Dutch Protocol in Podcasts

Dr. Annelu de Vries was one of the first people to join Peggy's new team at the Amsterdam Clinic. At the time, Peggy was still developing her set of rules for providing this new medical intervention to young people, what came to be known as the Dutch Protocol. Puberty blockers when puberty started, usually around 12, hormones as early as 16, and surgeries in adulthood.

Laura Edwards-Lieper first visited the Amsterdam clinic back in 2007, shortly after the Dutch published the first outline of their protocol and word of this new treatment had started to spread overseas.

Jamie told us that as she was becoming increasingly disillusioned with what she was seeing at the clinic, she began to do some research online. She learned other people were also questioning the care. Some of them were re-evaluating the evidence that had launched this treatment model. The Dutch protocol...