country" -Dr. Celia K. Nelson

Celia K. Nelson, M.D., F.A.C.S is a General Surgeon who has been A

fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1995.

An excerpt from Dr. Nelson's letter to the American College of Surgeons:

"Racism, prejudice, and misogyny are all real, but in America, they are

not enough to stop you unless you let them. I am proof that success and

achievement of your dreams do not require that you be a particular

gender or have a certain skin color. I believe that positive and

constructive approaches to diversity will get us a lot further than

being perpetually suspicious, offended and victimized.

College leadership invited Ibram Kendi as the keynote speaker at this

month’s leadership retreat, and yet they continue to deny that they are

embracing ideology as they address diversity, equity, and inclusion. I

will no longer sit by idly as the College promotes and implements this

divisive, corrosive, illogical, illiberal ideology. My life and my

success are evidence that this ideology is plainly wrong."

Links:

https://donoharmmedicine.org

Rick Bosshardt, M.D., F.A.C.S has been a plastic surgeon in Tavares, FL

for 35 years. A graduate of the University of Miami Leonard Miller

School of Medicine, he trained as a general surgeon in the US Navy in

Oakland, CA and was board-certified by the American Board of Surgery. He

completed his residency in plastic surgery at the University of

Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital program under world-reknown plastic

surgeon, D. Ralph Millard and began his own practice in 1989. He is

board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a Fellow of

the American College of Surgeons for over thirty years, a Senior Fellow

at Do No Harm (www.donoharmmedicine.org), and a Founding Fellow of FAIR

in Medicine (www.fairforall.org/fair-in-medicine). For 25 years he

wrote a weekly medical column for the Orlando Sentinel. In 2021, he

began to push back against the installation of antiracism and DEI in the

American College of Surgeons and, in April 2022, was banned for life by

the leadership from engagement with his fellow surgeons on the ACS

website. He continues his battle with the ACS to this day.

Links from Dr. Bosshardt:

His book: The Making of a Plastic Surgeon: Two Years in the Crucible

Learning the Art and Science https://a.co/d/8cnLgM5

https://substack.com/@richardtbosshardtmd

https://www.wsj.com/articles/critical-race-theory-is-bad-medicine-college-surgeons-discuss-kendi-forum-crt-health-care-11663186602

https://www.city-journal.org/article/isolated

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/the-american-college-of-surgeons-doubles-down-on-anti-racism/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/its-dei-or-bust-for-the-american-college-of-surgeons/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2815848/its-not-just-harvard-woke-healthcare-leaders-are-unfit-to-lead-too/

My petition:

https://www.change.org/ACS-petition-reinstate-Bosshardt

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