A Texas doctor who last week was suspended for spreading false information about COVID-19 on social media has resigned from Houston Methodist Hospital.

What You Need To Know

  • Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, who last week was suspended by Houston Methodist Hospital for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, announced her resignation Monday night

  • The hospital revoked Bowden’s hospital privileges on Friday, citing “unprofessional behavior,” including vulgar language on social media

  • Emails show Bowden urged against vaccination for children. She additionally promoted ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, despite the fact that health officials have urged against it

  • Bowen has stated that her opinions are “back by clinical experience”

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, an ear, nose and throat specialist who runs a private practice in River Oaks, had been granted provisional privileges at Houston Methodist Hospital within the last year.

The hospital revoked Bowden’s hospital privileges on Friday citing “unprofessional behavior,” including vulgar language on social media, as the main reason for suspension, the Houston Chronicle reported.

On her Twitter account, Bowden repeatedly decried vaccine mandates and promoted the unproven benefits of ivermectin, the anti-parasitic drug that federal health officials advise against using to treat the virus.

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Bowden announced her resignation Monday night on Twitter, writing, “"I have broken free from Methodist and very much appreciate the flood of support I have received! Sincere thanks to all of you who have reached out with kind words."

In emails obtained by the Chronicle, Bowden was urging against vaccinations for children and telling her patients that data she has collected “suggests that the vaccine is not working.”

“Dr. Mary Bowden, who recently joined the medical staff at Houston Methodist Hospital, is using her social media accounts to express her personal and political opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine and treatments,” Houston Methodist said in a statement.

“These opinions, which are harmful to the community, do not reflect reliable medical evidence or the values of Houston Methodist, where we have treated more than 25,000 COVID-19 inpatients, and where all our employees and physicians are vaccinated to protect our patients," the statement continues. 

Bowden told the Chronicle all her comments are “backed by clinical experience.”