ANN ARBOR, MI — A University of Michigan surgeon is suing university officials over alleged freedom of speech and due process violations.
Dr. Steven Buchman, a tenured surgery professor at the UM Medical School in Ann Arbor, alleges the university violated his First Amendment rights and retaliated after he shared his views about craniofacial surgery on nonbinary gendered patients, according to a complaint filed Thursday, May 28, in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan.
Buchman, 66, was at the time the oldest physician serving in the pediatric plastic surgery service and craniofacial team and further alleges the university violated his due process rights and discriminated against him due to his age…