About this episode

Dr. Eithan Haim discusses his whistleblowing experience at Texas Children's Hospital and the subsequent legal challenges he faced.

Episode Summary Dr. Eithan Haim, a general surgeon in the Dallas area, joins Anish to walk through the events that took him from chief resident at Baylor to facing four federal felony counts and up to 10 years in prison. While rotating at Texas Children's Hospital in 2022 and 2023, Haim learned that the hospital's pediatric gender medicine program — which TCH had publicly announced it was shutting down in March 2022 — was in fact still operating, with puberty blocker implants being placed in children as young as 11. He took redacted information to journalist Christopher Rufo, the story ran in May 2023, and Texas passed SB 14 within 24 hours. A month later, federal agents showed up at his door on the day of his graduation. Haim describes the three successive indictments, the discovery that lead prosecutor Tina Ansari's family had financial ties to Texas Children's, the de facto gag order, the agreement signed under duress, and the dismissal with prejudice on January 24, 2025 — two weeks before trial. The conversation closes on what every physician should take from his case: the power asymmetry of federal prosecution, the weaponization of HIPAA, and why Haim believes telling the…

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Doctor's Lounge podcast page.