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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July 26, 2017 | Leave the first comment

Equality Equals Health

Our generation of physicians came to health care to change everything. Shot on iPhone. Washington, DC USA

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 | Leave the first comment

Just Read: Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert

Stumbling on Happiness is very science-laden look at how our brains work, what happiness is (or how it’s perceived), and some useful lessons. It’s a little hard to describe what the advice is; I’d operationalize it as “risks taken aren’t as risky as we think they are, we are more resilient than we think we are, trying to be planful about a future we can’t predict is prone to errors.”

Or maybe in an even crisper nutshell, this song:

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July 25, 2017 | Leave the first comment

Thanks for publishing my photo, in Goodbye to Chocolate City (Demographic Changes & Segregation Indices) – D.C. Policy Center

Thanks (again) for publishing one of my photos, DC Policy Center (@DCPolicyCenter). It’s taken in the Logan Circle neighborhood, neighbor to Shaw, which has undergone incredible demographic change (see below). This mural unfortunately faces a narrow alley so it’s difficult to capture its beauty. You can see additional angles here. This analysis, also excellently performed, …

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July 25, 2017 | Leave the first comment

Thanks for publishing my photo @DCist in Sued Over Displaying Rainbow Flag At The Capitol, Va. Congressman Says ‘It’s Absurd’

Thanks for publishing my photo, DCist (@Dcist). The story that it’s attached to is so strange that I’m making the decision not to link to it. You’ll just have to take my word for it that the photo was used 🙂 . Doesn’t the rainbow flag look great in Washington, DC? The transenger pride flag …

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July 25, 2017 | Leave the first comment

Thanks for publishing my photo, @NiemanLab in With its Take Action newsletter, The Nation is giving readers ways to act

Thanks for publishing my photo, Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab (@NiemanLab). It was taken in February, 2017, seems like such a long time ago…The photo is nearing 5,000 views. “We’re about ideas, but we’re also about instigating actions. Though I believe our role is to seed ideas for the future, you want a journalism that has …

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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

*This is my July Now Update

Update

Everywhere I go, I see the future. 2017.06.10 DC Capital Pride Parade, Washington, DC USA 04857 (View on Flickr.com)

(previous updates are here)

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

19113883_10155368434228523_3978686680105867737_n-150 — Sharing of my photo by The Pointer Sisters (View on Flickr.com)

19113920_10155368434233523_3265323369917262380_n-151 — Sharing of my photo by The Pointer Sisters (View on Flickr.com)

2017.06.11 Capital Pride Festival Washington, DC USA 05117 (View on Flickr.com)

LGBTQ Pride Month

June, 2017 was LGBTQ Pride Month, which included celebrations, an incredible Equality March, for Unity and Pride, as well as the 1 year anniversary of the murder of 49 people in Orlando, for living in their true identity.
In retrospect I was so excited that the Pointer Sisters shared one of my photographs of their performance at @CapitalPrideDC.
We also made history with the first transgender pride flag crosswalk in the United States. It’s what we do (make history).
I also created some helpful suggestions for people interested in promoting the health of LGBTQ humans (see: Beyond walking in parades with us, things I’d like you to do to produce health for LGBTQ humans ). For people who aren’t so interested, just remember that diversity allows the human species to survive 🙂 .

Emojis for the future

I completed part of the special emoji project, to propose a transgender pride flag for the 2018 set, to the @Unicode consortium. Proposal submitted, waiting for the answer.

A small Kindle storm

I love my local library and all of the goodness it provides. I stagger my book holds pretty well so that the books I want to read are available in sequence. Pride month threw me off. Way off. Lots of held books became available, so, I had to semi-start over.

Now

Still reading Mistreated by Robert Pearl, MD, as well as Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss.
Teaching myself (and practicing) digital engagement and customer relations management. These systems have come a long way
Looking forward a Continuing Medical Education event connected to my fascination with science based nutrition (which I’ve started to write a little bit about on this blog – Just Read: Always Hungry, by David Ludwig, MD

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

Updated 2017.07.11 – Based on a movement created by Derek Sivers

Contact

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featured photo: Funk Parade, Washington, DC USA, May, 2016, by Ted Eytan, MD