EXCLUSIVE — A medical watchdog group has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education alleging that a New York medical school engaged in illegal racial discrimination.
The complaint, filed by the medical watchdog group Do No Harm, accuses the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai of illegally discriminating on the basis of race by restricting eligibility for a fellowship program to individuals who are"Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, [or] Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian.
"In violation of Title VI, medical students who are not members of one of the designated racial/ethnic groups above in bold are illegally excluded from the University’s 'Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine Fellowship,'" the Do No Harm complaint says. The organization urged the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to investigate the matter.
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Do No Harm program manager Laura Morgan said the fellowship's restrictive eligibility is illegal and racially discriminatory."Do No Harm has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Icahn School of Medicine for a visiting student fellowship it is sponsoring for 3rd-year medical students," Morgan said.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Department of Education for comment.
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