The trial also gave a rare glimpse inside the hospital’s gender clinic.
Last week, a jury ordered Boston Children’s Hospital to pay a former employee nearly $2 million after it determined the hospital retaliated against her by firing her after she filed a gender discrimination lawsuit.
According to court documents, the hospital must now pay $1,872,386.27 to Amy Tishelman, a psychologist and leader in youth gender medicine and former research director at the clinic.
The jury did not find that Boston Children’s discriminated against Tishelman.
“While I’m disappointed the jury did not find there was sufficient evidence of discrimination, the most troubling part of this ordeal has always been how the hospital responded to my good faith concerns,” Tishelman said in a statement shared with The Boston Globe. “I went to HR asking for help, not a hand out, and instead of receiving support I was demeaned, ostracized and eventually fired on false and pretextual grounds.”
The trial attracted attention last month after it gave a rare view into the inner workings of the country’s most influential pediatric gender clinic. Testimony from the practitioners at the clinic revealed an internal dispute over the screening of patients for medical gender transitions.