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David Sable

@dbsable.bsky.social
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Doctor/teacher/writer. Ob/gyn and IVF doc. Roadie for Priya Mayadas. Adjunct @Columbia dbsable.substack.com

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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
On universal access to fertility care: affordability is just the start. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
An REI on Mother’s Day open.substack.com/pub/dbsable/...
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What Amy Tan and The Joy Luck Club Taught Me About Infertility
A Mother's Day Story for Those Midjourney
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
What a privilege to be asked to contribute to the Reproductive BioMedicine Online special issue RBMO @25. My article, "How will IVF be delivered in 25 years’ time?" is up -- no paywall or registration needed. Comments and abuse welcomed. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Good weekend all
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Still waters
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A huge shout-out to the incomparable Luke Timmerman on the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Timmerman Report. I have been a loyal subscriber ever since. A few years back, Luke gave an exceptional, freewheeling talk about...
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day.
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
25!!! HBD to absolutely the world’s best daughter.
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Quite the New York sunset.
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
More of a Tangled Up than a Rhapsody In. (At the Guggenheim)
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy holidays. Wishing you a safe journey searching for the lost empire of cool.
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Nature imitates Rothko: winter solstice on the Upper West Side
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The faces behind the Sable - Sirus criteria for value assessment in IVF innovation. (and HBD Abigail Sirus!)
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
My Unofficial Investor’s Letter, December 2024 The fund had a pretty good year. I’ll get to business in a bit. But first a story. medium.com/@dbsable/les...
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“When you perform a vaginal delivery , there is a very brief moment, right after the baby’s head emerges, where you and the baby are the only people in the world.” dbsable.substack.com/p/i-was-an-o... #ivf #REI #embryology #obgyn
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I Was An Obstetrician Once
You have to be an obstetrician before you can be an IVF doc
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
dbsable.substack.com/p/on-the-tik... #ivf
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On The Tik-Tokization Of IVF
We've seen it before, and it works
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
dbsable.substack.com/p/four-visio... #ivf
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Four Visions of the Future of US IVF
Network and Do-It-Yourself, Academic and Allocator
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
go.bsky.app/EC8dCFW
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A founder asks: How do I sell a piece of my company when I don’t know what its worth? entrepreneurshipinbiotechnology.substack.com/p/if-you-und...
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The Virtuous Seed Stage Term Sheet
Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology Shadow Curriculum week 3
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
“When pitching, be acutely aware of the clarity of your language. Your toolkit is filled with words. Use that toolkit thoughtfully. You are creating something novel. It is intuitive to you. It will not be intuitive to others.” entrepreneurshipinbiotechnology.substack.com/p/the-existe...
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The Existential Pitch
Basic Science of Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology, Part 1
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
My advice to graduates of my class who still (!) insist on going into #biotech investment banking First, a few tips re science/medical data:
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Don't Make Sh@% Up. Biology Always Wins ...and Other Rules of Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology entrepreneurshipinbiotechnology.substack.com/p/dont-make-...
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Don't Make Sh@% Up. Biology Always Wins
...and Other Rules of Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
5/5 dbsable.substack.com/p/the-math-b...
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The Math Behind “Why Don’t You Just Adopt?”
A great — but limited — family-building option
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
4/5 dbsable.substack.com/p/ivf-from-f...
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IVF from Fine Young Cannibals and Tone Loc to Now
It's 3AM on labor and delivery in 1989...
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Intro 3/5 dbsable.substack.com/p/ai-in-fert...
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AI in Fertility: It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Late-night thoughts on innovation in IVF while listening to The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. A first draft.
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Intro post #2 open.substack.com/pub/dbsable/...
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How Much Should an IVF Baby Cost?
What Price Would an Efficiently-Functioning Marketplace Place on IVF That Works
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Dropping “Periods” off here at Bluesky. Good to meet everyone. open.substack.com/pub/dbsable/...
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The First Commandment of IVF
Keeping Track of Which Embryo Belongs to Which Patient
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Wisdom of the South Street Seaport Museum
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
Art of the Upper West
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
View of Main Street in Dobbs ferry New York, with the Palisades looming in the distance across the Hudson River.
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
Good idea, now back it up. open.substack.com/pub/dbsable/...
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Questions about "free IVF"
politics and/or policy?
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 27/07/2024
Neighbor
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David Sable @dbsable.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
Lost on a wave that you’re dreaming.
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