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Shireen Heidari, MD

@shireenheidari.bsky.social

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Teacher, palliative doc, storyteller, human. Often outside with my husband & our dogs or curled up with a book. Holding space for joy even as the world is on fire. #hapc PD @ Stanford. she/her. Opinions are my own #Medsky #dogsofbluesky #medhum #Swiftie

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Mar 16

This was Dani, beloved pup. We lost her in 2019. But we got a few weeks of temporary steroid magic after a scary ER visit and CPR conversations. This is her story 🐾❤️ and ours

www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S088...

#dogsofbluesky #hapc #medsky #meded @jpsmjournal.bsky.social @granaghan.bsky.social

Gold and white senior dog looking at camera smiling, human on floor with her with his nose to side of her face

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · 6d

This year we combined the GeriPal Fall fellowship and alumni picnic with palliative care kids camp and we had a blast! Here’s to a beautiful day, community, and joy. #hapc #medsky

@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social

Group of people standing under trees outside

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Diana Halloran, MD @dianahalloran.bsky.social · 17d

I first wrote this as a series of voice notes in between home hospice visits during my HPM fellowship last year. I didn’t expect these visits to impact me quite the way they did.

@jpsmjournal.bsky.social #MedEd #HPM #hapc

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks for reading and sharing! ☺️

Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Sep 11

Very cool! Thanks for this. What is the time zone for the listings or do they appear in the timezone of the person viewing it?

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American College of Chest Physicians @accpchest.bsky.social · Sep 9

In the latest CHEST Exhalations article, "Permission to Cry," Shireen N. Heidari, MD (@shireenheidari.bsky.social ), reflects on the perceptions of physicians expressing emotions.

Read the full article in the September issue: www.doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
#JournalCHEST #CHESTHumanities

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Sep 9

Alternate link for full text journal.chestnet.org/article/S001... #medsky #hapc @accpchest.bsky.social

Permission to Cry

I was standing by the service elevators when I finally burst into tears. It was Saturday morning, and I had been at the hospital before the sun. Rounds had taken almost 5 hours. I remember standing ou...

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Sep 9

My essay on crying in @accpchest.bsky.social today! #medsky #meded #hapc

"But the lesson didn’t have to be that tears were a source of shame. Our humanity was part of what drew us to train to be healers in the first place" ❤️‍🩹

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Permission to Cry

www.sciencedirect.com

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Diana Halloran, MD @dianahalloran.bsky.social · Sep 2

Back on my writing kick - reflecting on the difficult decision to leave emergency medicine. #MedEd #hapc

www.doximity.com/articles/cfc...

6 a.m., 2 p.m., and 10 p.m.

www.doximity.com

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Sep 2

Agree wholeheartedly (admittedly I’m biased, as someone who pursued it too).

Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Sep 2

She is! We met because of our shared love of writing, and I emailed her your post. Small world, glad I saw it! Have a great night.

Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Sep 2

She’s working in palliative medicine in the Bay Area now, will pass the message along!

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Aug 30

Weekends are for naps apparently. This little pup turned three this week 😍🐾 #dogsofbluesky #weekend

Black and white dog curled up on chair sleeping with sunlight streaming through window behind

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Christian Sinclair, MD @ctsinclair.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hey #palliative, looking good!

#hapc

Richard Ferro, MD @richferro.com · Aug 26

Here is a full list of all #Medsky accounts by specialty:

Ophtho: 231
Geri: 310
Derm: 330
Rheum: 393
Urology: 432
Anesthesia: 493
Ob/Gyn: 505
Heme: 505
IM: 588
Neph: 878
Palliative: 882
Rads: 918
ID: 969
FM/PC: 1,102
Cards: 1,177
Surgery: 2,340
Psych: 2,441
Onc: 2,815
Immuno: 2,988
Peds: 2,999

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Aug 30

Latest decompression - paint by numbers kits. Much more relaxing than I thought it would be and helpful given the state of well, everything happening in our country right now. #Saturday #hapc

Paint by numbers canvas with sunset and mountains partially painted

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Eduardo Bruera @brueraeduardo.bsky.social · Aug 17

In agitated delirium refractory to haloperidol , increased dose haloperidol was no better than placebo. Lorazepam, alone or with haloperidol, significantly reduced agitation, lowered rescue med use, and showed no survival or adverse event differences.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40742738/

Proportional Sedation for Persistent Agitated Delirium in Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed

Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT03743649.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Aug 16

Strength training 3x a week. Paint by numbers kits. Getting outside (walking, hiking) and away from screens and noise. Library for new fiction reads. Still trying to figure it out for myself too, not sure I have answers but the above is helping.

Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Jul 26

The happiest of pups #dogsofbluesky #Friday 🐾❤️

Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Jul 1

Sunset fire hair refresh 🌅🔥😍

Flame colored hair with jasmines in background

Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · Jun 30

Celebrating another year of hospice and palliative care fellows graduating 🥳😭😍 very proud of this amazing cohort and can’t wait to see what comes next! #hapc @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social

A group of people standing on the grass smiling

Five people linking arms smiling in front of a congrats banner

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · May 29

*new interns, residents, and fellows start on July 1
*~11,000 house staff in US hospitals are on J-1 visas
*these doctors are the backbone of rural & urban safety-net hospitals
*most of these doctors go into primary care after training, often in the same community
www.intealth.org/pdfs/J-1_US_...

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Shireen Heidari, MD @shireenheidari.bsky.social · May 9

Gave in and replaced the well loved and often patched narwhal with a new one today. They wasted no time getting to joyfully tugging it about.

#dogsofbluesky #bordercollie #hapc 🐳🐾❤️

Two stuffed blue narwhals, one shredded slightly, one new, sitting on wood floor

Two dogs playing tug with stuffed narwhal

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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · Apr 28

The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.

These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.

If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?

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