Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit, according to the Boston Globe.
Lawyers are calling the settlement one of the largest for gender discrimination in the state, according to the report.
Carol Warfield, MD, served as the chief of anesthesia from 2000 until 2008, when she sued the hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess' physician group and Josef Fischer, MD, the former chief of surgery.
Dr. Warfield alleged that Dr. Fischer engaged in gender-based discrimination through lobbying for her removal from her job and ignoring her in meetings, according to the report. She also claimed when she reported her complaints to the former hospital CEO Paul Levy that both men retaliated and forced her out of her position.
In addition to paying a monetary settlement, Beth Israel Deaconess has agreed to name the pain clinic after Dr. Warfield and to sponsor an annual lecture series on women's health and the academic contributions of women in surgery.
Dr. Warfield will keep her endowed professorship with Harvard Medical School in Boston, which is affiliated with Beth Israel, according to the report.
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Lawyers are calling the settlement one of the largest for gender discrimination in the state, according to the report.
Carol Warfield, MD, served as the chief of anesthesia from 2000 until 2008, when she sued the hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess' physician group and Josef Fischer, MD, the former chief of surgery.
Dr. Warfield alleged that Dr. Fischer engaged in gender-based discrimination through lobbying for her removal from her job and ignoring her in meetings, according to the report. She also claimed when she reported her complaints to the former hospital CEO Paul Levy that both men retaliated and forced her out of her position.
In addition to paying a monetary settlement, Beth Israel Deaconess has agreed to name the pain clinic after Dr. Warfield and to sponsor an annual lecture series on women's health and the academic contributions of women in surgery.
Dr. Warfield will keep her endowed professorship with Harvard Medical School in Boston, which is affiliated with Beth Israel, according to the report.
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