A Rutgers physician has found himself embroiled in controversy after reportedly rattling off a series of misogynistic messages on Twitter in early January.

The physician is now no longer with the university, a spokesman confirmed.

Rajesh Geria, who had been an emergency medicine physician at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and assistant professor at the associated medical school, had posted a torrent of messages in response to a tweet from another physician about feminism and misogyny, according to a report by The Daily Targum.

While his employer, Rutgers University, would not confirm whether the tweets were the reason Geria is no longer at the university, a spokesman did note in an email that “the views he expressed on his personal social media account are not those of the university.”

On Jan. 1, Taylor Nichols, an emergency medicine physician in Portland, Oregon, posted on Twitter a Venn diagram distinguishing feminism from misogyny.

While Geria’s comments are no longer available, as he has since deleted his Twitter account, the Targum captured screenshots of his tweets, one of which read:

“Looks like you are a second year resident? For a feminist you really got big balls since half the people on twitter could end your career before it even starts. Be careful young feminist," according to the screenshot.

From there, the two exchanged barbs, with others jumping in as well, the report said.

“Little Taylor hoping to get a big promotion from dr. Choo for pushing her agenda. So cute!!!” The ‘dr. Choo,’” said Geria, who, according to the Targum, was referring to one of Nichols’ colleagues.

The facts are that being a feminist does not make one a misandrist, and that being a misandrist does not make one a feminist. Feminism is not misandry, and that misandry is not feminism. This isn’t hard. — Taylor Nichols, MD (@tnicholsmd) January 4, 2019

The Targum’s report said this wasn’t the first time Geria had expressed anti-feminist views as well as a hostility toward LGBTQ rights on Twitter.

Before deleting his account, Geria had issued apologies to Nichols, her colleague and others, the report noted.

Geria could not be reached for comment on Thursday.

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