Zed Zha, MD, FAAFP
@DrZedZha
Physician | Author I OpEds Writer | WIP on medical misogyny/racism rep'd by @knwillms | #AskThePatient polls I moving here: @drzedzha.bsky.social
I was misdiagnosed with brain damage at birth & put up for adoption. My mother climbed over the walls of the facility & stole me out. “Your only child will be stupid.” They said when they caught her. She signed the papers. My mother gave me life twice. I give her everything I am.

In my opinion, there are countless ways to read @jack_turban ‘s book Free to Be. But I think I’ve found the best: 🤓🍭

Moshi Moshi got attacked at the dog park and we are both freaked out! I think she’s ok but we are at the vet for a quick exam just to make sure. 🥺🥺🥺 Wish us luck!!

I didn’t grow up with a shower in the house. My mother would take me to the neighborhood shower house, where I’d bathe alongside every other woman on our street. In the winter, we’d run home through the biting cold, our hair frozen stiff before we even reached the door. Showering…

Honored to have spoken at Dartmouth on The Problematic Racial History of #MedEd youtu.be/D4U_z0BLg_Q?si… via @YouTube
Fun #picturebook teaching kids a little about Chinese culture through one girl's family history. #BookReview: #WhyWeEatFriedPeanuts by Zed Zha & Sian James @DrZedZha @sianjart @QuartoKids thestrawberrypost.wordpress.com/2025/01/25/boo… #bookblogger #books #childrensbooks #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear
After working a patient up for something affected them systemically during a consultation, I was told to "stay in my lane." The patient AND the whole patient IS my lane. Do you think medicine is too fragmented, and no one is here to "put it together" for patients? #AskThePatient
Caught my dad practicing the English phrase, “How’s your family doing today?” He’d learned that the wife of the man who works at the seafood counter (a Spanish speaker) was sick. Today, my dad made me take him to the grocery store just so he could ask the man this question.…
