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The editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), one of the most prestigious medical research journals in the country, is leaving the publication after the journal promoted a podcast that questioned whether there was “structural racism” in healthcare, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Following a major backlash after JAMA aired a podcast and posted a tweet questioning whether structural racism exists in medicine, the journal’s editor-in-chief, Howard Bauchner, will be stepping down. https://t.co/ziiaqYAfO1
Howard Bauchner, who has edited the journal since 2011, has been on administrative leave since March, when he faced backlash after the journal tweeted, “No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?” The American Medical Association (AMA), which oversees the journal, said the incident was being reviewed at the time, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).