Norman Wang, MD, sued his employer, the American Heart Association and the publisher of the association’s peer-reviewed medical journal Dec. 16, 2020, claiming he was demoted and slandered after penning an op-ed criticizing affirmative action.
UPMC removed Dr. Wang from his post as director of its clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship program in August 2020 after backlash erupted on Twitter about his peer-reviewed article.
The university was dismissed from the case and a telephonic initial case management conference is scheduled for Oct. 5 for the remaining defendants, according to court documents.
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