Cleveland Clinic controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Consumers’ Research allegations and advertising campaign
A conservative nonprofit’s campaign alleged that Cleveland Clinic’s social and environmental policies displaced its patient-care mission and made claims about race-based care and gender-affirming treatment. Cleveland Clinic denied the allegations, said it does not provide gender-affirming surgeries to patients under 18, and described the advertising as containing inaccuracies and lies.
1929
Cleveland Clinic disaster
A nitrate-based X-ray film fire in the original Cleveland Clinic building released poisonous fumes and killed 123 people, including co-founder John Phillips. The disaster became a defining event in the institution’s early history.