UVA Med School Under Fire for Expelling Student Who Questioned Microaggressions Wikimedia Commons Alex Nester • May 18, 2021 3:30 pm University of Virginia medical school dean David Wilkes came under fire Tuesday after a group of congressmen criticized the school's 2018 expulsion of a student who questioned the validity of microaggressions. Virginia Republicans Ben Cline, Bob Good, and Morgan Griffith and UVA alum Rep. Chip Roy (R., Texas) asked Wilkes to meet and discuss the punishment of former medical school student Kieran Bhattacharya, who critiqued a proposed definition of microaggressions in 2018. In the letter, the representatives called the university's expulsion of Bhattacharya "incredibly concerning" and worthy of "examination and discussion."