Singh

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Singh’s employment at VMC Singh became a board-certified neonatologist and pediatrician in 1997. After practicing elsewhere for 10 years, she was hired as a physician in May 2007 in VMC’s department of pediatrics. Singh was assigned to VMC’s neonatology unit, which specializes in care for critically ill or premature infants, particularly in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). During her tenure at VMC, Singh reported to Dr. Balaji Govindaswami, division chief of neonatology and director of the NICU. B. Conduct allegedly giving rise to retaliation Singh claims VMC and Govindaswami retaliated because of her opposition to race discrimination and her disclosure of other legal violations by Govindaswami. She identifies several specific incidents she contends gave rise to the retaliation. We summarize the trial evidence regarding those incidents below.

2 In her opening brief on appeal, Singh makes numerous factual assertions that are completely unsupported by any citations to the record. We disregard all such assertions. “Rather than scour the record unguided, we may decide that the appellant has waived a point urged on appeal when it is…