Medical School Opens Up ‘BIPOC’ Physician’s Directory to All Races after Lawsuit from Watchdog Group


The University of Washington’s medical school is clarifying that a professional networking tool is available to white physicians after facing a legal challenge for alleged racial discrimination.

The University of Washington School of Medicine is renaming its “BIPOC Physicians Directory” and advertising its availability to all races to resolve a lawsuit from Do No Harm, a medical watchdog opposed to identity politics in medicine, National Review has learned.

Both parties will be seeking to dismiss Do No Harm’s lawsuit, first reported by NR in October, now that the database is open to all students and physicians seeking to make use of it. Do No Harm originally filed a legal challenge in federal court accusing UW

Medical School of violating the 14th Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Affordable Care Act.

“This is a win for University of Washington’s medical students, the medical community, and the crucial principle of equality,” said Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, Chairman of Do No Harm.

The lawsuit said an unnamed white physician who is a member of Do No Harm suffered as a result of being barred from the old version of the networking database. The database allows medical students to connect with physicians and ask them career-oriented questions and gain valuable guidance.

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