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Pierre Kory, M.D., MPA, is a pulmonary and critical care physician, former Chief of Critical Care and Medical Director of the Trauma and Life Support Center at the University of Wisconsin, and a pioneer in point-of-care ultrasound. He co-founded the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance and testified twice before the U.S. Senate.

In August 2026, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in Kory v. Bonta, blocking California medical boards from investigating or disciplining him and co-plaintiffs based on the viewpoints they share with patients about COVID-19.

He is joined by fellow “Hipp Doctors”—physicians who risked their careers to honor the Hippocratic Oath.

Dr. My Le Trinh, an Australian GP with nearly 30 years of practice and a refugee who fled Cambodia and Vietnam, was suspended after treating COVID patients with early therapies she believed could save lives. She has spent years fighting regulators while continuing her legal challenge.

Dr. Bruce Paix, an Australian anaesthetist, retrieval specialist, and RAAF Wing Commander with seven overseas deployments, spent 32 years saving lives in helicopters and hospitals before professional sanctions followed his public questions about pandemic policy.

Dr. Paul Oosterhuis, a Sydney-trained anaesthetist and critical care physician with more than three decades of experience, was among the first Australian doctors suspended over social media posts defending informed consent and early treatment. He later won his registration back after a Supreme Court fight.Together they represent doctors who put patients first when institutions demanded silence.

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