Episode Details

Dr. Bosshardt joined me for second discussion about medical ethics and the impact of contemporary race and gender ideologies on the practice of medicine and surgery. In this conversation we focused on concerns around "Gender affirming" medical and surgical treatment. Rick Bosshardt 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: 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/ Dr. Bosshard't's petition: https://www.change.org/ACS-petition-reinstate-Bosshardt _____________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting.com/ and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!): https://www.paypal.me/jleslieelliott https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter https://www.patreon.com/theradicalcenter