About

Welcome.

I am a physician, a family medicine specialist with a focus on total health, diversity, and Washington, DC.

In 2007, I decided to relocate to our nation’s capital, from Seattle, Washington, to further my interests while continuing to live in the future. I believe in open leadership, sharing, and freedom from conflict of interest.

More detail, including my official bio, is on the Portfolio page.

It’s glass 3/4 full. Always and in all ways.

Comments always welcome. Feel free to connect via social media, links below.

featured photo: Love Wins, Washington, DC, USA, June, 2016, by Ted Eytan, MD

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Thanks for publishing my photo, @DCist in Go Home Already (6/23/17)

Thanks for publishing my photo, @DCist in Go Home Already (6/23/17)

Thanks for publishing my photo @DCist. It’s of the observation area from the beautiful new National Museum of African American History and Culture. I wrote about my visit there recently: Being #TransVisible at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Plus, D.C.’s coolest companies, why the Klingle Valley Hiker-Biker Trail took 27 years, …

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Thanks for using my photo in “Timeline” | Barack Obama Presidential Library (!)

Thanks for using my photo in "Timeline" | Barack Obama Presidential Library (!)

The photograph, by the way, was taken when I was enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente Executive Leadership Program, operated by the Harvard School of Business Executive Education Program (@HBSExecEd). Besides this time being a moment of record-breaking snowfall, it was also a time of mind- and horizon- expansion for me.

I snapped a shot every morning, and I specifically remember this one, with a quote from Steve Jobs.

I still feel this way, which is that I/we/humans are often asked directly or indirectly to live someone else’s life – I have been asked this many many (many) times.

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Thanks for using my photo @Berkeleyside in UC’s Oral History Center captures personal histories of the ‘Right to Marry’ campaign 

Thanks for using my photo @Berkeleyside in UC's Oral History Center captures personal histories of the 'Right to Marry' campaign 

Thanks for publishing my photo Berkleyside (@Berkeleyside). It’s of an early morning Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 2015. This photograph has now become the most viewed in my collection, 63,556 times. Very happy it provides inspiration to others. I actually clicked through to the oral history discussed, of a man, who …

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Thanks for Publishing my Photo @WalrusMagazine in The Business Case for Sexual Diversity 

Thanks for Publishing my Photo @WalrusMagazine in The Business Case for Sexual Diversity 

Thanks for using my photo, Canada’s Walrus Magazine (@WalrusMagazine). It’s of a rainbow-flag adorned Washington, DC at this year’s LGBTQ Pride celebration. I have never seen as many rainbow (and transgender pride) flags spread across Washington, East, West, North, South. By the way, regarding the article, there is a large quantity of data showing that …

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Thanks for publishing my photo @BillMoyersHQ in Maybe This Is the Article That Will Convince You Not to Cut Medicaid

Thanks for publishing my photo @BillMoyersHQ in Maybe This Is the Article That Will Convince You Not to Cut Medicaid

Thanks for publishing my photo Bill Moyers (@BillMoyersHQ). It was taken in February, 2017, as daily protests in Washington, DC began to take shape. Good to have a record of when the future was born. You can see the rest of the photos in this series here. Under the Republican health care plan, my sister …

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What I’m doing now

What is this? It’s my now page, based on a movement created by Derek Sivers

photo: #ProtectTransWomen Day of Action, Washington, DC USA, March, 2017, by Ted Eytan, MD

Update (previous updates are here)

2017.05.20 Capital TransPride Washington, DC USA 5129
2017.05.20 Capital TransPride Washington, DC USA 5129 (View on Flickr.com)

Greetings from Washington, DC (of course) and welcome to my third now update, June, 2017.

My Now (@NowNowNow) Profile is visible at Link: Ted Eytan, MD Profile on NowNowNow.com

Now

Excited to spend time with equalitymarch2017 leadership team! Washington, DC USA June 11, 2017 #Theta360 #dc #EqualityEqualsHealth #havepride365 havepride365
Excited to spend time with @equalitymarch17 leadership team! Washington, DC USA June 11, 2017 #Theta360 #dc #EqualityEqualsHealth #havepride365 @havepride365 (View on Flickr.com)
  • Finishing Tools of Titans – back in rotation at my local library 🙂
  • Reading Mistreated by Robert Pearl, MD. I feel if people want to know the solution to what ails health care in this country, it’s best to hear from the experience of the leaders who’ve made the most progress. It’s clear that Kasier Permanente and the Permanente Medical Groups have made the most progress. Robert Pearl, MD (@RobertPearlMD) is the CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (@MAPermanente), and the Co-CEO of The Permanente Federation (@PermanenteDocs)
  • Working on a special emoji project for a friend…
  • Getting ready for the rest of LGBTQ Pride Month, including Washington, DC’s Equality March 2017 (@EqualityMarch17). I recently met the organizers and I’m impressed with the potential of the return to the roots of the most successful civil rights movements of our time.

Is there anything I should be doing that I’m not? Feel free to let me know in the comments.

Updated 2017.05.30 – Based on a movement created by Derek Sivers