Roy Eappen, MD
Senior Fellow
Dr. Roy Eappen is an endocrinologist certified by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. He is also a Fellow of The American College of Endocrinology, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and an assistant professor of Medicine at McGill University. Dr. Eappen has been treating patients for over 30 years. He is also politically involved, having run in the last provincial election in Quebec. He sits on the boards of a number of charitable organizations and is deeply concerned with the welfare of children.
Authored Content
Op-Ed
Opinion: It’s time Canadian medical leaders stood up to gender medicine
Last spring, esteemed pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass issued her final report of an exhaustive four-year-long inquiry into clinical “gender identity” practices in the United Kingdom. After forensically plucking away at the…
Op-Ed
The Endocrine Society’s last chance to protect children
It’s not too late to turn back. That’s what the Endocrine Society, one of North America’s most powerful medical institutions, must remember as its annual meeting occurs …
Op-Ed
Wokeness North
Canadians often chafe at American cultural imperialism, but Canada’s health-care leaders appear set to import American-style wokeness to the country’s medical schools. Next year, the Royal College of Physicians and…
Op-Ed
Opinion: There is no medical consensus on child gender transition
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recently announced policies on restricting transgender medical interventions for minors have generated much outrage, notwithstanding a subsequent Leger poll that suggested more Canadians than…
Op-Ed
Opinion: Alberta is right: Children should be protected from transgender procedures
In Alberta, at least, science and common sense still reign. That’s the reality now that Premier Danielle Smith has prohibited transgender procedures for children. In Alberta, kids under the age…
Op-Ed
Most ‘Transgender’ Kids Turn Out to Be Gay
As a medical professional who happens to be gay, I’ll be celebrating Dec. 15, the 50th anniversary of the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to remove homosexuality from its list of…
Op-Ed
The Weak Evidence Behind ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children
The Endocrine Society is ignoring the dangers that sex-change treatments pose to minors. Stephen Hammes’s response (Letters, July 5) to our op-ed (“The Endocrine…
Op-Ed
The Endocrine Society’s Dangerous Transgender Politicization
A federal court last week struck down an Arkansas law banning the provision of sex-change procedures—off-label “puberty blockers,” opposite-sex hormones and surgery—to minors. In the June 20 ruling, Judge James…
Op-Ed
Guest columnist Roy Eappen: America should follow other countries on trans treatments for children
What do other countries know that America doesn’t? This question needs to be asked — and answered — in Chicago this week, specifically in regards to transgender treatments for children…
