Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 845926.pdf

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I don’t think she’s feeling the support that most faculty would want. Kris is
not giving her any block time at HMC (she has 2 four hour blocks per
month) and her requests for equipment at the VA (i.e. an image guidance
machine) continue to waffle, currently in the “no” category after they had
initially said ye[s]. I think her frustration may be the bigger issue, not
Zach’s.

Any leverage you could put on Kris would likely be helpful for her HMC
progress. I am sure Mark is doing his best at the VA.[2]

Dr. Futran responded supporting Dr. Litvack:

Thanks for this and I have been very impressed with [Litvack] and her
willingness and effort to be a great faculty member. Personally I would
love to move and make her regular faculty similar to what we did with
Randy, but you express some of the issues clearly. I have been trying to
get everyone to see how good she is to win support and maybe we can
discuss some strategies to move this along.

In November 2017, Dr. Futran recommended renewal of Dr. Litvack’s

appointment for the 2018-2019 academic year.

In May 2018, Dr. Litvack began her practice at the ESC. Surgeries originating

out of the ESC were performed at the UW Medical Center (UWMC). Through June

2018, however, Dr. Litvack claimed she primarily operated at HMC and her work at the

ESC was minimal. Her recollection was she worked about 20 shifts at the ESC before

her termination.

Dr. Litvack also coinitiated a diversity committee in the Department and

presented on behalf of the committee at a faculty retreat in September 2018. She

testified:

I had been working on research on gender gap and compensation at that
time, and underrepresentation of women at editorial, editorial shifts in
clinical—well, in otolaryngology journals in the background . . . I presented