Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf

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year until the situation had settled. That same month, Dr. Futran recommended to

renew Dr. Litvack’s appointment for the 2017-2018 academic year.

From the outset, Dr. Litvack had concerns with the lack of representation of

women in the Department and felt treated differently than in her previous professional

experience. She testified:

that it was pretty normal, unfortunately, during faculty meetings for the
very few women in the room to be cut off, interrupted, talked over. Men
would raise their voices. Women were condescended to. I would say I
learned very quickly to stay quiet, because it was an opportunity to be
undermined by my male colleagues.
....
Trying to share my clinical experience and, again, advocate for the
residents. And during this conversation, Jay Rubenstein turned to me and
cut me off, talked over me, interrupted multiple times, said basically you
don’t know what you’re talking about, little girl. And while he may not have
said little girl out loud, the tone of voice was, you don’t know what you’re
talking about, little girl.

Dr. Litvack also noted that scheduling and operating room time was an ongoing issue

during her employment.

In March 2017, Dr. Greg Davis, the director of rhinology, notified Dr. Futran that

he met with Dr. Litvack and learned of some of her frustrations:

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