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who we are

Do No Harm Action is dedicated to restoring trust, integrity, and merit in American medicine.

We are a coalition of medical professionals, researchers, students, policy experts, and concerned citizens sounding the alarm about the growing influence of dangerous ideology in healthcare.

We mobilize Americans who believe medicine should be guided by evidence, ethics, and excellence.

Our work gives both medical professionals and everyday citizens a way to push back against the radicalization of healthcare and to demand accountability from institutions that are failing patients.

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What We Do

It’s simple. We fight to remove woke political agendas from healthcare.

Do No Harm Action drives policy change, exposes harmful practices, and mobilizes citizens in every state. Our advocacy includes:

Changing Policy

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We work with lawmakers nationwide to draft and support legislation that restores merit-based standards, ends the gender medicalization of minors, and challenges DEI mandates throughout healthcare.

Demanding Accountability

02.

We investigate and expose institutions that put ideology ahead of patient care. Through public records requests, reports, and strategic campaigns, we shine a light on policies that harm public trust.

Protecting Children

03.

We lead the national effort to stop irreversible, sex-denying medical interventions on minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries. No child should be harmed by politicized medical practices.

Ending DEI in Healthcare

04.

We work to eliminate DEI requirements that compromise standards, divide patients by race, and undermine excellence in medicine. Merit and skill must always guide healthcare.

Empowering Whistleblowers

05.

We give medical professionals a platform to speak out safely against unethical practices. Their courage informs our policy work and exposes the truth inside hospitals and institutions.

Changing Policy

06.

We engage citizens through advocacy campaigns, petitions, reports, and events that apply pressure for meaningful change at every level of government.

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Stanley Goldfarb, MD

Board Chair

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb is board chairman of Do No Harm Action. He has had a long career in academic medicine as a Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

During that career, Dr. Goldfarb was funded by the National Institutes of Health to conduct research in the mechanism of kidney disease. Dr. Goldfarb has published over 100 articles in peer reviewed medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

He has also published over 150 invited reviews and commentaries. He has served on a number of editorial boards of important medical journals such as the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the journal Diabetes, and as Editor in Chief of the journal NephSAP, published by the American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Goldfarb has also been active in the world of medical education as the Associate Dean for Curriculum at the Perelman School of Medicine at Penn.

Dr. Goldfarb helped found Do No Harm Action after publication of his book, Take Two Aspirin and Call Me By My Pronouns: a call to action to eliminate discriminatory practices in healthcare, including elevating diversity above meritocracy in the admission of students to medical school and the hiring of faculty members.

As chairman of Do No Harm Action, Dr. Goldfarb has been published widely in various periodicals including the Wall Street Journal, City Journal, The New York Post, and The Free Press on the threats to medical education and medical care in the United States posed by introduction of critical race theory into these enterprises.

In addition, Do No Harm Action has been at the forefront of organizations combating the experimental treatment of children and adolescents with so-called “gender affirming care” in the absence of scientific evidence showing its efficacy. Do No Harm Action is committed to the welfare and safety of these children by demanding that healthcare institutions follow the science and severely restrict this potentially harmful form of treatment.

Kristina Rasmussen

Executive Director

Kristina Rasmussen serves as the executive director of Do No Harm Action. She is an expert in nonprofit management and government affairs and specializes in helping organizations achieve concrete goals to effect real lasting change.

In 2022, Rasmussen helped launch Do No Harm Action to help stop identity politics from ruining medical education and clinical practice. Do No Harm Action was awarded the Peterson Prize for Venture Philanthropy less than six months after the group went live, thanks in large part to Rasmussen’s boundless energy and passion for bringing people together.

Rasmussen previously served as the president of the Illinois Policy Institute, the chief of staff to a governor, and as an advocate for federal government reform. She has a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University.

Lindsay Killen

Chief Strategy Officer

Lindsay Killen serves as Chief Operations Officer for Do No Harm Action. In this role, Killen acts as a key member of the organization’s leadership team, setting and managing executive decisions on organizational strategy, driving the development and execution of its short and long-term goals. As the nucleus for Do No Harm Action operations, Killen brings to bear her nearly 20 years of experience in multi-state and national public policy leadership for the advancement of Do No Harm Action mission to protect children from gender ideology and promote the merit-based practice of medicine.

Lindsay’s experience spans federal and state-level policy development, advocacy, public affairs, and executive leadership, serving most recently as Vice President for Strategy and Communications at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy before joining The James Madison Institute as Vice President for National Strategy. Lindsay continues to serve as senior fellow for the Beacon Center of Tennessee and senior national advisor for the Mackinac Center’s Workers for Opportunity initiative. Her popular columns have appeared in USA Today, Forbes, Fox News, The Hill, and Politico, among others.

A native of East Tennessee, Mrs. Killen remains a rabid Tennessee Vols fan. She and her husband have two young children and a golden retriever. When she’s not operating as an assassin for liberty or chasing after her toddlers, you’ll find her on her Peloton, out boating, hiking, walking the dog, watching sports, buying throw pillows, and relaxing with a good cigar.

Kurt Miceli, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Kurt Miceli, MD, MBA serves as Medical Director for Do No Harm Action. Prior to joining Do No Harm Action, Dr. Miceli worked as Chief Medical Officer, SVP Quality Improvement, and SVP Adult Behavioral Health for Elwyn, one of the nation’s longest-running human services organizations. Leading up to his time at Elwyn, Dr. Miceli was the Chief Medical Officer for Bancroft, and President of Marcroft Medical Associates, a psychiatric and neurology medical practice he founded. Additional past experience and leadership positions include Medical Director for Crisis Services at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Medical Director of Carson Valley Children’s Aid, and President of the Medical Staff at Fairmount Behavioral Health. Dr. Miceli received his BA in Economics and BS in Biology from Villanova University, his MBA from the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business, and MD from Drexel University College of Medicine. He is board certified in both psychiatry and internal medicine.

Patricia Benner

Chief Operations Officer

Patricia Benner is Do No Harm Action Vice President of Operations where she is responsible for developing and executing strategic plans to enhance operational efficiency, as well as managing and optimizing tools, technologies, and organizational procedures to serve the organization’s mission.

An operations and financial leader with 20+ years of success in nonprofit and corporate environments, Patricia’s most recent experience with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy included directing financial, human resources, and administrative functions for this nonprofit organization with 45+ full-time employees and a 50-member Board of Scholars. Patricia served on the executive leadership team contributing to long-term planning, presenting financial and operational insights to the board and senior leadership and collaborating with attorneys, CPAs, board members, and auditors to ensure regulatory compliance and alignment of multiple operational initiatives.

Patricia owns Operations Strategies, LLC, helping non-profit leaders leverage their Operations functions to serve their mission with practical solutions to finance, accounting, compliance, human resources and administrative needs.

She and her husband are natives of Michigan and enjoy being around or on the water.