"God bless you for what you do"
The day a stranger reminded me how to be a doctor
Telling the Truth About Medicine Through Story
Welcome to Shantanu Rai's substack where I discuss the unsettling truths behind the exam room curtain.
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The Fast Burn and The Slow Burn
What recent airline crashes and The Pitt have in common
Returning to the Hospital, 15 Years Later
I spent the first hour of my first hospital shift in 15 years trying to log in.
The Thin White Envelope
This week, across the country, fourth-year medical students gathered in auditoriums, lecture halls, and hospital atriums to open envelopes that would tell them where they will live and train for the next three to seven years of their lives.
The Words That Shape Us
The aphorisms physicians inherit—from Osler to The House of God —and the one I hope might define the next generation of medicine.
If You’re Watching The Pitt, You’re Seeing the Symptom. What's the Diagnosis?
The darker truth behind the exam room curtain
The patient who made me cry
On trust, medicine’s limits, and the weight doctors carry home
THANK YOU doctors, nurses, and trainees working through the holidays
It may be your job—but it’s also another sacrifice
I Finally Built an Author Website
And why I waited so long
The New Hepatitis B Guideline Will Cost Lives. It Will Also Cost Doctors.
Last week, the Trump administration voted to change a major recommendation: the birth-dose hepatitis B vaccine is no longer routinely advised for all newborns.