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Revered doctor steps down, accusing Seattle Children’s Hospital of racism
After 20 years leading the Odessa Brown Children s Clinic, Dr. Ben Danielson resigned in protest in November.
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Dr. Ben Danielson stands for a portrait last June. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut)
No one thing led Dr. Ben Danielson, the beloved medical director of the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, to leave his post of more than 20 years last month. Rather, it was a collection of moments that, when added together, gave him little faith that leadership at Seattle Children’s Hospital of which Odessa Brown is a part cared about staff or patients of color.