A conservative legal group sued a physician directory on Tuesday, accusing the website “Find A Black Doctor” of illegally discriminating against physicians by limiting listings to black medical professionals.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court by Do No Harm and Colorado dermatologist Dr. Travis Morrell, targets the site and its founder, New York dermatologist Dr. Dina Strachan.
The complaint alleges the directory openly excludes non-black physicians by restricting eligibility to “black physicians and dentists in active clinical practice.”
The plaintiffs accuse the site of promoting “racial concordance” — the idea that patients receive better care from doctors of the same race.
Find A Black Doctor markets itself as a directory designed to improve healthcare in the black community by connecting patients with black physicians.
According to the lawsuit, doctors seeking listings must submit personal and professional information, agree to terms of use and allow the directory to retain and publish their data.
Do No Harm, a nonprofit organization that says it has more than 50,000 members, claims the directory harms physicians excluded because they are not black.
“Only ‘black physicians and dentists’ are eligible,” the complaint states. “Other races cannot be listed or meaningfully apply.”
The Post has sought comment from Strachan.
Morrell, a dermatologist and dermatopathologist based in Grand Junction, Colo., says he treats patients “of all races,” including many black patients.
The complaint says Morrell applied to join the directory on Dec. 23, 2025, but never received a response.
After following up by email months later, he again “encountered only silence,” according to the lawsuit.
The suit claims Morrell’s application was “constructively rejected because he is white.”
The complaint notes the directory currently lists only three doctors in Colorado and no dermatologists in the state.
The lawsuit also attacks statements on the website encouraging black men to seek black primary-care doctors.
The plaintiffs argue the directory relies on “harmful, offensive, and racist stereotypes” and says its claims about race and healthcare outcomes are “unsupported and false.”
Do No Harm and Morrell are seeking a court order barring the directory from considering race in its application process and requiring it to accept Morrell’s application.
The suit also seeks compensatory and punitive damages.
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