{"id":5846,"date":"2021-08-20T17:15:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T21:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/southwest-pennsylvania\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2021-08-20T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T21:21:16","slug":"pitt-professor-stripped-of-position-for-questioning-affirmative-action-in-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/southwest-pennsylvania\/pitt-professor-stripped-of-position-for-questioning-affirmative-action-in-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt Professor Stripped of Position for Questioning Affirmative Action in Medical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5846\" class=\"elementor elementor-5846\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7116959 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7116959\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-544e42a\" data-id=\"544e42a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac2aca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aac2aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/southwest-pennsylvania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/08\/medical-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5851\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/southwest-pennsylvania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/08\/medical-image.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/southwest-pennsylvania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/08\/medical-image-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/southwest-pennsylvania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/08\/medical-image-768x407.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a228f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a228f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA professor at the University of Pittsburgh named Norman Wang was stripped of his position as the electrophysiology fellowship program director for publishing an article questioning affirmative action in cardiology programs.\n<br><br>\nRead more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/publichealthpolicy\/medicaleducation\/87903\">here<\/a>.<br>\nRead the original article and decide for yourself if you think Dr. Wang should have been demoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/10.1161\/JAHA.120.015959\">here<\/a>.\n\n<br><br><br>\n<em>Image from pilotpartners.com.au<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-491fe16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"491fe16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-629bfee\" data-id=\"629bfee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A professor at the University of Pittsburgh named Norman Wang was stripped of his position as the electrophysiology fellowship program director for publishing an article questioning affirmative action in cardiology programs. 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