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Unlike traditional medical school rankings, the Medical School Excellence Index is not concerned with institutional prestige. Rather, it ranks medical schools according to their institutional values and educational priorities. Does the school recruit the best and brightest applicants according to standardized metrics of aptitude? Does the school have a clear, deeply-rooted commitment to excellence and […]
RICHMOND, VA; September 24, 2025 – Today, Do No Harm proudly launched the Center for Accountability in Medicine. Through a data-driven and research-focused approach, the Center will expose and hold accountable medical institutions that push divisive identity politics. The Center will provide valuable resources to the public on which schools, medical associations, and academic journals […]
In recent years, a troubling shift has taken root in America’s medical schools. Identity politics, often cloaked under the banner of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), has permeated the halls of institutions once revered for their pursuit of excellence. As a membership organization dedicated to safeguarding healthcare from such ideological intrusions, Do No Harm stands […]
NEJM Catalyst, an academic journal focused on “health care delivery” and a subprint of The New England Journal of Medicine, has dedicated a “special issue” specifically to topics surrounding “structural racism.” According to the editor’s note accompanying the issue, the goal of the issue is to chart pathways, such as policy reforms, to advance “health […]
“To say that puberty blockers ‘pause’ puberty implies a simple, harmless process; it’s not,” Dr. Kurt Miceli, medical director at the organization Do No Harm, told National Review. Prolonged use of puberty blockers can lead to significant changes in bone density, and even fertility, particularly if cross-sex hormones are started thereafter. Additionally, when a child’s puberty […]
After the tragic shooting at Minnesota’s Annunciation Catholic School, families across the country began asking if the shooter could have been stopped. But Americans should also ask a related question: Why do states ban kids who think they’re transgender from even talking to therapists about accepting their biological sex? The school shooter in Minnesota identified as transgender. […]
Doctors called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update medical codes to include side effects suffered by detransitioners. Dr. Kurt Miceli, medical director for the advocacy group Do No Harm, presented at the CDC’s twice-yearly conference to update U.S. medical codes to include side effects for detransitioners, or those who no longer identify as transgender. Miceli and […]
Earlier this week, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, a spending bill which included appropriations for various health and medicine-related programs. One program that will not receive funding under the bill, however, is the Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) program. A project […]
[Note: The full version of this article originally appeared as a comment to “Medical School Admissions After the Supreme Court’s 2023 Affirmative Action Ruling” by Nguyen, et al and published in JAMA Network Open. You can read Dr. Miceli’s article in its entirety here.] The study by Nguyen, et al. ignores a fundamental question: What […]
This week, Do No Harm submitted a comment in support of a proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to repeal a rule pressuring doctors to implement “anti-racism” plans. The rule, passed by the Biden administration in 2021, required clinicians participating in CMS’s Merit-Based Payment System (MIPS) – a program that rewards […]
Chloe Cole had a difficult adolescence. As a result, she became a victim of unethical medical experiments, which left her with injuries that can’t be healed. As Ms. Cole, 21, tells it, she was a tomboy as a child. She didn’t like “girly” things, and when she started puberty early—8 or 9, she has testified—she got […]
A leading medical education accreditor is eliminating its diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements after suspending them earlier this year to comply with an executive order from President Trump. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is closing its DEI department and removing DEI requirements from its accreditation standards, according to an internal email provided […]
The American Medical Association says it puts science above politics, but the record, as Allysia Finley has laid out, speaks for itself (Letters, Aug. 27). One of the biggest explanations for the association’s mission creep is that it represents a narrow and radicalized slice of the medical profession, falsely giving the impression that it speaks for […]
The Oregon Health Authority is facing a lawsuit for allegedly withholding data on child sex change interventions, in violation of the First Amendment. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) maintains a program, the All Payer All Claims (APAC) reporting program, designed to provide the public and policymakers with important healthcare information. Through APAC, the OHA collects […]
RICHMOND, VA; August 27, 2025 – Today, Do No Harm filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (DOE-OCR) against the University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Medicine for operating a racially discriminatory externship program. “By marketing the externship as a ‘pipeline for students of color,’ UConn’s School of Medicine […]
Medical watchdog organization Do No Harm listed the CHLA gender clinic as one of the “12 worst-offending children’s hospitals promoting sex change treatments for minors” in its Stop The Harm database which provides information about the services provided at pediatric gender clinics across America. “I think we’re saving a lot of children from a lot of harm,” […]
Over the past few years, Do No Harm has documented the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) various initiatives aimed at advancing discriminatory and divisive practices in medical education. These include efforts to inject the consideration of race into the medical school admissions process. Yet the use of race in admissions is ultimately downstream from […]
RICHMOND, VA; August 25, 2025 – Do No Harm is pleased to announce that a Philadelphia-area physician directory, formerly known as the Black Doctors Directory, is now the Community Health and Wellness Directory. Ability to participate in the Community Health and Wellness Directory is not determined on the basis of race. This after Do No […]