Dr. Eithan Haim: Surgeon Alleged Texas Hospital Ran Secret Sex-Change Program For Minors, Risked 10 Years In Prison To Tell His Story – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 459

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What is Dr. Eithan Haim's background?

Drew 3:08
You can follow Dr. Haim on X. Ethan is his first name. It's called E-I-T-H-A-N. Haim, H-A-I-M. Or also, GiveSendGo.com forward slash Texas underscore whistleblower. Dr. Haim, welcome to the program.
Dr. Eithan Haim 3:24
Yeah, thank you for having me on.
Drew 3:26
It's a privilege. So tell us this story. I mean, I read some of your bio. You were a decorated resident. You were a great teacher. You were doing your job. You thought you had an important job and you thought you were... Let's see how we say this. You were responding to the highest ethical standards that the profession maintains. And just by speaking your mind, shit went down.
Dr. Eithan Haim 3:50
Yeah, I would say that's exactly how it happened in an encapsulated version. But all this happened in 2023, right? Between 2018 and 2023, I was a surgical resident at Baylor College of Medicine. I was doing general surgery. And this is one of the most prestigious surgery programs in the country. Yep, it is. Yeah, and you know, it's where trauma was born. You had Michael E. DeBakey and, you know, Cooley, you know, yeah, yeah. And, you know, we heard stories about these guys, you know, as we progressed in our training and these guys were legends. So it was a privilege to be at a place like Baylor College of Medicine. So, you know, I took these things seriously about being a doctor and what it meant to be a surgeon.
Dr. Eithan Haim 4:39
and in 2022 in part of the residency training we spend a lot of time at texas children's hospital it's part of the consortium which baylor college of medicine is right because you rotate at a couple of hospitals So in 2022, this is after COVID, after the world has gone completely insane. The hospital releases a public statement saying that they're no longer going to prescribe or

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