Editor of prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association is hounded out after outcry over tweet and podcast claiming 'No physician is racist' Dr Howard Bauchner will step down as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) after backlash over racism controversy In February, a tweet from the journal's official account read: 'No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?' JAMA said the tweet was promoting a podcast episode featuring two white doctors discussing structural racism The tweet and the podcast sparked an outcry from other medical professionals, who called both 'cringeworthy' and 'appalling'