Travis Ly, PGY-1

VCOM-LA 2026 | EM Physician| Foodie on the go | Chef at home | Monster on the court 🎾 | Amateur iPhone photographer

[Jake Moore, DO, PGY-1 @stillmoore]

Sometimes in medicine we struggle with futility, but nothing matches the futility of a drug rep earnestly making their pitch to the med student who is only there for food

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@A_Sapp12 @stillmoore Is that THE Jake Moore? 👀🤠

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

Does anyone else get that icky feeling rocking backwards during a glidescope intubation? 😱

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

First Night of EM Aways ✅

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@MedicalMewtwo They’re lifesavers fr fr 😭

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

I lied. Try getting a good look at 2 year old’s ear while he’s screaming like he’s trying to go Super Sayan.

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

There is no strength greater than a 6 year old who doesn’t want to get their shots

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

Note to self: Don’t use the patient bathroom in the addiction/detox wing of a psychiatric hospital

[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

Making history.

Learner Tien becomes the youngest man to reach the round of 16 at the #AusOpen since Rafael Nadal.

He powers his way past Corentin Moutet 7-6 6-3 6-3 on Kia Arena.

#AusOpen • #AO2025

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@OGdukeneurosurg Cholinergic crisis!

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

Why am I hearing call button noises in my sleep 😭

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@FiatFood Whenever patients are at risk of hurting themselves or others, it’s one of the many things that are asked to help assess their risk of committing to it! It’s not something that’s asked to everybody.

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@IhabFathiSulima Pterygium! a.k.a. “Surfer’s eye”

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@IhabFathiSulima Teratoma!!

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@skpmd They technically did 😅

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

1st intubation ✅
And I didn’t break any teeth 😎

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

@tonyver45 Thank you! I’ll keep that in mind from now on 🙏🏼

[Michael Justus @mhjrad]

abdomen: soft, non-tender, non-distended

[Travis Ly, PGY-1 @DOphosho]

There is no strength greater than a 6 year old who doesn’t want to get their shots

[Jeremy K. Fagan, MD PhD @JK_Fagan]

“Hey I’m Jeremy…
Oops I mean Hi. I’m Dr Fagan with the medicine team”