This Vanderbilt doctor got political. Then he sued Trump and won. Now he's out of a job.

[TexasTowelie]

A Tennessee doctor who became a social media sensation because of statements on President Donald Trump, racism and Colin Kaepernick - and who later sued the president over First Amendment rights - is losing his job at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Dr. Eugene Gu, 32, a Vanderbilt surgery resident, said Friday that Nashville's biggest hospital is ending his five-year residency after only three years.

Technically, Vanderbilt has decided not to renew his contract with the hospital, Gu said, but he argues the effect is “no different than being fired."

“The take-home message here is that there is an unwritten rule for surgical residents and that is rule is, always make your program look good and always make your hospital look good, and often that means stay silent,” Gu said. “But as an Asian-American physician, unlike a white doctor, I don’t always have the same luxury to stay silent."

Read more: https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2018/06/08/vanderbilt-doctor-eugene-gu-fired-donald-trump/684562002/

[populistdriven]

1. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK IS ON THE BOARD OF VANDERBILT?

he should have anticipated this. All it takes is for a couple Trustees to make a private phone call. These Barons made millions and millions off of Trumps tax cut.

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/boardoftrust/members.php

[volstork]

4. Absolutely.

I count 4 billionaires on that board. Vanderbilt thinks it's a bigger deal than it is, but it has destroyed this doc's career. He will have a hell of a time finding another residency.

[Hoyt]

2. This sure doesn't make the hospital look good, except to ignorant white wingers.

[Docreed2003]

3. Surgery is an EXTREMELY conservative field

I'm not surprised that the residency program would make a move like this one, but they've just killed his career. It's nearly impossible to pick up at another residency if you a released after the third year. He's being blackballed professionally because most every program will look at that as say "this guy couldn't hack the responsibility of being a senior resident", even if they hear his story.