Surgeon apologizes for his silence as young as 13 undergo gender reassignment surgeries at NYC hospital

""As a father to three young children and as a physician who took an oath to do no harm, I failed to speak up, and I just want to thank President Trump for having more clarity on this," Dr. Ira Savetsky said Thursday on "Fox & Friends." His expression of regret comes just days after the Manhattan hospital pulled the plug on its youth transgender treatment program after the Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding over the controversial medical care."

"Savetsky said he had concerns but kept them to himself due to the culture inside upper-echelon medical programs like NYU Langone Health, which discouraged dissenting opinions. "You're at the number one plastic surgery program, you're just grateful to be there. There's no room to speak up. You're a soldier," he said. "You work so hard to get there... you don't want to make waves.""

""I can only imagine what the parents were going through. I mean, they're told that their child is going to kill themselves if they don't have these surgeries," he said. "They're pressured, and what are you supposed to do? You've dropped everything to do the right thing for your child, and I think that, unfortunately, there was a lot of financial motivation with these institutions.""

Dr. Ira Savetsky apologized for remaining silent while witnessing children as young as 13 undergo irreversible gender reassignment surgeries after training at NYU Langone Health. He expressed regret as a father and physician, saying he failed to speak up and thanking President Trump for perceived clarity. NYU Langone halted its youth transgender treatment program after threats to federal funding. Savetsky said concerns were suppressed by a culture that discourages dissent in elite medical programs, and described pressure on parents, including warnings that children might commit suicide without treatment, and alleged financial motivations within institutions.

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