Sayed Tabatabai, MD
@therealdoctort.bsky.social
Physician. Writer. Cherish your stories. Listen to each other’s. My debut book “These Vital Signs” is out now from HarperCollins. #MedSky.
I’ve had the privilege to work with the best group of colleagues a doctor could ever ask for.
Here’s to the doctors, NPs, PAs, nurses, RTs, PT/OTs, SLPs, RDs, PCTs, and all the support staff that made everything possible.
Peace out SATX! Till next time…
(Y’all are some talented artists too!)
Here’s to the doctors, NPs, PAs, nurses, RTs, PT/OTs, SLPs, RDs, PCTs, and all the support staff that made everything possible.
Peace out SATX! Till next time…
(Y’all are some talented artists too!)
August 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I’ve had the privilege to work with the best group of colleagues a doctor could ever ask for.
Here’s to the doctors, NPs, PAs, nurses, RTs, PT/OTs, SLPs, RDs, PCTs, and all the support staff that made everything possible.
Peace out SATX! Till next time…
(Y’all are some talented artists too!)
Here’s to the doctors, NPs, PAs, nurses, RTs, PT/OTs, SLPs, RDs, PCTs, and all the support staff that made everything possible.
Peace out SATX! Till next time…
(Y’all are some talented artists too!)
Good thing AI is taking on the menial jobs so humans can focus on making art and creating t- wait, what?
June 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Good thing AI is taking on the menial jobs so humans can focus on making art and creating t- wait, what?
“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.”
- R.A. Salvatore.
- R.A. Salvatore.
June 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.”
- R.A. Salvatore.
- R.A. Salvatore.
This tactic is part of the foundation of toxicity in modern medical practice.
Physicians lack dedication, devotion, resiliency, you name it. The system is never at fault. The system must never change.
Our problem is we just went to medical school to take the easy route…
Physicians lack dedication, devotion, resiliency, you name it. The system is never at fault. The system must never change.
Our problem is we just went to medical school to take the easy route…
May 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This tactic is part of the foundation of toxicity in modern medical practice.
Physicians lack dedication, devotion, resiliency, you name it. The system is never at fault. The system must never change.
Our problem is we just went to medical school to take the easy route…
Physicians lack dedication, devotion, resiliency, you name it. The system is never at fault. The system must never change.
Our problem is we just went to medical school to take the easy route…
When you’re trying to do some teaching and are also easily distracted…
April 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you’re trying to do some teaching and are also easily distracted…
Hot coffee, cold showers
Someday you're gonna get your flowers
All your pills come over the counter
Yeah, they were so wrong about ya
Let 'em look at you now like you're Hannibal Lector
They wanted a villain, and you deserved better
Yeah, you deserved better
- “Too Pretty for Buffalo” by Baby Nova
Someday you're gonna get your flowers
All your pills come over the counter
Yeah, they were so wrong about ya
Let 'em look at you now like you're Hannibal Lector
They wanted a villain, and you deserved better
Yeah, you deserved better
- “Too Pretty for Buffalo” by Baby Nova
April 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hot coffee, cold showers
Someday you're gonna get your flowers
All your pills come over the counter
Yeah, they were so wrong about ya
Let 'em look at you now like you're Hannibal Lector
They wanted a villain, and you deserved better
Yeah, you deserved better
- “Too Pretty for Buffalo” by Baby Nova
Someday you're gonna get your flowers
All your pills come over the counter
Yeah, they were so wrong about ya
Let 'em look at you now like you're Hannibal Lector
They wanted a villain, and you deserved better
Yeah, you deserved better
- “Too Pretty for Buffalo” by Baby Nova
An excerpt from the Nebula Award-winning novel, “Parable of the Talents.”
Written by Octavia Butler, published in 1998, and relevant as ever.
Written by Octavia Butler, published in 1998, and relevant as ever.
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
An excerpt from the Nebula Award-winning novel, “Parable of the Talents.”
Written by Octavia Butler, published in 1998, and relevant as ever.
Written by Octavia Butler, published in 1998, and relevant as ever.
Measles? Check.
Trade war? Check.
Child labor? Uhh…
Trade war? Check.
Child labor? Uhh…
March 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Measles? Check.
Trade war? Check.
Child labor? Uhh…
Trade war? Check.
Child labor? Uhh…
I’m not gonna say the future is bleak, but the future is bleak.
March 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m not gonna say the future is bleak, but the future is bleak.
This reminds me of the time Elon said he would give $6 billion (2% of his wealth at the time) to the UN World Food Program if they could give him a plan to eradicate world hunger. In 3 days they gave a detailed report.
He never mentioned the report, and donated the money to his own foundation.
He never mentioned the report, and donated the money to his own foundation.
March 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This reminds me of the time Elon said he would give $6 billion (2% of his wealth at the time) to the UN World Food Program if they could give him a plan to eradicate world hunger. In 3 days they gave a detailed report.
He never mentioned the report, and donated the money to his own foundation.
He never mentioned the report, and donated the money to his own foundation.
I remember the cystic fibrosis patients I took care of 20 years ago.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I remember the cystic fibrosis patients I took care of 20 years ago.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
“So what are your thoughts on America? Americans?”
“I don’t know, maybe you will be taking offense.”
“No, I want to know, seriously.”
“I don’t know, I think there is … confusion. Confusion here.”
“How so?”
“Americans really not know who they are.”
“I’m listening.”
“I don’t know, maybe you will be taking offense.”
“No, I want to know, seriously.”
“I don’t know, I think there is … confusion. Confusion here.”
“How so?”
“Americans really not know who they are.”
“I’m listening.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“So what are your thoughts on America? Americans?”
“I don’t know, maybe you will be taking offense.”
“No, I want to know, seriously.”
“I don’t know, I think there is … confusion. Confusion here.”
“How so?”
“Americans really not know who they are.”
“I’m listening.”
“I don’t know, maybe you will be taking offense.”
“No, I want to know, seriously.”
“I don’t know, I think there is … confusion. Confusion here.”
“How so?”
“Americans really not know who they are.”
“I’m listening.”
Benjamin Franklin:
February 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Benjamin Franklin:
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
11/2/1883
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
11/2/1883
Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
February 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
11/2/1883
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
11/2/1883
Now hollow fires burn out to black,
And lights are fluttering low:
Square your shoulders, lift your pack
And leave your friends and go.
O never fear, lads, naught’s to dread,
Look not left nor right:
In all the endless road you tread
There’s nothing but the night.
A.E. Housman
#burnout
And lights are fluttering low:
Square your shoulders, lift your pack
And leave your friends and go.
O never fear, lads, naught’s to dread,
Look not left nor right:
In all the endless road you tread
There’s nothing but the night.
A.E. Housman
#burnout
February 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Now hollow fires burn out to black,
And lights are fluttering low:
Square your shoulders, lift your pack
And leave your friends and go.
O never fear, lads, naught’s to dread,
Look not left nor right:
In all the endless road you tread
There’s nothing but the night.
A.E. Housman
#burnout
And lights are fluttering low:
Square your shoulders, lift your pack
And leave your friends and go.
O never fear, lads, naught’s to dread,
Look not left nor right:
In all the endless road you tread
There’s nothing but the night.
A.E. Housman
#burnout
Always be fighting Cardiology.
January 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Always be fighting Cardiology.
Ahh, sweet San Antonio. Where a tiny dusting of snow turns the town into a set from The Last of Us…
January 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ahh, sweet San Antonio. Where a tiny dusting of snow turns the town into a set from The Last of Us…
It wasn’t TikTok users who were hacked into giving up the blueprints to America’s most advanced stealth fighter.
If TikTok is so risky for its ties to the Chinese, why is Rednote freely available?
This is just another in an endless parade of calculated distractions in the United States of Amnesia.
If TikTok is so risky for its ties to the Chinese, why is Rednote freely available?
This is just another in an endless parade of calculated distractions in the United States of Amnesia.
January 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It wasn’t TikTok users who were hacked into giving up the blueprints to America’s most advanced stealth fighter.
If TikTok is so risky for its ties to the Chinese, why is Rednote freely available?
This is just another in an endless parade of calculated distractions in the United States of Amnesia.
If TikTok is so risky for its ties to the Chinese, why is Rednote freely available?
This is just another in an endless parade of calculated distractions in the United States of Amnesia.
It even looks like his hair.
January 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It even looks like his hair.
“For last year's words belong to last year's language,
And next year's words await another voice.”
-T.S. Eliot, “Four Quartets.”
Here’s to leaving what needs to be let go, and holding on to what needs to be kept.
Happy New Year everyone.
And next year's words await another voice.”
-T.S. Eliot, “Four Quartets.”
Here’s to leaving what needs to be let go, and holding on to what needs to be kept.
Happy New Year everyone.
December 31, 2024 at 10:38 PM
“For last year's words belong to last year's language,
And next year's words await another voice.”
-T.S. Eliot, “Four Quartets.”
Here’s to leaving what needs to be let go, and holding on to what needs to be kept.
Happy New Year everyone.
And next year's words await another voice.”
-T.S. Eliot, “Four Quartets.”
Here’s to leaving what needs to be let go, and holding on to what needs to be kept.
Happy New Year everyone.
Reposted by Sayed Tabatabai, MD
Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.
Giving a kidney to a stranger? Researchers call it 'extraordinary altruism'
Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.
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December 26, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.
The Killers released a Christmas song every year for over a decade. All proceeds from those singles went to charity. Those songs are now all together on an album: “Don’t Waste Your Wishes.”
Check it out if you want some different Christmas tunes! They’re bangers.
Check it out if you want some different Christmas tunes! They’re bangers.
December 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
The Killers released a Christmas song every year for over a decade. All proceeds from those singles went to charity. Those songs are now all together on an album: “Don’t Waste Your Wishes.”
Check it out if you want some different Christmas tunes! They’re bangers.
Check it out if you want some different Christmas tunes! They’re bangers.
“Talent isn’t as rare as you might think. There are incredibly talented people everywhere, carrying their gifts within them. The problem is, and always has been, opportunity. So many others could do what I do. Fate chose me.”
“Nobody chose you. Luck is like lightning. It strikes, or it doesn’t.”
“Nobody chose you. Luck is like lightning. It strikes, or it doesn’t.”
December 23, 2024 at 8:52 PM
“Talent isn’t as rare as you might think. There are incredibly talented people everywhere, carrying their gifts within them. The problem is, and always has been, opportunity. So many others could do what I do. Fate chose me.”
“Nobody chose you. Luck is like lightning. It strikes, or it doesn’t.”
“Nobody chose you. Luck is like lightning. It strikes, or it doesn’t.”
