If you’d like me to speak at your conference, grand rounds, class, or event, please email me at drzedzha@gmail.com with:
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I give talks that bring medicine back to its humanity, combining lived experience, social-justice insight, and evidence-based teaching in dermatology and primary care. I blend clinical depth with story and humor to help audiences rethink how they practice, advocate, and care. Here are my areas of expertise:
Academic:
Dermatology for primary care
Skin infestations
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Caring for skin of color
Rural medicine
Cultural and Justice:
Racism in medicine
Misogyny and gender bias
Medical gaslighting & patient blaming
Health insurance inequities
Systemic harms: anti-fat bias, DEI rollbacks, reproductive rights
The Rabbi Marshall Meyer Great Issues Lecture on Social Justice
Co-sponsored by the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, The Tucker Center for a Spiritual and Ethical Life, and the Jewish Studies Program. Made possible by a gift from Marina and Andrew Lewin '81.
Watch: “Racism in Medical Education”
A public lecture by Dr. Zed Zha at Dartmouth College
Upcoming Talks
National Perinatal Association 2026 Interdisciplinary Conference
Keynote presentation: Between the Village and the World: Medicine at the Crossroads of Justice
Past Talks
American Academy of Family Physicians, FMX 2025
Skin Infestations: lecture and problem-based learning
Skin Microscopy: hands-on workshop
Panelist: Navigating Your Career: Exploring Diverse Practice Models and Strategies for Success
HCP Live
Four-part series on the Frontline Management of Atopic Dermatitis in Adults
Dartmouth College: The Rabbi Marshall Meyer Great Issues Lecture on Social Justice
Public lecture: The Problematic History of Medical Education
Dartmouth College: Global Health and Society
Interactive lecture: Top 5 Lessons I Learned through Asking The Patient
American Academy of Family Physicians, FMX 2024
Skin Infestations: lecture and problem-based learning
2024 Skin Conditions and Disease Live Course, AAFP
Lecture: Disorders of Pigmentation
Lecture: Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Follicular Disorders
Lecture: Rosacea
Workshop: Advanced Suturing Techniques
Frontline Worker Safety in the Age of COVID-19: A Global Perspective
Presentation: Workplace Violence Against Healthcare Workers
MedJ 医学界
Live Discussion: China and US Conversation: What Kind of Family Physicians Do We Need?
Live Discussion: China and US Conversation: Should Rural Physicians be Visiting Physicians?
Storytelling & Live Performance
Alongside my lectures and keynotes, I tell stories on stage. This is my live performance from a Nocturnists and Bellevue Literary Review event at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre — a funny, heartfelt retelling of how my mother stole me out of a hospital.
The story went viral after artist Pan Cooke turned it into a comic that received over 500,000 likes on Instagram. Pan and I are now collaborating on a graphic memoir, My Mother Was a Thief (working title). You can see early sketches in my newsletter.