Even at Yale Medical School,
According to Tamar Lewin, of The New York Times on November 2nd, 2014, a sexual harassment case that had been unfolding without public notice for nearly five years within the Yale School of Medicine roiled the institution and led to new allegations that the university is insensitive to instances of harassment against women.
The case involved a former head of cardiology that professed his love to a young Italian researcher at the school and sought to intervene in her relationship with a fellow cardiologist under his supervision. A university committee recommended that he be permanently removed from his position, but the provost reduced that penalty to an 18-month suspension.
After that decision, The New York Times obtained extensive documents related to the case and interviewed 18 faculty members who expressed anger at how it had been handled, with no public acknowledgment of wrongdoing. When The Times contacted Yale last week, the university announced that the former cardiology chief, Dr. Michael Simons, “had decided” not to return to his post.
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Hope R. Hetico RN MHA