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Jared Rubenstein, MD

@drjrubenstein.bsky.social

Pediatric palliative care doctor and medical educator. I help people talk about hard things. He/him. Opinions my own. Website: https://www.jaredrubensteinmd.com/

2,957 Followers  |  1,413 Following  |  218 Posts  |  Joined: 26.06.2023  |  2.1939

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✨Really loved this conversation with the wonderful @clarefuller.bsky.social
✨It was so much fun to take a deep dive into some of the videos I’ve made over the last 5 years
πŸ™πŸΌIf you check them out, would to hear your thoughts!
Link to full interview below πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

youtube.com/@drjrubenste...

08.10.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan MuΓ±oz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

03.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26556    πŸ” 13731    πŸ’¬ 768    πŸ“Œ 534
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Sign the Petition RFK Jr. Must Be Removedβ€”Before More Damage is Done, Before More Lives are Lost

Please sign and share!
www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...

04.10.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

β€œABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

02.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3316    πŸ” 2094    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 329
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Episode 40: Nonfiction Podcast Episode Β· PediPal Β· 06/01/2025 Β· 33m

Whew. Such a powerful episode of @pedipal.bsky.social with Bob Macauley and Chris Adrian

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

27.09.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a resident in 2007 I submitted an abstract as an early career professionals... presenting a poster at Assembly was my gateway to engagement, mentorship and community. Please share this opportunity with your students, residents and fellows! @aahpm.bsky.social @earlycareersig.bsky.social #hapc

26.09.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pic of me smiling with sleeve rolled up and blue bandaid on my arm

Pic of me smiling with sleeve rolled up and blue bandaid on my arm

Went for my covid and flu vaccine appointment today and to my surprise there was a wait.
There was a steady stream of people coming in for both vaccines.
I didn’t even mind the wait.
It felt like hope.

06.09.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope that changes for you soon!

07.09.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely πŸ™πŸΌ

06.09.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Pic of me smiling with sleeve rolled up and blue bandaid on my arm

Pic of me smiling with sleeve rolled up and blue bandaid on my arm

Went for my covid and flu vaccine appointment today and to my surprise there was a wait.
There was a steady stream of people coming in for both vaccines.
I didn’t even mind the wait.
It felt like hope.

06.09.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

@petridishes.bsky.social has been on πŸ”₯
And she is exactly the brilliant satirist for these times

05.09.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for the Resignation of RFK Jr Text SIGN PEPEMQ to 50409 to send this to your officials.

resist.bot/petitions/PE...

29.08.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Strategic Path Forward for Hospice and Palliative Care: A White Paper on the Potential Future of the Field

πŸ“£Check out this powerful new piece from the amazing @irabyock.bsky.social
✨He thoughtfully lays out strategies for the advancement of our field
✨And highlights what we do at our core:
β€œHospice and palliative care foster wellbeing through the end of life.”

www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10....

27.08.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Palliative Care Public Service Announcement #5
YouTube video by Jared Rubenstein Palliative Care Public Service Announcement #5

This is just brilliant @drjrubenstein.bsky.social I am looking forward to talking with you soon & learning more about the stories & inspiration behind your work

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tlm...

08.08.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks so much @clarefuller.bsky.social
Loved partnering with my amazing friend @thelizarmy.bsky.social on this one.
Excited for our chat!

08.08.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for sharing Clare!
Alwayw honored to hear when these are shown in the wild

07.08.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Consult Conundrum
YouTube video by Jared Rubenstein The Consult Conundrum

Shared at the SE #PEoLC meeting today - a super video by @drjrubenstein.bsky.social Let's stop apologising for palliative care

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWr...

07.08.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
AI used to reimagine the painting The Doctor by Luke Fildes with a complete palliative care team. Sick girl in bed with parents at her side. Doctor sitting by bedside accompanied by nurse, social worker, and chaplain all in 1800s attire

AI used to reimagine the painting The Doctor by Luke Fildes with a complete palliative care team. Sick girl in bed with parents at her side. Doctor sitting by bedside accompanied by nurse, social worker, and chaplain all in 1800s attire

As a palliative care doctor, the painting β€œThe Doctor” by Luke Fildes always seemed in complete to me.
So I used AI to reimagine it with the full palliative care team on board.

Serious illness is lonely. No family should go through it without a team.

14.07.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Articles in Press

β€œOn Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now”

I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month

The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion

www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

26.06.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 15
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πŸŽ‡PediPal is BACK! πŸŽ†

With "Episode 39: This Marrow Space," Sarah and Dan return after a long hiatus to explore... well, why exactly did they take a hiatus in the first place? (Spoiler alert: Dan now has an entirely new immune system.)

Listen on pedipal.org or your favorite podcast platform!

01.05.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

To remove vaccines from ACIP guidelines, which seems to be the end goal here, is effectively a ban. If a vaccine is not recommended, Medicare/Medicaid and private insurance can refuse to cover it. Few people can afford to pay for the cost out of pocket.

RFK Jr's end game is to ban vaccines!!!

09.06.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1022    πŸ” 426    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 27
Me sitting in front of monitor with title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

Me sitting in front of monitor with title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

πŸ™πŸΌ So honored to be invited to present the opening talk of the wonderful ALPM conference by Canadian Society of Palliative Medicine
✨Got a chance to talk about one of my favorite topics: how we talk with others inside and outside healthcare about the wonderful field palliative care

07.06.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Me sitting in front of monitor with title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

Me sitting in front of monitor with title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

title slide of talk saying palliative care PR: exploring new message strategies

πŸ™πŸΌ So honored to be invited to present the opening talk of the wonderful ALPM conference by Canadian Society of Palliative Medicine
✨Got a chance to talk about one of my favorite topics: how we talk with others inside and outside healthcare about the wonderful field palliative care

07.06.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aww that’s so nice to hear. Thank you!

06.06.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for listening and sharing!
And yes, β€œhelp understand our awesomeness” is absolutely the goal 😁

06.06.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
palliative care is the fire department, not the fire:

palliative care is the fire department, not the fire:

Superb #ALPM2025 by @drjrubenstein.bsky.social about "PR" in #palliativecare

TAKE AWAY: Palliative care doesn't need to change what we're called or what we do; we should help our non-pall peers understand our awesomeness

Watch his Fire Department & other vids: www.jaredrubensteinmd.com/videos

05.06.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever *kind* of family I try to go in open minded & help to the best of my ability, as we all should.

I went to a Dr’s appt with a loved one today & that person disclosed that I was a doc. Just on that alone we may have been pegged as a difficult consult / had assumptions made. πŸ™ˆπŸ€”

04.06.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Episode 40: Nonfiction" is here!

Dan and Sarah welcome back Dr. Bob Macauley and Dr. Chris Adrian to discuss writing about #pedpc (Bob's new book in particular: bookshop.org/p/books/beca...), and how narrative, personal trauma, and clinical practice intersect.

CW: discussion of child sexual abuse

02.06.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Lovely Family
YouTube video by Jared Rubenstein A Lovely Family

πŸ”₯ New video: β€œA Lovely Family”

❓How does the way we talk about patients and families in healthcare create bias in how we think about them?
❓Does it matter whether it is positive or negative bias?
@gtarora.bsky.social

youtu.be/ku9YKSB21T0?...

03.06.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A Lovely Family
YouTube video by Jared Rubenstein A Lovely Family

πŸ”₯ New video: β€œA Lovely Family”

❓How does the way we talk about patients and families in healthcare create bias in how we think about them?
❓Does it matter whether it is positive or negative bias?
@gtarora.bsky.social

youtu.be/ku9YKSB21T0?...

03.06.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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