<p>The head of the American Diabetes Association has issued a public apology to a Northwestern researcher and other diabetes experts who were escorted out of the group’s conference while distributing an editorial critical of President Donald Trump’s administration.</p><p>“I am deeply sorry for the hurt, frustration and the pain that resulted,” Charles Henderson, the association’s CEO, said in a <a class="Link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7K2j3Rs-Qg" target="_blank" ><u>video posted on YouTube</u></a>. “Also [I] want to apologize to the broader diabetes community. Many members of our community were disturbed, disappointed and concerned by what occurred.”</p><p>Henderson went on to say the Virginia-based association would undergo an independent review of what happened last week at the New Orleans conference and will share steps the organization will take in the future.</p><p>The apology was made public Wednesday, days after Justin Ryder, a pediatric obesity specialist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Lurie Children’s Hospital, returned to the Chicago area after he was <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/06/08/northwestern-researcher-among-group-kicked-out-of-conference-for-distributing-paper-critical-of-trump" >escorted by private security and local police from the conference</a>.
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