Science, healthcare, and academic freedom are under attack by the Trump administration and its proxies. Public health institutions have been forced to shed essential personnel, losing years of training, risking the loss of irreplaceable knowledge, and placing millions at risk from outbreaks of preventable diseases. The designation of healthcare facilities and educational institutions as sites of immigration enforcement has created a culture of fear that keeps people from obtaining needed medical care or attending school. Federal grants have been hand-picked for termination based on discriminatory and anti-science ideologies surrounding LGBTQIA+ health, structural racism, vaccines, and environmental science. Long-overdue efforts to encourage a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce across higher education have been slashed. Federal funding has been weaponized to punish institutions that maintain free speech and inclusive policies. The medical care of patients, in particular Veterans and those on Medicaid, is threatened by huge funding cuts.

The Trump administration and its agents have created a climate of repression and retaliation that intimidates responsible leaders. Acceding to this interference violates our ethical imperative to care for all and first, do no harm. Without a unified voice from universities and hospitals across the country, we risk losing the institutions that are essential for patient care, innovation, scientific discovery, and medical advancement. Neutrality and focus on self-preservation pose dire threats to us as individuals, to our institutions, and to our democracy.

As alumni, staff, faculty, and trainees, we call upon our leadership to:

1. Form a coalition with other universities and healthcare institutions to direct political, public relations, and legal resources to firmly reject attacks on the core values of academic freedom, free speech, equity, and democracy.

2. Protect all patients, students, staff, trainees, and faculty from improper government interference.

3. Commit to providing patient-centered care for all according to the best available data.

4. Resist government pressure that seeks to remove our colleagues and eliminate their transformative science.

History has taught us that acquiescence to authoritarian policies does not prevent suffering. If you speak with a unified voice and decisively defend what is sacred and under threat, we will proudly stand with you and in defense of you. Our patients, our science, and our country urgently need your leadership.

Beth Ackerson MD

Rosemary Adamson

Luma Al-Attar MD, Retina Center of Puerto Rico

Dana Al-Khaled

Carmen Albizu MD, Graduate School of Public Health, U of PR

Andreia Alexander MD, PhD, MPH, Indiana University School of Medicine

Jehan Alladina, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Shalini Allam MD, UPMC

Kelly Allen BA, MFA, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Amanda Almond, Master of Nursing, Stanford

Amy Alpert MS CCC-SLP, Volunteers In Medicine

Tarini Anand MD

Anne Andrews PhD, UCLA

Sahil Angelo MD, UPMC

Catharina Armstrong MD MPH, MGB

Barbara Atkins

Jessica Awerman MD

Sarah Bagley MD, MSc, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center

Ankush Bansal MD

Amy Barczak MD

Nesli Basgoz MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Nora Becker, University of Michigan

Jack Beinashowitz PhD, Cambridge Health Alliance

Trude Bennett MSW, MPH, DrPH, UNC Chapel Hill SPH

Ariana Bennett DrPH, MPH

Ellen Benoit PhD

Caitlin Bernard MD, MSCI, Indiana University

Alex Bettis PhD

Kristi Bigos PhD

Aislinn Black DO, MPH, Rutgers NJMS

Paul Blair, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Patricia Blochowiak MD

Liz Boehm

Audrey Bogosian, University of Southern California

Bob Bollinger MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins

Allison Bolton BA, Tufts University

Kacey Bongarzone, Finding Your Balance Counseling

Vicky Borgia MD

Elizabeth Borkowski MPH, George Washington University

Wendy Bostwick PhD, MPH, UIC

Rhonda Boyd PhD

Kathryn Brigham, MGH/Harvard Medical School

Jennifer Brody MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

Kristin Brownell MD MPH, Family Health Centers of San Diego

Margaret Bryer PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kelly Butnor MD

Lauren Byrd PharmD, UPMC

Jarrett Byrnes PhD, UMass Boston

Angela Cai MD, MBA, University of Pennsylvania

Mary Canales PhD

Nicole Carter MD

Vivian Chang, UCLA

Avik Chatterjee MD, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine

Pietra Check MPH

Koeun Choi MD, NYP-Weill Cornell

Gabriel Cisneros MD, UPMC

Krystal Cleven MD MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Shelley Co D.O., Montefiore Medical Center

Deborah Cohan MD MPH, University of California San Francisco

Mardge Cohen MD

Kara Connelly MD, MCR

Angela Consentino MPH, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Siobhan Cooke PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kathleen Corey MD, MPH, MMSc, MGH

Shielding Cournoyer

Jen Creedon MD, LSUHSC

Brendan Crow MD

Jamie Daniel MD

Melissa Dattalo MD, MPH

Kate Davidoff

Priscilla De La Cruz MD, University of New Mexico

Audrey DeSilva MS, MD, Northeast Pediatrics & Adolescent Med

Sunjay Devarajan MD

John DeWitt MD PhD, University of Vermont

Scott Dexter BS, MS, PhD, University of Michigan

Camille Dickerson PA, MS, Planned Parenthood

Ana Djordjevic MSc, CUNY | Brooklyn College

Sharon Dobie MCP, MD, University of Washington

Diana Doeing, Silver Cross Hospital

Martin Donohoe MD, publichealthandsocialjustice.org

Asima Doriwala

Kate Douglas MD

Alexandra Dretler, Emory University

Daniel Du Pont MD, University of Pennsylvania

Jamie Duhamel PT,DPT,NCS

Christine Durand MD, Johns Hopkins

Jessica Early MSN, Yale School of Nursing '14

Jared Eddy MD MPhil MSc, National Jewish Health

Susan Edgman-Levitan PA, Mass General Hospital

Gabriel Edwards, UCLA

Kristen Ehrenberger MD PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Mark Eisenberg MD, Harvard Medical School

Marika Ennis MD

Caryn Epstein, Oregon Health & Science University

Erica Esher

Mariama Evans MD

Dabney Evans PhD, MPH, Emory University

Carol Ewig BA, MA

Kathleen Fagan MD, MPH, Case Western Reserve University

Meagan Fansler MSN, Boone Health

Mary Figgatt PhD, MPH, Brown University Health

Elizabeth Finigan MD

Michele Finkle DO, Sturdy Memorial Hospital

Ben Fitzpatrick BS, MS, PhD, University of Tennessee

Angeline Fitzpatrick BA, BSN

Hilari Fleming MD, Ph.D, University of North Carolina

Jake Fox MD, MPH, University of Colorado

Ashley Fox PhD, MA, University at Albany Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy

Kathryn Fox Phd, University of Denver

Michael Franks

Ariel Frey-Vogel, MGH

Jess Friedman MD, MPH

Ari Friedman MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Jennifer Fung MD, Mount Sinai

Deborah Gage MD, MBA

Alycia Garubanda MA CCC-SLP, A top Minnesota healthcare inst

Sherie Gause MD, Oregon Health & Science University

Kathryn Gavin B.A., M.S., University of Michigan

Alex Geiger MD, MPH

Hayley Gershengorn MD, University of Miami

Ellie Gibbs, USC Keck School of Medicine

Bobby Gibbs, University of Wisconsin Madison

Scott Gilbert PA-C, MS, Atrius Health

Ilene Gipson BA, MS. PhD, Harvard Medical School

Caroline Gjerstad PA-C

Judelysse Gomez PhD, Northwell Health

Sara Gonzalez DO, Boston Children’s Hospital

Susan Goold MD, MHSA, MA, University of Michigan

Andrea Gordon MD, Tufts University

Jeoffry Gordon MD, MPH, Retired

Bonnie Gorman RN MS, RN

Lindsey Gouker MD, University of North Carolina

Solange Gould MPH, DrPH, Human Impact Partners

Ali Greenberg MD, MSPH, MS, Columbia/New York Presbyterian

Meredith Greene MD, Indiana University

Savannah Greene BSN, Johns Hopkins University

Tina Grosowsky

Kate Grossman, Boone Health

Kevin Hachey MD, MS, MPH, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Scott Hadland MD, MPH

Megan Hagenauer Ph.D., University of Michigan

Mary Ellen Hagenauer, Northwestern University

Laura Hagopian

Ghady Haidar, University of Pittsburgh

Sara Haluf

Jada Hamilton MD

Hali Hammer MD

Courtney Hammerel MD, Mainline Healthcare

Bernadine Han MD MS, Weill Cornell Medical College

Monica Hannon MD

Jennifer Hao MD

Corey Hardin MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School

Claude Hardy M.F.A., Pellissippi State Community College

Laura Harris MD MS MPH, UCSF, UC Berkeley, University of Virginia

Mary Hatcher-Dewey MD, The Permanente Medical Group

Katrina Hauschildt, Johns Hopkins University

Rebecca Heise, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tina Her, Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, Allina Health

Danielle Herried DO, MBA, Sun Life Health

Reza Hessabi MD

Kathryn Hibbert MD, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

David Hill MD

Charles Hilliard PhD, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Kelsey Hills-Dunlap, University of Colorado

David Himmelstein MD, Hunter College

Kathryn Himmelstein

Chad Hochberg MD MHS, Johns Hopkins University

Geoffrey Holm PhD, Colgate University

Aurora Horstkamp MD, Retired

Marcela Horvitz Lennon MD MPH, Harvard Medical School

Jenny Hsi Doctor of Public Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Jean Hsieh MD, MS

Shelby Huffaker MPH, University of California San Diego

Elizabeth Humphreys MD, MPH, UCSF (alum)

Emily Hurstak MD MPH, Boston Medical Center

Elisa Ignatius MD, Johns Hopkins

Chinezi Ihenatu MD, University of Pennsylvania

Nick Ingraham MD, MS, University of Minnesota

Ellen Isaacs MD, Retired

Ellen Israel BSN, CNM, MPH, Retired

Nora Jacobson

Silvia Natalia Jaimes Ocazionez

Teresa Janevic PhD MPH, Mailman School of Public Health

Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner PhD, MPH, MST, University of Illinois Chicago

Adele Jasperse

Marie Jauffret-Roustide PhD, Inserm

Nidal Jboor MD, Doctors Against Genocide

HAC Jewish Voice for Peace N/A N/A

Sydney Jimenez MD, MGH

Lyra Johnson MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital

Brian B. Johnson Ph.D., MA, MPH

Sarah Jolley MD, MSc, University of Colorado

Nev Jones PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Shashi Kant Ph.D, EMBS, LLB, The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine

Emma Kaplan-lewis MD, NYC Health and Hospitals

Marissa Karpoff Cooper

Lauren Kearney, Boston Medical Center/Boston University

Hope Kellman B.S., Boston Children’s Hospital

Amy Khan MD, MPH

Alisa Khan MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

Erin King MD, Hope Clinic

Ryan Knodle MD

Kendra Kobrin

Phoebe Koch

Julia Koehler MD, Harvard Medical School

Donald Kollisch MD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Miriam Komaromy MD, Boston University

Mary Ann Kopydlowski BSN, Homeless Health Care organization

Darrell Kotton, Boston University and Boston Medical Center

Elizabeth Kroll M.Ed

Richard Krushnic MA, City Planning, Cambridge Residents Alliance, Mass Public Banking

Thomas Kuczmarski MD, Fred Hutch

Karameh Kuemmerle

Sunny Kung MD

Jordana Laks MD

Katharine Lamperti

Ruvandhi Nathavitharana MD MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Erika Newton MD, MPH, Stony Brook University

Alice Newton, MGB Brigham

Christopher Newton-Cheh MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

Chris Newton-Cheh, Massachusetts General Hospital

Tiffany Ng BA, MM, MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Kim Ngo DO, MS, Dominican Hospital/PAMF

Crystal North MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital

Katherine Nowicki MD

Deirdre O’Reilly, University of Vermont

Katie Oehmen, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Allina Health

Jenna Oelschlegel, MSW

Tess Olsson MPH

Thomas Ostrander

Kathleen Page MD, Johns Hopkins University

Alan Papscun

Sarwat Patel

Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph MD, MPH

Thomas Pedroni PhD, Wayne State University

Jose Perez-Zetune

Camille Petri MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School

Cathy Pienaar

David Pilcher MD

Rogrio Pinto PhD, University of Michigan

Julie Potter MD, MGH

Tray Prematta MD

Sara Prince MD, CHOP

Haley Pritchard

Mahmooda Qureshi, MGH HMS

Susan Racine MD

Malak Rafla MD, Harvard Medical School / Cambridge Health Alliance

Wesley Ratliff MD, IU Health

Colin Ray MD, Community Health Network

Jim Recht MD, Harvard Medical School

Karin Rhodes MD, Pennsylvania Government

Sarah Riley MD, Yale University

Taylor Riley

Dannie Ritchie MD, MPH, Brown University

Alicia Rizzo MD PhD, University of Pittsburgh

David Roach MD

Sarah Rojas MD, MAS, UCSD

Justine Rosalez MD, Suny Downstate

Lucia Rose PharmD, Paratek

Kenneth Rosenberg MD, MPH

Jennifer Rosenblum MD, MGH

Nicole Ross MAOT, St. Catherine University

Alice Rothchild BA, MD, Harvard Medical School (retired)

Joseph Rothchild MD, Lahey Clinic

Kamalika Roy MD MCR, Oregon Health and Science University

Rachel Rubin MD, MPH, Cook County Dept. of Public Health

Samantha Rubright MD

Matt Ryan DO, Dominican Hospital

Katherine Sakmar MD, Harvard Medical School

Mehlaqa Samdani

Lekshmi Santhosh

Sushama Scalera, Scalera Consulting Group

Leslie Scheunemann MD MPH, University of Pittsburgh

Samantha Schild, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mattan Schuchman

Shannon Scott-Vernaglia MD, Harvard Medical School

Afi Semenya

Janet Shapiro MD

Steve Shoptaw PhD, University of California Los Angeles

Leigh Simmons MD, Mass General Hospital

Margo Simmons B.A., M.A., Ph.D, University of Orange

Robin Simon PhD, Wake Forest University

Arjun Sinha MD, MS, Indiana University School of Medicine

Nicole Skinner MD PhD

Ariel Sklar MD, MSc

Natalia Smirnova MD, Emory

Patrick Smith BSN RN, Drexel University

Alexa Smith M.D., Scripps

Caren Solomon MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

Stephanie Spangler DO, ChristianaCare

Peter Sporn MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Elizabeth Spradley BSN, University of Maryland Medical Center

Takara Stanley

Danae Steele MD, Oregon Health Sciences University

Elizabeth Stranges

Jeremy Stricsek MD, Harvard Medical School

Timothy Sullivan BA, MD, Bozeman Health

Maggie Sullivan FNP-BC, DrPH, FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, Harvard University

Nithya Sunder MD

Amelia Sutton MD, PhD

Michael Suval DO, Santa Cruz Medical Group

Kristen Swanson MD

Colin Swenson MD, Emory University

Davida Talcove MD, MS

Zachary Templeton, University of Pennsylvania

Zoey Thill MD, MPP, MPH

Meghan Thomas MD, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Group

Holly Thomas MD MS, University of Pittsburgh

Carole Thomas MD, Virtua Health

Ellen Timmer MA, New York Presbyterian

Lauren Tollack MD

Baohuong Tran DO, CHOP

Tia Tucker MD, MPH

Josephine Urbina MD, MAS, University of California, San Francisco

Rita Valenti RN, Retired from Grady Hospital

Cornelia van der Ziel BA, MD, Harvard University, Columbia University, P&S

Krystn Wagner MD PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kathryn Wagner MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Richard Waldhorn, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Alexander Walley MD, MSc, Boston University

Andrew Wang, PhD, MPH, CPH

Jenli Dawn Waters MD, Stanford, Yale, Johns Hopkins

Kathryn Weibrecht MD, UMass

Kate Wenger

Stewart Wente

Natasha Wheaton

Diana Williams PhD, Claremont McKenna College

Liliane Windsor MSW, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Sydney Wishner BA, Massachusetts General Hospital

Henry Wortis MD, Tufts University School of Medicine

Lisa Wray MD, University of Pennsylvania

Irina Yermilov MD

Nathan Yung MD, MS, UC San Diego Health

Rebecca Zash MD, Harvard Medical School

Yaolin Zhou MD

Kaitlin Zinsli PhD, MPH, University of Washington