When I was a graduate student at Columbia U I tried to get help for sexual harrassment and there was no one to assist me, nowhere to go for help. I was victim shamed and my scholarship funds withdrawn. All of the male professors in the department teamed up to undermine me and there was no help from the other students as they were all men too. I was 23 at the time. I tried the ombudsmen but that was also futile.
I also was sexually harrassed at Columbia University. I went to their office of equal employment and affirmative action EEOC I think it was called? I had mixed results. A professor reported on my behalf and the dean had to speak to the offending professor, but he still remained. The other women he harassed didn´t count because they were not currently at the university or wouldn´t come forward. The male professor then moved into my building on my floor. His apartment could see directly into mine. I had enough and moved back home for a year. I graduated from my PhD program and eventually returned to teach. I thought the harasser had left but on my first day I saw him in the hallway. Then, I never saw him again. Generally, the behavior from some of the male employees was disgusting. In uniform, a custodial staff turned around to check out a woman´s butt as she was walking down the sidewalk. He made a big scene about how attractive he found her. This was with the university logo on his jumpsuit, in broad daylight. Another custodial staff member was looking at violent shark attacks and teenage girls in bikinis on a public computer when I went into IT to see if they could fix my boss´ laptop. Another custodial staff was sitting in the dark in the middle of a conference room and called out to me. I couldn´t tell where the sound was coming from as I was walking by, but I heard my name and stopped. He asked if I ever had gotten into fights. I told the security guard in the lobby of my building what happened and she walked up to talk to him. He never spoke to me again. I was almost run into by the SUV of my former sociology professor who pulled onto the sidewalk where i was walking to ask for my number. He asked to see my flat but I agreed to meet him somewhere public instead. When I arrived, he was already drunk. He kept touching my knee as he became more inebriated. I told my colleague, but she said to just stop hanging out with people like that. I ended up leaving from the stress of the job, not the bad behavior of the men. I had a nervous breakdown.
Sorry about your experiences. Thanks for sharing. PTSD/ complex trauma is common when there is not a single place you can go to feel safe. Yikes about the apartment, as well as ALL the other stuff! I left my program and returned to my home country to go to med school, because I couldn’t see how I could get ethical mentorship from any of the guys for my thesis...they expected the young women to prostitute themselves to get funding for research, one of my colleagues in the program tried to R me and I just couldn’t get away from him cos I saw him everyday, and one man I tutored because I needed funds also attempted to molest me when we were in private...I had no support and gaslighting was prevalent. I expected educated men to be better but they were more entitled and more retaliatory because their egos could not cope with a young woman saying ‘no’ @@theSSHITT
**i experienced sexual harassment and intimidation due to my gender going through surgical training and the guys were protected there as well as well, so it’s across many countries and many institutions @@theSSHITT
@@SpecialSP nothing is clear, and I want her to explain her point. For example, what does watching this story--in full, have anything to do with people who have said, why didn't they report it, because the woman in the story did report it.
People don’t realize how many layers of defense doctors have within institutions. I worked in Medical Staff at a prominent hospital and saw shocking behavior and acts by doctors that were covered up or minimized and made utterly shrouded in layers of secrecy to minimize institutional liability.
So annoying when people dont have the guts to say exactly what their talking about. This world is filled with enough deception. What are you trying to do scare everyone? Say what it is that you saw for example and by the way it sounds you are scared s-less that people will think it was you commiting the examples. You saw it because it was your own hands. Silence is evil. Your comment is therefor evil to say.
Are there ANY American institutions capable of protecting the civil & human rights of the people while making money from us? Abuse of power, everywhere..
Columbia University deserves to get raked over the coals for this. Everyone in any position of power who enabled him should be sent to prison and have all their job and retirement benefits stripped. Allowing him to return to practice after being arrested for sexual assault is UNCONSCIONABLE. It takes so much to get the police to arrest someone connected to sex crimes, the fact that they did already speaks volumes about how serious they thought it was. For the university to allow him back at all is absolutely chilling. They could have protected so many others if they just cared AT ALL about what happened to their patients.
So how come the Columbia administration is not charged with aiding and abetting? Its the same old story. The establishment loathes to prosecute certain types of individuals until it is almost impossible not to do so and then when they finally do, all of the others that enabled and were in fact complicit or otherwise involved, get a pass. 245 victims, 20 years?
I completely agree! 1 victim is a problem, 245 is being complicit at best. Like, how do you feel okay with having this someone at your hospital, tarnishing what was once a New York institution?! I mean, he’s a dude OB-GYN how can you possibly allow more than once incident to occur?? It’s already an obvious conflict of interesting, in my opinion, so anything other than a spotless record is the sign of a sexual predator. Being arrested then going back to work in two business days (to commit more assaults) is grotesque!
@@1PrinceWilliam- Definitely agree that there’s reason to be suspicious of all male OB-GYNs. Doctors of all types are typically narcissistic, so we have to be particularly careful of the ones who select specialties where they have direct power over girls and women in vulnerable situations. Dr. John Brown, who wrote “Women & Medicine”, advised women to avoid male doctors. He had awful stories to tell of their rampant misbehaviors.
W H Y hasn”t COlunbia Board of Directors completely cut ties. Now we know why chaperones ARE REQUIRED in OB-GYN offices! It’s sick Columbia would receive any National Funding!
It takes so much courage to tell your story at such a large level, thank you Laurie and everyone else who came forward. You deserve all the peace and healing you can find after this vile predation. THANK YOU!
I was adopted. The emotional, mental, physical and verbal abuse started on the first day. I am not disputing the legal system/judge's decision on having me removed from the first group of people. And don't want that custody or authority to be given back to my biological relatives or their relatives. Waiting to have my adoption nullified. To be emancipated. ____ My adopted parents biological son at the age of fifteen started r*ping me, when I was nine years old. ______ The people that adopted me/I was forced to live with have been delaying this trial, for over twenty years. They don't want me to testify against them. They are angry that I contacted the law enforcement. They've been aiding, abetting and protecting a p*dophile. _____ Needed Federal Legislation. Adoption Nullification Act: Allowing adopted people to have their adoption nullified. To be emancipated. Regardless of their age. This would be an Amendment to the Emancipation Proclamation. _____ People are not property. Adoption should not be a form of slavery. I am in need of a lawyer to represent me. I am okay with going to the United States Supreme Court. This is as important as: Brown vs The Board of Education. Had there been federal legislation, I would have had my adoption nullified decades ago. And wouldn't have had to post this information. Why doesn't my birth certificate have the word: Adopted? This should be mandatory for all adopted people.
Thank you Laurie and all the victims who come forward and eventually get the justice that you all deserved . I am a retired nurse and this is a protocol in the hospital where I worked. If a female patient is being examined by a male doctor for any reason we have female nurses or techs to accompany that patient inside the examining room. If there is no one available even though how busy I am I will accompany that female patient in the examining room. In the OB gyne ward where a male doctor is working the female nurses are always there in the examining room when that male doctor is examing patient . This is a protocol for all hospitals. Women who are pregnant or not pregnant always insist on female nurse or a female techs to be in the examining room when a male doctor is examining you whether in hospital setting or private practice setting . I read that this doctor was served a 20 year jail term for his crime he deserves more . And Columbia hospital you really protected this doctor instead of protecting your patients . Your license to open your OB-GYNE ward should be suspended indefinitely .
This happens creepily often, the more "reputable" the hospital or clinic is :( speaking from experience, being unable to press charges bc the hospital closed ranks and protected my attacker just minutes after I reported the assault. They didn't care about preventing future malpractice suits as much as they did doing EVERYTHING THEY COULD to stop me from being able to press criminal charges. Unfortunately the local PD took their side... "it's a really good hospital, it's hard to believe they would let this happen." Of course they would. They don't want the public attention for sheltering sexual predators.
Columbia must be held accountable. And 20 years in prison is not enough for Hadden. The Manhattan DA’s office was negligent as well. Having a female nurse present with male medical practitioners must be made legally mandatory to protect all female patients.
I am a male physician, I never, ever do any exam on any patient alone. I always make sure there is a 3rd or more people in the room. I don’t doubt the person, but I know perceptions can be wrong on both ends, I really don’t want to have only one person side of the story to be the definitive narrative, patient or practitioner. I feel more comfortable myself, and I hope my patients do as well.
SHAME on you Columbia. i’m so proud to be a woman, and am sick and tired of this. This should not keep happening. Sexual assault of ANY kind should immediately be treated seriously NO matter who the perp may be. Nassar, anyone?? STOP this by LISTENING and hearing what we say when we report sexual assault.
Oh my goodness!! Her Whole Story just kept getting Worse. How Very Sad! How Horrible what She Had Gone Through.. What a BRAVE WOWAN to be able to tell Her Story
@@Comeback180To sue is the only way to hold the institution accountable for subjecting patients to a known sex predator for 20 yrs. This institution needs to be punished and to pay out money is the most painful punishment for this greedy corrupt institution. My only hope is that enough victims come forth to sue CU into the ground.
My live in girlfriend and I found doctors' insistence on hiding exams and procedures from patients' spouses or partners unacceptable and insisted all medical procedures be performed in each other's presence. It was a bit of an effort when we first got together, but we managed to find cooperative doctors beginning with her annual so-called "pelvic," actually vaginal exams. In recent years this has become much less of an effort, the medical professions seemingly having grown up. We recommend ALL medical patients exercise their rights and follow our example. Medical patients: Your bodies are YOURS, and ALL decisions regarding your medical care are yours as well.
Society has become numb to predators, they brush it under the carpet and some who are the same type of narcissist even reward and encourage this behavior.
It's always troubled me that OB-GYNs have nearly always been men. Creeps me out that they choose this as a career, and instigated the many harmful interventions of childbirth which cause lifelong damage. What proportion of women would choose careers in male genito-urology?
As a female med students..thats such a tupid thinking You are saying thatpeoplw of certain gender are better at treatment than others. Your thoughts are no different thhan any misogynistic person on street
This is not about gender. I am sure most male doctors in this field are trustworthy and professional. It is just that deviants choose careers where victims are, easily accessible. Just like the pedophiles gravitate towards schools and churches.
Your a smart person who understands being a male doctor who doesn't exempt them from sexual motives. You have licensed male gynecologists and unlicensed amature gynecologists.
Columbia University and Robert Hadden are beyond-the-pale repulsive and unacceptable! BRAVO for all the women who publicized their crimes and cover-ups!
Why wouldn't they fire him or say quit now or we'll turn you over to the police, FFS!! ALL of the women need to do a Class-Action Lawsuit against Columbia University and all who were involved in the cover-up.
Sadly women doctors aren't safe either, they don't do THIS particular thing but I've experienced a total lack of empathy from them in painful situations they caused.
Thank you, Lori, for fighting this terrible and horrifying abuse and for bring that story to the world and to us here on DemocracyNow. Finally, because of your courage and other women like you who have spoken out at least Hadden has received a jail sentence. The next step, then, is to find the people at Columbia who are also culpable and make them accountable. I hope that at least now you can begin to find some measure of peace in the love of your baby daughter.
For Columbia to fail to act in the best interest of the victims for the protection of their own reputation was shortsighted, which seems to be the commonly held mindset of the typical Capitalist. (Short term gain) But, had they considered the possible scenarios, they’d have realized that the TRUTH is always the best course because it ALWAYS comes out. What does this outcome do, now, for their precious reputation?
I think he did a little bit of play called save-his-buttocks by the message he left; it was the cover-up he wanted recorded. I thought the law now provided that any time a woman receives a physical examination, a nurse MUST be present. How did this slip through the cracks?
@@Rubylove48 You are correct, however, by him leaving this recorded message goes to his defense and helps disguise his guilt by pretending that this never happened.
Their pretending to be watching out for people's right,especially women, but actually manipulating them to be used as they see fit,in their perverted minds...
Not if the greedy rich have their way. We live is a classist society. The rich own too many politicians--definitely all the Rethuglicon tribe is owned by reichwing billionaires. They don't want poor and struggling ppl to have any healthcare. In fact, they support death and suffering.
Columbia University should lose their collective licenses to practice and teach medicine! The organization's that gave Columbia University their accreditation also need to be help accountable! Those accrediting institutions need to revoke ALL, EVERY SINGLE ONE, Columbia University 's accreditation immediately!
what would a current tally of number of crimes against women v number of crimes prosecuted look like? this isnt just about the "types of (criminal) individuals" but also about what kind of victimization (against women) is dismissed or tolerated in most societies today .
Wow...what a very brave woman for coming forward. It must have been very difficult. But who knows how many dozens, hundreds even, of other women you saved from a similar fate.
Look at all those strong women ready to testify against this Monster yet.. the judicial system failed them repeatedly by deciding for them that they couldnt speak. Columbia University and the District Attorney should be held accountable as accomplices to his crimes.
Women are sexual assaulted everyday by men. Most women don't report sexual assult from male gynecologist. You risk being sexually assaulted by a male gynecologist. Men choose this field for a reason
Unfortunately, a lot of this goes back to misogyny. "Now, now little lady, Surely, it wasn't as bad as all that. Let's not make a fuss, okay?" And it is particularly discouraging to see a female attorney defending a predator like him. Even when women are brought into the board room, I think they face enormous pressure to conform to the good old boy standards. It takes an incredibly strong and skilled woman to stand out there and be allowed to remain.
A co worker had to drop her PhD program there because the teacher was demanding sex. I have fought for years about a sick pred I had for a teacher, no one did anything! Police, representatives, deans, ALL were there to shut me down. The Evergreen State College, I had to be dragged to see Amy Goodman there and other people. It just has that happy hunting vibe. If you know who to go to for this kind of problem, let me know!
Not shocking at all. This is how it has always been with crimes against women. Blame the victims, protect the perpetrators, and sweep it under the rug. It's usually done for both profit and cruelty. Yes, the cruelty is baked right in. Most women have been Sexually Assaulted or the victims of some form of Sexual harassment and or domestic violence. The victims are made to pay whether they report it or not. No justice in 99% of cases. Generations of men have been taught to mistreat, mistrust, and gaslight women. They do it to their spouses, their wives, their daughters, their employees, their patients, their students, etc.. The institutions and perpetrators rarely pay any significant price for all the lives they have destroyed. Many religions bake sexual abuse, blame, shame, and gaslighting right into their "theology".
May justice flow like waters and do the appropriate and right actions required here… Tell your story folks, if harm has been caused then stand up to this wrong… 1❤
Imagine if you could just say "I'm appalled that I was going 50 mph over the speed limit" when stopped by a cop and he would say, "well, since you're appalled, I won't give you a ticket". Or if you said "I regret stabbing that man" and the judge said "Plaintiff shows regret. Case dismissed". So, how does Columbia get away with the same thing? Is it because they're 'connected'? Or because these were women?
What value could he have possibly added to Columbia that allowed him to get away with this for so long? How is his sentence only 20 years? For almost 250 cases of sexual assault?
I can think of no worse a position being occupied by a prolific serial sexual abuser, than that of an OBGYN. Obtaining access to the most intimate area of the female body is the biggest obstacle an abuser must overcome in order to carry out his abuse, so being an OBGYN utterly obliterates that initial protection a potential victim posseses,leaving the victim completely at the mercy of her abuser due to an unspoken trust that immediately accompanies any individual in a profession that involves unfettered access to the most intimate parts of a woman's body. I simply cannot conceivably imagine of the gross abuse of trust this kind of sexual abuse involves. It's horrifying to even conceive of such a thing.
Think on how many picked up this type of behavior in the medical field, just from seeing or hearing of these acts and seeing nothing done about it, so they to decide to do like or worse!
Astonishing how "hurt" and "confused" that predator sounded on her voicemail, shows how convincing they can be at acting the victim and making it easy for the authorities to believe him instead of the woman! Scary. These organisations are notorious for protecting what they see as the reputation of the perpetrator, as though his reputation is linked to the reputation of the organisation itself.
This is profound & damaging gaslighting. He sounded like he was confused as to why the police were called. Narcissists don't feel any remorse for their behavior & will never admit their guilt. They are dangerously mentally ill if not pure evil.
There is a fine line between appropriate and not appropriate especially in that field of work. And its very difficult for victims to come forward because everybody would question them "maybe you over reacted to something nomal which was not normal" victim shaming is very common.
Horrific 😮 so much so that it would seem to be unbelievable to hear. Shocking that predators would and could hide behind a professional degree and the vow "to do no harm".
Columbia University senior administers: Katrina Armstrong, MD Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences Lorraine Frazier, PhD Senior Vice President, CUIMC, and Dean, School of Nursing Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH Senior Vice President, CUIMC, and Dean, Mailman School of Public Health Lynne Roth, Senior Vice President for Development Anne Taylor, MD, Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development Francine Caracappa, Vice President, Finance, and Controller Laura Gaffney, Chief Strategy Officer
Columbia should be held accountable in some way for Hadden!!!
yeah right
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"in some way" ???
When I was a graduate student at Columbia U I tried to get help for sexual harrassment and there was no one to assist me, nowhere to go for help. I was victim shamed and my scholarship funds withdrawn. All of the male professors in the department teamed up to undermine me and there was no help from the other students as they were all men too. I was 23 at the time. I tried the ombudsmen but that was also futile.
The sexual harrassment was from a male professor in my department as well as male colleagues in case that wasn’t clear.
@@Rubylove48it’s crazy making. Then there are comments blaming WOMEN in the dept.
I also was sexually harrassed at Columbia University. I went to their office of equal employment and affirmative action EEOC I think it was called? I had mixed results. A professor reported on my behalf and the dean had to speak to the offending professor, but he still remained. The other women he harassed didn´t count because they were not currently at the university or wouldn´t come forward. The male professor then moved into my building on my floor. His apartment could see directly into mine. I had enough and moved back home for a year. I graduated from my PhD program and eventually returned to teach. I thought the harasser had left but on my first day I saw him in the hallway. Then, I never saw him again. Generally, the behavior from some of the male employees was disgusting. In uniform, a custodial staff turned around to check out a woman´s butt as she was walking down the sidewalk. He made a big scene about how attractive he found her. This was with the university logo on his jumpsuit, in broad daylight. Another custodial staff member was looking at violent shark attacks and teenage girls in bikinis on a public computer when I went into IT to see if they could fix my boss´ laptop. Another custodial staff was sitting in the dark in the middle of a conference room and called out to me. I couldn´t tell where the sound was coming from as I was walking by, but I heard my name and stopped. He asked if I ever had gotten into fights. I told the security guard in the lobby of my building what happened and she walked up to talk to him. He never spoke to me again. I was almost run into by the SUV of my former sociology professor who pulled onto the sidewalk where i was walking to ask for my number. He asked to see my flat but I agreed to meet him somewhere public instead. When I arrived, he was already drunk. He kept touching my knee as he became more inebriated. I told my colleague, but she said to just stop hanging out with people like that. I ended up leaving from the stress of the job, not the bad behavior of the men. I had a nervous breakdown.
Sorry about your experiences. Thanks for sharing. PTSD/ complex trauma is common when there is not a single place you can go to feel safe. Yikes about the apartment, as well as ALL the other stuff! I left my program and returned to my home country to go to med school, because I couldn’t see how I could get ethical mentorship from any of the guys for my thesis...they expected the young women to prostitute themselves to get funding for research, one of my colleagues in the program tried to R me and I just couldn’t get away from him cos I saw him everyday, and one man I tutored because I needed funds also attempted to molest me when we were in private...I had no support and gaslighting was prevalent. I expected educated men to be better but they were more entitled and more retaliatory because their egos could not cope with a young woman saying ‘no’ @@theSSHITT
**i experienced sexual harassment and intimidation due to my gender going through surgical training and the guys were protected there as well as well, so it’s across many countries and many institutions @@theSSHITT
EVERY SINGLE PERSON who's ever said "why didn't they report it?" should be required to watch this -- in full.
What's your point?
@@LizaB486 what's YOUR point, troll?
@@SpecialSP my point is that I want to know Ruby's point.
@@LizaB486 She was clear. You're just trolling.
@@SpecialSP nothing is clear, and I want her to explain her point.
For example, what does watching this story--in full, have anything to do with people who have said, why didn't they report it, because the woman in the story did report it.
People don’t realize how many layers of defense doctors have within institutions. I worked in Medical Staff at a prominent hospital and saw shocking behavior and acts by doctors that were covered up or minimized and made utterly shrouded in layers of secrecy to minimize institutional liability.
what's an example of shocking behavior
Somewhat similar to the pedophile priests and the Vatican shipping them around, disgusting human behaviour to put it mildly.
So annoying when people dont have the guts to say exactly what their talking about. This world is filled with enough deception. What are you trying to do scare everyone? Say what it is that you saw for example and by the way it sounds you are scared s-less that people will think it was you commiting the examples. You saw it because it was your own hands. Silence is evil. Your comment is therefor evil to say.
Spot on.. I've seen & heard enough to know not to allow anyone in the medical profession to touch me.
Are there ANY American institutions capable of protecting the civil & human rights of the people while making money from us? Abuse of power, everywhere..
Columbia University deserves to get raked over the coals for this. Everyone in any position of power who enabled him should be sent to prison and have all their job and retirement benefits stripped. Allowing him to return to practice after being arrested for sexual assault is UNCONSCIONABLE.
It takes so much to get the police to arrest someone connected to sex crimes, the fact that they did already speaks volumes about how serious they thought it was. For the university to allow him back at all is absolutely chilling. They could have protected so many others if they just cared AT ALL about what happened to their patients.
Yes. Unconscionable is exactly right !!!
So how come the Columbia administration is not charged with aiding and abetting? Its the same old story. The establishment loathes to prosecute certain types of individuals until it is almost impossible not to do so and then when they finally do, all of the others that enabled and were in fact complicit or otherwise involved, get a pass. 245 victims, 20 years?
I completely agree! 1 victim is a problem, 245 is being complicit at best.
Like, how do you feel okay with having this someone at your hospital, tarnishing what was once a New York institution?! I mean, he’s a dude OB-GYN how can you possibly allow more than once incident to occur?? It’s already an obvious conflict of interesting, in my opinion, so anything other than a spotless record is the sign of a sexual predator. Being arrested then going back to work in two business days (to commit more assaults) is grotesque!
@@1PrinceWilliam- Definitely agree that there’s reason to be suspicious of all male OB-GYNs. Doctors of all types are typically narcissistic, so we have to be particularly careful of the ones who select specialties where they have direct power over girls and women in vulnerable situations.
Dr. John Brown, who wrote “Women & Medicine”, advised women to avoid male doctors. He had awful stories to tell of their rampant misbehaviors.
W H Y hasn”t COlunbia Board of Directors completely cut ties. Now we know why chaperones ARE REQUIRED in OB-GYN offices! It’s sick Columbia would receive any National Funding!
Columbia University Is just as guilty as Hadden for this!! They need to lock them all up and throw away the key!!
It takes so much courage to tell your story at such a large level, thank you Laurie and everyone else who came forward. You deserve all the peace and healing you can find after this vile predation. THANK YOU!
I was adopted. The emotional, mental, physical and verbal abuse started on the first day.
I am not disputing the legal system/judge's decision on having me removed from the first group of people. And don't want that custody or authority to be given back to my biological relatives or their relatives.
Waiting to have my adoption nullified. To be emancipated.
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My adopted parents biological son at the age of fifteen started r*ping me, when I was nine years old.
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The people that adopted me/I was forced to live with have been delaying this trial, for over twenty years.
They don't want me to testify against them. They are angry that I contacted the law enforcement. They've been aiding, abetting and protecting a p*dophile.
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Needed Federal Legislation.
Adoption Nullification Act:
Allowing adopted people to have their adoption nullified. To be emancipated. Regardless of their age.
This would be an Amendment to the Emancipation Proclamation.
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People are not property. Adoption should not be a form of slavery.
I am in need of a lawyer to represent me. I am okay with going to the United States Supreme Court. This is as important as: Brown vs The Board of Education.
Had there been federal legislation, I would have had my adoption nullified decades ago. And wouldn't have had to post this information.
Why doesn't my birth certificate have the word: Adopted? This should be mandatory for all adopted people.
This example of the horrific impunity that these men have is a disgrace. Thank you for your courage.
Yes. Thank you!
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You know this criminal doctor has been doing this for YEARS!!
Sure bet.
Thank you Laurie and all the victims who come forward and eventually get the justice that you all deserved . I am a retired nurse and this is a protocol in the hospital where I worked. If a female patient is being examined by a male doctor for any reason we have female nurses or techs to accompany that patient inside the examining room. If there is no one available even though how busy I am I will accompany that female patient in the examining room. In the OB gyne ward where a male doctor is working the female nurses are always there in the examining room when that male doctor is examing patient . This is a protocol for all hospitals. Women who are pregnant or not pregnant always insist on female nurse or a female techs to be in the examining room when a male doctor is examining you whether in hospital setting or private practice setting . I read that this doctor was served a 20 year jail term for his crime he deserves more . And Columbia hospital you really protected this doctor instead of protecting your patients . Your license to open your OB-GYNE ward should be suspended indefinitely .
This happens creepily often, the more "reputable" the hospital or clinic is :( speaking from experience, being unable to press charges bc the hospital closed ranks and protected my attacker just minutes after I reported the assault. They didn't care about preventing future malpractice suits as much as they did doing EVERYTHING THEY COULD to stop me from being able to press criminal charges. Unfortunately the local PD took their side... "it's a really good hospital, it's hard to believe they would let this happen."
Of course they would. They don't want the public attention for sheltering sexual predators.
Columbia must be held accountable. And 20 years in prison is not enough for Hadden. The Manhattan DA’s office was negligent as well. Having a female nurse present with male medical practitioners must be made legally mandatory to protect all female patients.
If Obgyn services are needed, only female practitioners should be seen. There’s something creepy just on its face about men going into this specialty.
@@vallee7966Woman are capable of assault as well. Professional doctors do not conduct themselves inappropriately.
@@jacquirimown3886 sure! Hadden & Larry Nassar come to mind, but how many more “professional doctors” haven’t been caught?
If this old guy goes into general population in the joint he won't last long
This doctor will learn how to different kind of oral mouth sex in the joint 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I am a male physician, I never, ever do any exam on any patient alone. I always make sure there is a 3rd or more people in the room. I don’t doubt the person, but I know perceptions can be wrong on both ends, I really don’t want to have only one person side of the story to be the definitive narrative, patient or practitioner. I feel more comfortable myself, and I hope my patients do as well.
Thank you so much for your courage to tell this story. It will help so many of us who have had experiences that felt "wrong", but ignored it.
Thank you for covering this
sexual abuse is the worst and all need to face justice and those who are complicit
I had a male gyn in the ER 12 years ago. Extremely rough exam. Had i knew what i knew now i would have reported him to the license board
You still can report him, even if the incident happened in the past. Wishing you all the best and stay safe.
@@susu78yes absolutely- if you have his name and the time line.
SHAME on you Columbia. i’m so proud to be a woman, and am sick and tired of this. This should not keep happening. Sexual assault of ANY kind should immediately be treated seriously NO matter who the perp may be. Nassar, anyone?? STOP this by LISTENING and hearing what we say when we report sexual assault.
Oh my goodness!! Her Whole Story just kept getting Worse. How Very Sad! How Horrible what She Had Gone Through.. What a BRAVE WOWAN to be able to tell Her Story
Unfortunately the biggest shame is that he was not the only predator @ Columbia.
. . . of course not!
CU is full of them!
Of course many plaintiff ls are in it for the money not fir true justice.
@@Comeback180To sue is the only way to hold the institution accountable for subjecting patients to a known sex predator for 20 yrs. This institution needs to be punished and to pay out money is the most painful punishment for this greedy corrupt institution. My only hope is that enough victims come forth to sue CU into the ground.
@@Comeback180what……you clearly have no idea what’s happening to women…..🐍
NEVER should a physician be performing a gynecological exam without an assistant in the room…
Super well-spoken lady. What should have been the very happiest time of her life . . . I am so chagrined.
This story is about ONE doKtor. There are THOUSANDS more who will never be held accountable for their abuses.
My live in girlfriend and I found doctors' insistence on hiding exams and procedures from patients' spouses or partners unacceptable and insisted all medical procedures be performed in each other's presence. It was a bit of an effort when we first got together, but we managed to find cooperative doctors beginning with her annual so-called "pelvic," actually vaginal exams. In recent years this has become much less of an effort, the medical professions seemingly having grown up. We recommend ALL medical patients exercise their rights and follow our example. Medical patients: Your bodies are YOURS, and ALL decisions regarding your medical care are yours as well.
I agree.
Awesome for you guys!❤
We need witnesses in the exam room.
No one should be alone in matters of health care with no one but a staff of employees paid primarily by " who knows".
Thank you, Laura and Amy, for reporting on this and giving hope that something gets done. And to all the other ladies to.
Laurie, what a brave woman you are! All this must have been a horrible ordeal. But you helped so many others with your courage.
Society has become numb to predators, they brush it under the carpet and some who are the same type of narcissist even reward and encourage this behavior.
It's always troubled me that OB-GYNs have nearly always been men. Creeps me out that they choose this as a career, and instigated the many harmful interventions of childbirth which cause lifelong damage. What proportion of women would choose careers in male genito-urology?
I believe men get into this profession due to sexual addictions no doubt.
As a female med students..thats such a tupid thinking
You are saying thatpeoplw of certain gender are better at treatment than others.
Your thoughts are no different thhan any misogynistic person on street
This is not about gender. I am sure most male doctors in this field are trustworthy and professional.
It is just that deviants choose careers where victims are, easily accessible. Just like the pedophiles gravitate towards schools and churches.
Great reporting! How tragic!😡
The administrators that were responsible for this guy being let loose on people absolutely need to be charged as well
Thank you so much for this incredible reporting and a double thank you to the survivors and sources that made this reporting possible.
I would NEVER have a male OBGYN doctor.
Your a smart person who understands being a male doctor who doesn't exempt them from sexual motives. You have licensed male gynecologists and unlicensed amature gynecologists.
I think a lot of OB-GYN practitioners have assaulted more than just the woman..
I hope these victims sue Columbia University into the ground.
Columbia University and Robert Hadden are beyond-the-pale repulsive and unacceptable! BRAVO for all the women who publicized their crimes and cover-ups!
Why wouldn't they fire him or say quit now or we'll turn you over to the police, FFS!!
ALL of the women need to do a Class-Action Lawsuit against Columbia University and all who were involved in the cover-up.
Thank you Amy, and each of you committed and capable women. YOU are the change makers❤
This is why I've never had male doctors, nurses, dentists, anesthesiologists, physical therapists. And if you die, don't have a male mortician.
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Sadly women doctors aren't safe either, they don't do THIS particular thing but I've experienced a total lack of empathy from them in painful situations they caused.
@@mistressofstones I'm so sorry, sister, you deserved a lot better treatment! 💓
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@@mistressofstonesyea there's no guarantee that female docs would treat a female patient well either
Um, those statements from Columbia are astounding. They apologize?!! Why was allowed to continue practicing?!!! FFS!!
Thank you, Lori, for fighting this terrible and horrifying abuse and for bring that story to the world and to us here on DemocracyNow. Finally, because of your courage and other women like you who have spoken out at least Hadden has received a jail sentence. The next step, then, is to find the people at Columbia who are also culpable and make them accountable. I hope that at least now you can begin to find some measure of peace in the love of your baby daughter.
For Columbia to fail to act in the best interest of the victims for the protection of their own reputation was shortsighted, which seems to be the commonly held mindset of the typical Capitalist. (Short term gain)
But, had they considered the possible scenarios, they’d have realized that the TRUTH is always the best course because it ALWAYS comes out. What does this outcome do, now, for their precious reputation?
I think he did a little bit of play called save-his-buttocks by the message he left; it was the cover-up he wanted recorded. I thought the law now provided that any time a woman receives a physical examination, a nurse MUST be present. How did this slip through the cracks?
Not entirely, it’s called minimising, gaslighting and intimidation to try to get her to question her own experience and withdraw the report to police.
@@Rubylove48 You are correct, however, by him leaving this recorded message goes to his defense and helps disguise his guilt by pretending that this never happened.
True. I understood your point but thanks for clarifying. @@conniemazas
That was the creepiest message. That man is a straight-up psychopath.
Medical gaslighting.
Isn't there always supposed to be a nurse present?
Those who permitted him back to work should also be held accountable
Their pretending to be watching out for people's right,especially women, but actually manipulating them to be used as they see fit,in their perverted minds...
Healthcare is not a privilege. Health Care is a right to every human.
Not if the greedy rich have their way. We live is a classist society. The rich own too many politicians--definitely all the Rethuglicon tribe is owned by reichwing billionaires.
They don't want poor and struggling ppl to have any healthcare. In fact, they support death and suffering.
Columbia University should lose their collective licenses to practice and teach medicine! The organization's that gave Columbia University their accreditation also need to be help accountable! Those accrediting institutions need to revoke ALL, EVERY SINGLE ONE, Columbia University 's accreditation immediately!
what would a current tally of number of crimes against women v number of crimes prosecuted look like? this isnt just about the "types of (criminal) individuals" but also about what kind of victimization (against women) is dismissed or tolerated in most societies today .
Yep. I feel we women have not spoken up and checked Sexist Language and Sexist Behaviors of sexist men for fear of the personal or career costs.
Why on earth would he be alone through exam? There should have been a nurse in the room. Period !!
How many assaults does it take to get the DOJ involved?
Heard this on the radio yesterday. Sick man. His call to the victim, "Can we talk?" eek. . .
They should be banned from ever practicing medicine again.
No medical personnel should EVER be left alone with vulnerable patients
Why was he not sentenced 20 years for each woman he assaulted???WHAT THE FUCK?
What a brave woman!
That gonna be a huge lawsuit
LET'S HOPE SO.
Wow...what a very brave woman for coming forward. It must have been very difficult. But who knows how many dozens, hundreds even, of other women you saved from a similar fate.
Columbia will be paying out big time to at least eight patients. What a stupid decision made by someone about to lose their job.
All protectors of this criminal need to answer for their role in this decades long sexual assault! Columbia administrators and board!
Columbia University. Michigan State University. Where does it end? The alumni at these schools need to speak up.
Look at all those strong women ready to testify against this Monster yet.. the judicial system failed them repeatedly by deciding for them that they couldnt speak. Columbia University and the District Attorney should be held accountable as accomplices to his crimes.
Poor lady. Its painful to hear this.
I had a obgyn do something very similar. After nothing was done, I never went to a male obgyn again.
Women are sexual assaulted everyday by men. Most women don't report sexual assult from male gynecologist. You risk being sexually assaulted by a male gynecologist. Men choose this field for a reason
Unfortunately, a lot of this goes back to misogyny. "Now, now little lady, Surely, it wasn't as bad as all that. Let's not make a fuss, okay?" And it is particularly discouraging to see a female attorney defending a predator like him. Even when women are brought into the board room, I think they face enormous pressure to conform to the good old boy standards. It takes an incredibly strong and skilled woman to stand out there and be allowed to remain.
My fellow women we are NOT safe anywhere-anywhere.
A co worker had to drop her PhD program there because the teacher was demanding sex. I have fought for years about a sick pred I had for a teacher, no one did anything! Police, representatives, deans, ALL were there to shut me down. The Evergreen State College, I had to be dragged to see Amy Goodman there and other people. It just has that happy hunting vibe. If you know who to go to for this kind of problem, let me know!
There have been ads all over IG looking for former patients. This.. is horrifying.
At his age, 20 yrs is life. Good. No parole!
This was happening for years? It's shocking! I'm glad I didn't go, when they called me 15 years ago.
This is so shocking and not shocking/surprising at the same time.
❤ to all the victims!
Great journalism here. Thank you.
The Hospital needs to be held ACCOUNTABLE for re-employing the MONSTER.🤢🤮
The most shocking part of it all is nobody at Columbia will face the music.
Not shocking at all. This is how it has always been with crimes against women. Blame the victims, protect the perpetrators, and sweep it under the rug. It's usually done for both profit and cruelty. Yes, the cruelty is baked right in. Most women have been Sexually Assaulted or the victims of some form of Sexual harassment and or domestic violence. The victims are made to pay whether they report it or not. No justice in 99% of cases. Generations of men have been taught to mistreat, mistrust, and gaslight women. They do it to their spouses, their wives, their daughters, their employees, their patients, their students, etc.. The institutions and perpetrators rarely pay any significant price for all the lives they have destroyed. Many religions bake sexual abuse, blame, shame, and gaslighting right into their "theology".
This man is a criminal.
May justice flow like waters and do the appropriate and right actions required here… Tell your story folks, if harm has been caused then stand up to this wrong… 1❤
This is unbelievable!!
Imagine if you could just say "I'm appalled that I was going 50 mph over the speed limit" when stopped by a cop and he would say, "well, since you're appalled, I won't give you a ticket". Or if you said "I regret stabbing that man" and the judge said "Plaintiff shows regret. Case dismissed". So, how does Columbia get away with the same thing? Is it because they're 'connected'? Or because these were women?
What value could he have possibly added to Columbia that allowed him to get away with this for so long?
How is his sentence only 20 years? For almost 250 cases of sexual assault?
Excellent reporting and content. Thanks to all of you for your contribution.
Ty to all. Informative content.
I feel like ALL ob/GYN doctors whether male or female should have a nurse or assistant should be in the exam room!!!!!!!!!
I can think of no worse a position being occupied by a prolific serial sexual abuser, than that of an OBGYN. Obtaining access to the most intimate area of the female body is the biggest obstacle an abuser must overcome in order to carry out his abuse, so being an OBGYN utterly obliterates that initial protection a potential victim posseses,leaving the victim completely at the mercy of her abuser due to an unspoken trust that immediately accompanies any individual in a profession that involves unfettered access to the most intimate parts of a woman's body. I simply cannot conceivably imagine of the gross abuse of trust this kind of sexual abuse involves. It's horrifying to even conceive of such a thing.
Think on how many picked up this type of behavior in the medical field, just from seeing or hearing of these acts and seeing nothing done about it, so they to decide to do like or worse!
Huge law suit
One would hope
Astonishing how "hurt" and "confused" that predator sounded on her voicemail, shows how convincing they can be at acting the victim and making it easy for the authorities to believe him instead of the woman! Scary. These organisations are notorious for protecting what they see as the reputation of the perpetrator, as though his reputation is linked to the reputation of the organisation itself.
typical gaslighting behavior...
This is profound & damaging gaslighting. He sounded like he was confused as to why the police were called. Narcissists don't feel any remorse for their behavior & will never admit their guilt. They are dangerously mentally ill if not pure evil.
Class action lawsuit against Columbia in addition to the doctors charges
There is a fine line between appropriate and not appropriate especially in that field of work. And its very difficult for victims to come forward because everybody would question them "maybe you over reacted to something nomal which was not normal" victim shaming is very common.
Horrific 😮
so much so that it would seem to be unbelievable to hear.
Shocking that predators would and could hide behind a professional degree and the vow "to do no harm".
I dont like how she keeps calling her baby a fetus...
So disgusting who knows how many drs are so perverted as this one who was protected for so many years. 😢
Seriously, what does it take to stop these monsters????
Unfreakin believable! Columbia should have the pants sued off of them!!!
Listen to the end. They settled a long time ago. Very hard to reopen, probably impossible.
@@l.w.paradis2108 figures! These predators know how to work the system!
Filing a complaint against a doktor is a joke.
He didnt work to evade their oversight. They didnt provide any oversight
Columbia University senior administers:
Katrina Armstrong, MD Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences
Lorraine Frazier, PhD Senior Vice President, CUIMC, and Dean, School of Nursing
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH Senior Vice President, CUIMC, and Dean, Mailman School of Public Health
Lynne Roth, Senior Vice President for Development
Anne Taylor, MD, Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development
Francine Caracappa, Vice President, Finance, and Controller
Laura Gaffney, Chief Strategy Officer
Monsters
Really great segment!
Wow! Such a high level of entitlement even after the gig was up
sickening
First of all who goes to a gynecologist while they're in college? I don't even know if we had one...
No Dr worth any money would leave a voicemail like that... He knew he was busted!