Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 05/01/2026My poem, just published in @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2026/01/05/r...therumpus.netRumpus Original Poetry: Varun U. Shetty - The RumpusAt the pet store, I look for a toy that doesn’t resemble an animal 030
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025The requirement for animal testing is not just cruel, it’s also unscientific. 010
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Here is a peer reviewed article on this: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLimitations of Animal Studies for Predicting Toxicity in Clinical Trials: Is it Time to Rethink Our Current Approach?Animal testing is used in pharmaceutical and industrial research to predict human toxicity, and yet analysis suggests that animal models are poor predictors of drug safety in humans. The cost of anima... 120
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025It’s time to end our unlimited and unnecessary cruelty. What kind of world are we building based on the torture of helpless creatures? 100
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Actually, less than 5% of animal models progress to human trials. There is little to no regulation on how animals are treated in these labs. And there is more and more evidence that these mammals feel pain and fear not very differently than us. Newer, cell based models test toxicity more directly. 100
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 12/04/2025This is a step in the right direction. We will have better days, more relevant to humans, and far less cruelty. 020
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 12/04/2025“These experiments can reveal toxic effects that could easily go undetected in animals, providing a more direct window into human responses.” 110
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 12/04/2025“Human-Based Lab Models: The FDA will promote the use of lab-grown human “organoids” and organ-on-a-chip systems that mimic human organs – such as liver, heart, and immune organs – to test drug safety.” 110
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 12/04/2025I hear your concern, but there have been true concerns about the translatability of animal trials to humans. Most animal trials don’t translate well to humans. There is very little oversight on how animals are treated in labs. These labs are often just torture centers for animals. 130
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I try this when we’re up against the wall and have found success. I think its lusitropic action helps, especially in patients with reduced EF. One time my anesthesiologist attending dramatically improved BP in periintubation hypotension with just calcium chloride. 020
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 02/02/2025This is the time for more engagement, not less. We need all hands on deck. Let us all find our part to do in this, no matter how small- give time, money or both. 030
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/01/2025WHO is all of us. We are all WHO. Let’s raise $1 billion to support the @who.int’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB... 16313
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 22/12/2024We talk about advance directives a lot in medicine-what one would want when they are ill. In this poem, I try to capture the ineffability of the hypotheticals: www.pennreview.org/advance-dire... (Best read in landscape mode) #poem #humanities #advancedirectivespennreview.orgAdvance Directives — The Penn Review 020
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I really don’t use inhaled vasodilators for hypoxemia. I am not convinced it improves outcomes. I only use it for RV dysfunction. Also, if there is concurrent LV dysfunction then the question always is if we’ve diuresed enough. 191
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyGaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis.bsky.social · 14/12/2024From age 18 to 22, I volunteered twice a year in India's Pulse Polio Vaccination drive. We knocked on so many doors & convinced so many strangers. When India finally eradicated polio, I felt personal & collective pride. RFK Jr offends me in ways I can't even fully articulate! 723874
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024American friends, remember seeing a child with polio? No. Because polio vaccine eradicated it. 030
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Bedaquiline monotherapy for leprosy. Amazing that we can potentially treat this with just one drug as opposed to months of toxic multidrug treatment. It’s tiny but promising trial. These pathbreaking therapies for people in resource-limited areas can’t come soon enough. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....nejm.orgBedaquiline Monotherapy for Multibacillary Leprosy | NEJMStandard multidrug therapy for leprosy may be associated with severe side effects, which add to the stigma and discrimination that affect persons with the disease. In addition, the threat posed by ... 130
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Kind of fantastic that we live in a world where we can get results like this. Insurance companies have no excuse to not approve. 030
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Here’s a poetry starter pack I created: go.bsky.app/DQTbn3Q 141
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Thanks to Philip Terman for sharing this wonderful poem with me. Joy Harjo at her best. Happy Holidays! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/...poetryfoundation.orgPerhaps the World Ends HereThe world begins at a kitchen table. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here. Perhaps the world ... 021
Reposted by Varun U. Shettyjosh farkas 💊 @pulmcrit.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Skytorial: Five pearls on olanzapine 😁 Between agitation and nausea/vomiting, olanzapine has a wide range of use. Olanzapine is generally not a front-line agent (e.g., haloperidol or ondansetron often are). But sometimes, it really comes in clutch....media.tenor.coma man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottomALT: a man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottom 1114246
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I’m seeing that that systole is happening while the aortic valve is closing. What do you make of that? Did this patient have SAM? 100
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyWoodstock Farm Sanctuary @woodstocksanctuary.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Executive Director Rachel and chicken resident Scully explain a bit more about HR 9495 and WHY this bill is so dangerous for nonprofits who seek to do vital liberatory work. The house will be voting AGAIN on this bill soon — PLEASE CALL YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE TODAY! 14818
Reposted by Varun U. Shettyeileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024“I hear the stars are sentient.” Read all three poems by K. Iver in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/k-i... All three astounding. #everynightapoem #TransDayOfRemembrance 06419
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I’m so glad you’re here. I quit Twitter a while ago and missed med Twitter sorely. Glad it’s all happening here again. 110
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyRichard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 18/11/2024As Medsky grows it’s inevitable we see more users posting misinformation. Just my 2 cents, don’t give them the time of day. Don’t quote dunk, don’t screenshot, don’t let them take up the oxygen in this space. Just subscribe to the block list, report bad actors in DMs, and let the trolls starve. 1514252
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Michael Ondaatje’s ‘A Year of Last Things’ is one of the best collections of poetry I’ve read in a while 031
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 05/11/2024I know youre all stressed but since we can't do much for hours yet, here, take a few minutes and read this through again, it might help take your mind off things for a bit 34823262
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyDag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 26/10/2024Timothy Snyder summed up the LA Times and Washington Post situation elegantly. 81339305
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 15/09/2024It doesn’t absolve us of our responsibility. If we believe in voting then we ought to believe in decreasing the demand for meat through our actions. Bringing down fossil fuel industry and not eating meat aren’t mutually exclusive. And there’s the animal cruelty aspect to it too. 130
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 31/08/2024My poem published in Gordon Square Review: www.gordonsquarereview.org/varun-u-shet...gordonsquarereview.orgVarun U. ShettyVarun U. Shetty is a writer and critical care physician. He grew up in Mumbai and lives in Cleveland, Ohio. His work has appeared in Palette Poetry , Chicago Quarterly Review , Frontier Poetry ,... 000
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 04/05/2024This graph is about the tax rate for the wealthiest Americans has dropped dramatically. Guys, go read the article. 000
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 14/02/2024My latest poem published in Palette Poetry: www.palettepoetry.com/2024/02/13/r... 020
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyIlya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · 23/11/2023With ongoing horror in Middle East I hesitate to write abt Odesa, Ukraine. But if I don’t—who will? While Russia bombs Odesa, we’ve been collaborating on a poetry studio for kids. During air raids, kids hide in shelters, thinking about poems. If you would like to help: vo.od.ua/rubrics/tema... 319867
Varun U. Shetty @shettyvu.bsky.social · 23/11/2023I just went back to a fountain pen by Lapis Bard. It is by far one of the smoothest pens I’ve used. 010
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyDoctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 11/11/2023"We're on the fourth floor, there's a sniper who attacked four patients inside the hospital. One of them has a gunshot wound directly in his neck, and he is a quadriplegic patient, and the other one was shot in the abdomen." Dr Mohammed Obeid in Al-Shifa hospital Gaza. We need a ceasefire now. 231139612
Reposted by Varun U. ShettyEd Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 29/10/2023“You can’t imagine the feeling,” she said. “You are not safe. All places are targets, so you think of dying at any time.” www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/w...nytimes.com‘You Think of Dying at Any Time’Gaza residents say Israeli airstrikes come mostly without warning and hit indiscriminately, leading to the feeling that death is imminent and inevitable. 115564
