Consumer Law
Three Doctors Sue Hackensack University Medical Center for Age Discrimination
Three pediatric emergency room physicians at Hackensack University Medical Center, all in their 50s, have filed suit against the hospital and its parent company, Hackensack Meridian Health, claiming they were fired in February solely because of their age.
The three physicians — Usha Avva, 57, Nina Gold, 56, and Kathleen Reichard, 54 — were the emergency department’s only physicians certified by the American Boards of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine in the subspecialty of pediatric emergency medicine when they were fired, the lawsuit said.
The three Bergen County residents had been employed by Hackensack for 19, 15, and 2½ years, respectively, and helped train residents and educate students at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.
