invited a colleague of mine who's a surgeon I worked with for 30 years. Her name is Celia Nelson. Celia is a Jamaican-born black female general surgeon, which is unusual. She's definitely in the minority on the ACS. And she came on the call. So it was five of us on the call. very, very civil conversation, well over an hour.

We each stated our positions. I stated my concerns. She expressed the same concerns that I did from her standpoint as a woman, a black woman surgeon. And I left so encouraged from that. I said, wow, this is great. We got a dialogue. And this is what I wanted, a dialogue. And I sent an email to everyone that was on the Zoom call and said, thank you so much.

We each stated our positions. I stated my concerns. She expressed the same concerns that I did from her standpoint as a woman, a black woman surgeon. And I left so encouraged from that. I said, wow, this is great. We got a dialogue. And this is what I wanted, a dialogue. And I sent an email to everyone that was on the Zoom call and said, thank you so much.

We each stated our positions. I stated my concerns. She expressed the same concerns that I did from her standpoint as a woman, a black woman surgeon. And I left so encouraged from that. I said, wow, this is great. We got a dialogue. And this is what I wanted, a dialogue. And I sent an email to everyone that was on the Zoom call and said, thank you so much.

I hope this will be the start of a conversation where we can discuss these things. And a few weeks later, I couldn't get on the communities anymore. I tried to get on the website and get on the communities and I couldn't get on. And I thought, okay, there's some glitch here. I think maybe the site had a problem.

I hope this will be the start of a conversation where we can discuss these things. And a few weeks later, I couldn't get on the communities anymore. I tried to get on the website and get on the communities and I couldn't get on. And I thought, okay, there's some glitch here. I think maybe the site had a problem.

I hope this will be the start of a conversation where we can discuss these things. And a few weeks later, I couldn't get on the communities anymore. I tried to get on the website and get on the communities and I couldn't get on. And I thought, okay, there's some glitch here. I think maybe the site had a problem.

I waited and I waited pretty close to a couple of weeks before I finally said, I contacted Tyler Hughes and said, Tyler, what's going on? I can't get on the communities. And this is when I was told, oh, by the way, you are permanently banned from access to the communities

I waited and I waited pretty close to a couple of weeks before I finally said, I contacted Tyler Hughes and said, Tyler, what's going on? I can't get on the communities. And this is when I was told, oh, by the way, you are permanently banned from access to the communities