(BALTIMORE, MD, 11/14/2023) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today filed a complaint with the Maryland Board of Physicians against Dr. Darren Klugman, a doctor who has reportedly made racist social media posts targeting Palestinians and endorsing genocide against them.
The posts shared with CAIR referred to Palestinians as “barbaric animals,” expressed his support for their “large scale slaughter” and forced displacement, and labeled them as “people who rape and murder civilians.”
In a statement, CAIR Maryland Director Zainab Chaudry:
“These abhorrent comments reportedly made by Dr. Klugman are deeply troubling and must be addressed swiftly and transparently. Physicians take an oath to do no harm. They are entrusted with treating patients from all faiths and backgrounds. A doctor who harbors views that any ethnic group is less than human and expresses support for their extermination cannot be trusted to diligently uphold their ethical and moral obligation to serve the medical needs of their patient population to the best of their ability. It places patients’ safety and well-being in jeopardy and undermines trust within medical institutions. Dr. Klugman serves a pediatric population in a diverse community which is especially vulnerable. We urge the Maryland Board of Physicians to launch a full investigation and, if Dr. Klugman is determined to have indeed made these reprehensible posts, we call on the board to revoke his medical license immediately and issue a memo to physicians across the state that this type of misconduct will not be tolerated.”
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CONTACT: CAIR Office in Maryland Director Zainab Chaudry, 410-971-6062, zchaudry@cair.com