Does racial bias compromise patient care?
Recently, Dr. Michelle Herren, a professor of pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Colorado and Denver Health Hospital, resigned after posting racist comments on her Facebook page. In particular, she wrote that Michelle Obama speaks “ebonics” and stated that our first lady has a “monkey face.” Dr. Herren ended her post by affirming that she is not racist but was “just calling it like it is.” This post remained on …