Columbia Shakeup: Leaders Exit After Report Details Culture Shielding Abusive OB-GYN
A Trusted Doctor’s Hidden Predation (Image Credits: Static01.nyt.com) New York City – Two senior physicians at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital resigned following an independent report that exposed deep institutional failures allowing former OB-GYN Robert Hadden to sexually abuse patients for more than two decades.[1][2] A Trusted Doctor’s Hidden Predation Robert Hadden joined Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the late 1980s and quickly built a reputation as a top obstetrician-gynecologist. Patients trusted him with their most intimate care, but behind closed doors, he assaulted hundreds over 25 years.[3] The abuse persisted undetected until a 2012 incident when a postpartum … Read more









