Zed Zha, MD, FAAFP
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Zed Zha, MD, FAAFP
@drzedzha.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Don't Be A Jerk.
Yup. That's the title.
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Newsflash! A surprising principle in being a person and being a doctor overlaps: don’t be a jerk.
It’s so simple! Try it! 🤣
Blaming others (patients, staff, anyone but ourselves) has become a norm. Join me to reject it together (by subscribing 😅)!
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It’s so simple! Try it! 🤣
Blaming others (patients, staff, anyone but ourselves) has become a norm. Join me to reject it together (by subscribing 😅)!
open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
Newsflash! A surprising principle in being a person and being a doctor overlaps: don’t be a jerk.
It’s so simple! Try it! 🤣
Blaming others (patients, staff, anyone but ourselves) has become a norm. Join me to reject it together (by subscribing 😅)!
open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
It’s so simple! Try it! 🤣
Blaming others (patients, staff, anyone but ourselves) has become a norm. Join me to reject it together (by subscribing 😅)!
open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
Don't Be A Jerk.
Yup. That's the title.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Newsflash! A surprising principle in being a person and being a doctor overlaps: don’t be a jerk.
It’s so simple! Try it! 🤣
Blaming others (patients, staff, anyone but ourselves) has become a norm. Join me to reject it together (by subscribing 😅)!
open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
It’s so simple! Try it! 🤣
Blaming others (patients, staff, anyone but ourselves) has become a norm. Join me to reject it together (by subscribing 😅)!
open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
THIS is how I feel about medical insurance’s cost-cutting strategies and their dictation of patient outcomes: they put profit margins above people, costing what truly matters—dignity and lives. For anyone who’s seen the consequences, it’s impossible to forget.
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How To Save A Life
hint: it's NOT by following the rules
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December 7, 2024 at 7:24 PM
THIS is how I feel about medical insurance’s cost-cutting strategies and their dictation of patient outcomes: they put profit margins above people, costing what truly matters—dignity and lives. For anyone who’s seen the consequences, it’s impossible to forget.
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Not to brag but I had a 100-year-old great-great-grandmother in my clinic who taught me some killer Salsa moves. It was basically like being blessed by the Pop himself. 💃✨
December 5, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Not to brag but I had a 100-year-old great-great-grandmother in my clinic who taught me some killer Salsa moves. It was basically like being blessed by the Pop himself. 💃✨
“I must sound so ungrateful,” a father said. Where patients usually say “thank you," he said: help me understand why no one listens to us? The “ungrateful” patient taught me: Patients don’t owe us gratitude. We owe them the truth. And the willingness to listen.
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The "Ungrateful" Patient
for whom I am grateful
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November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
“I must sound so ungrateful,” a father said. Where patients usually say “thank you," he said: help me understand why no one listens to us? The “ungrateful” patient taught me: Patients don’t owe us gratitude. We owe them the truth. And the willingness to listen.
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People: “What do you ladies think?”
Us ladies:
Us ladies:
November 25, 2024 at 6:43 PM
People: “What do you ladies think?”
Us ladies:
Us ladies:
My mom told me to put my books down and get out more, so I backpacked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and stayed outside for four days… to read in peace. She’s right! Fresh air really enhances the plot twists—highly recommend getting out and reading! 🤣
November 24, 2024 at 6:36 AM
My mom told me to put my books down and get out more, so I backpacked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and stayed outside for four days… to read in peace. She’s right! Fresh air really enhances the plot twists—highly recommend getting out and reading! 🤣
To make a teenage patient less nervous during a biopsy I sang APT.. She giggled the whole time and then said:
“Your singing hurt more than the needle.”
My patients are savages and I love them. 🤣🤣
“Your singing hurt more than the needle.”
My patients are savages and I love them. 🤣🤣
November 21, 2024 at 2:34 PM
To make a teenage patient less nervous during a biopsy I sang APT.. She giggled the whole time and then said:
“Your singing hurt more than the needle.”
My patients are savages and I love them. 🤣🤣
“Your singing hurt more than the needle.”
My patients are savages and I love them. 🤣🤣
My place and my person. 🤣🤣
November 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM
My place and my person. 🤣🤣
I, for one, am tired of the news headlines that boil down to “He denies raping a woman.” 😴 Wake me up when there is a story where he:
Admits his fault,
Apologizes for his behavior,
Accepts accountability, and
Amends his wrong by becoming the biggest feminist.
Until then, spare me.
Thank you.
Admits his fault,
Apologizes for his behavior,
Accepts accountability, and
Amends his wrong by becoming the biggest feminist.
Until then, spare me.
Thank you.
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 AM
I, for one, am tired of the news headlines that boil down to “He denies raping a woman.” 😴 Wake me up when there is a story where he:
Admits his fault,
Apologizes for his behavior,
Accepts accountability, and
Amends his wrong by becoming the biggest feminist.
Until then, spare me.
Thank you.
Admits his fault,
Apologizes for his behavior,
Accepts accountability, and
Amends his wrong by becoming the biggest feminist.
Until then, spare me.
Thank you.
Got a new sticker and wonder where I should put it during salary negotiations. Maybe my forehead? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 21, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Got a new sticker and wonder where I should put it during salary negotiations. Maybe my forehead? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Eczema is preventing my baby from…being a baby!” A mother said. It’s true! If a kid can’t sleep/eat/laugh because they scratch all day, they aren’t free to just be a kid! I’m gonna write letters to insurance companies that read: how about you approve the meds so our children can just be children?!😡
November 21, 2024 at 2:08 AM
“Eczema is preventing my baby from…being a baby!” A mother said. It’s true! If a kid can’t sleep/eat/laugh because they scratch all day, they aren’t free to just be a kid! I’m gonna write letters to insurance companies that read: how about you approve the meds so our children can just be children?!😡
I trekked 45 miles over 2600 ft, climbed ladders on cliffs, crossed waters: all for the stunning waterfalls in the Grand Canyon. The people of Havasupai, thank you for letting me to your home. Your land is a masterpiece of nature. I’m humbled to have walked its trails and stood in awe of its beauty.
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I trekked 45 miles over 2600 ft, climbed ladders on cliffs, crossed waters: all for the stunning waterfalls in the Grand Canyon. The people of Havasupai, thank you for letting me to your home. Your land is a masterpiece of nature. I’m humbled to have walked its trails and stood in awe of its beauty.
“I don’t feel qualified to tell people to ‘manage your stress,’” I said in my lecture. “Adulting is hard. And I’m not an expert on adulting.”🤣
While people laughed, I hope the point is clear: it’s not helpful to tell patients to be “less stressed.” It is helpful, however, to treat their diseases.
While people laughed, I hope the point is clear: it’s not helpful to tell patients to be “less stressed.” It is helpful, however, to treat their diseases.
November 17, 2024 at 4:28 PM
“I don’t feel qualified to tell people to ‘manage your stress,’” I said in my lecture. “Adulting is hard. And I’m not an expert on adulting.”🤣
While people laughed, I hope the point is clear: it’s not helpful to tell patients to be “less stressed.” It is helpful, however, to treat their diseases.
While people laughed, I hope the point is clear: it’s not helpful to tell patients to be “less stressed.” It is helpful, however, to treat their diseases.
7 years ago, I sat in the auditorium as a resident, learning Dermoscopy for the first time in the AAFP skin course. In the past few days, I joined my mentors as a faculty/speaker for the same course. I’m full of gratitude. I know I’ve got a long way to go. But I will also take the small wins. 🥹🩵
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 AM
7 years ago, I sat in the auditorium as a resident, learning Dermoscopy for the first time in the AAFP skin course. In the past few days, I joined my mentors as a faculty/speaker for the same course. I’m full of gratitude. I know I’ve got a long way to go. But I will also take the small wins. 🥹🩵
I’m a feminist patient advocate. Why?
A cardiologist (a man) refused to clear my patient for hysterectomy, because, I quote:
“Half the world have uteruses. Get used to it.”
Until this stops, I will remain a feminist patient advocate. And you WILL hear from me.
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A cardiologist (a man) refused to clear my patient for hysterectomy, because, I quote:
“Half the world have uteruses. Get used to it.”
Until this stops, I will remain a feminist patient advocate. And you WILL hear from me.
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I Pledge to Trust Women
3 uterus owners wept in my clinic, one of them was me
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November 16, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I’m a feminist patient advocate. Why?
A cardiologist (a man) refused to clear my patient for hysterectomy, because, I quote:
“Half the world have uteruses. Get used to it.”
Until this stops, I will remain a feminist patient advocate. And you WILL hear from me.
open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
A cardiologist (a man) refused to clear my patient for hysterectomy, because, I quote:
“Half the world have uteruses. Get used to it.”
Until this stops, I will remain a feminist patient advocate. And you WILL hear from me.
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Have you ever fought so hard for a patient to get the treatment they needed and they finally GET BETTER and you just literally can’t help yourself but celebrate and hug and cry and then hug again? Yeah. That happened to me. Excuse me when I go cry some more. 😭🥹🩵😭😭
November 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Have you ever fought so hard for a patient to get the treatment they needed and they finally GET BETTER and you just literally can’t help yourself but celebrate and hug and cry and then hug again? Yeah. That happened to me. Excuse me when I go cry some more. 😭🥹🩵😭😭
January 6 was a hard day to get out of bed for. Then I remembered I’m a proud immigrant serving immigrant communities! I need my patients to know that no matter who threatens to rip away their rights, I have their back. In my line of work, there are no show downs, only showing up. 🩵
November 16, 2024 at 1:35 PM
January 6 was a hard day to get out of bed for. Then I remembered I’m a proud immigrant serving immigrant communities! I need my patients to know that no matter who threatens to rip away their rights, I have their back. In my line of work, there are no show downs, only showing up. 🩵
Dear medical insurance companies: don’t mess with my patients! Because their doctor can FIGHT. 😡😡🥹🥹
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How To Save A Life
hint: it's NOT by following the rules
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November 16, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Dear medical insurance companies: don’t mess with my patients! Because their doctor can FIGHT. 😡😡🥹🥹
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My name is Zed. I am a proud immigrant serving an immigrant community. I am a feminist patient advocate. I am a woman. I am an ally. And I am a physician. Even when the world turns upside down, there must be 50 Ways I've Got You. 50 Ways I've Got You.
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50 Ways I've Got You
a pledge to my patients
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November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
My name is Zed. I am a proud immigrant serving an immigrant community. I am a feminist patient advocate. I am a woman. I am an ally. And I am a physician. Even when the world turns upside down, there must be 50 Ways I've Got You. 50 Ways I've Got You.
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Fall in (love with) New England.
October 24, 2023 at 11:59 PM
Fall in (love with) New England.