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DOJ Indicts surgeon whistleblower who exposed transgender surgeries on mino

The Department of Justice has indicted Dr. Eithan Haim, a relatively unknown surgeon, on four felony counts related to his alleged violation of a medical-records law. Dr. Haim gained notoriety last year for exposing Texas Children’s Hospital’s clandestine transgender surgeries and treatments on minors.

Dr. Haim anonymously leaked evidence of these procedures to conservative journalist Christopher Rufo. Despite announcing the program’s discontinuation in accordance with Governor Greg Abbott’s 2022 directive equating such interventions with child abuse, Texas Children’s Hospital continued its transgender program. The hospital finally ceased its trans-medical practices after a state law took effect in September 2023, banning drug and surgical “gender-affirming” interventions for minors.

National Review explains that in January, Haim disclosed his identity, aiming to protect himself from retaliation by the DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services. Federal officials had approached Haim in June, revealing he was a potential target in a criminal investigation regarding his leaking of medical records. The prosecution claims he failed to redact sensitive patient information.

Rufo, who reviewed the records before publishing his initial article, disputes this claim. “For my own part, I can confirm that nothing in the information provided to me identified any individual; all the documents were, in fact, carefully redacted,” Rufo wrote in his latest City Journal story, where he broke the news of Haim’s indictment.

Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Tina Ansari, leading the criminal investigation, contends that Haim had no right to share the medical records of minor patients with the public. However, she omitted that the disclosed documents were not patient charts, were redacted to protect sensitive patient information, and complied with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA permits the disclosure of anonymized information and even protected information if it’s used to stop egregious medical misconduct.

U.S. marshals notified Haim of the indictment at his home this week, summoning him to court for violating HIPAA. Haim and his legal team, who are still unclear on the full nature of the charges, are scheduled to appear in court on June 17.

“My client is anxious to get to trial to get his side of the story told,” attorney Marcella Burke told National Review. “I am confident this will result in the correct decision being made.”


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