Doctor Sues Mayo Clinic Over Alleged Discipline for Interviews

A professor at Mayo Clinic medical school said his academic freedom is under threat.
Doctor Sues Mayo Clinic Over Alleged Discipline for Interviews
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Sept. 29, 2020. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images
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A professor at Mayo Clinic medical school is suing his employer, alleging that a department head threatened to fire him over media interviews in which he criticized the federal government for being slow to allow the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 and said that testosterone gives men an athletic advantage over women.

Dr. Michael Joyner, an anesthesiology professor, filed the lawsuit Monday in a Minnesota state court against the Mayo Clinic and Mayo’s College of Medicine and Science.

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