A civil trial is starting in New York state on Jan. 12 to determine liability for health care practitioners who recommended and performed a mastectomy on a 16-year-old transgender-identifying girl.
The case was brought by Fox Varian, who underwent the mastectomy, also known as “top surgery,” as treatment for gender dysphoria in 2019. Regretting the surgery, Varian has alleged that her therapist, Dr. Kenneth Einhorn, and her surgeon, Dr. Simon Chin, were “negligent” because they did not fully inform her of the risks or alternatives to such an intervention.
