The announcement of the resignation of Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in June following a podcast and tweet that was deemed racist, provoked angry reactions from medical professionals. Dr. Bauchner was put on administrative leave following a February JAMA podcast titled “Structural Racism for Doctors: What Is It?” hosted by JAMA Deputy Editor Edward Livingston, MD.
Dr. Livingston was excoriated for saying: “Structural racism is an unfortunate term. Personally, I think taking racism out of the conversation will help. Many of us are offended by the concept that we are racist,” in the podcast which was promoted by a JAMA tweet reading: “No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?”
