It doesn't seem that many people there particularly wanted to "lose the title," other than the odd bigot. The residents, generally speaking, have long been pretty supportive both of her and of Stanley Biber before her.
The impression I got is that her reason for leaving was that she was sick of dealing with bean-counters in the hospital administration. My guess is that either it's a case of the business of medicine in America today being completely ridiculous, or she just didn't get along well with the new administration.
