Karan Shetty

Orthopaedic surgeon. Guitar George. Easily distracted by cats.

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

This is a genuinely well-crafted piece of internal communications!

It removes the ambiguity that usually causes anxiety. Most companies stay silent on employees engaging with protests/social issues, which forces people to guess where the line is. Worse, many organizations, in the current climate, communicate to employees that they may *not* participate in any protests, or else... Here, Vedant is explicitly naming that there's "no rulebook that doesn't allow you to participate". That's effectively a permission structure and not just a sentiment. Silence would've been read as implicit restriction, but Vedant is pre-empting that read entirely.

The demographic argument does double duty too. Citing "70% workforce below the age of 30" is beyond a stat and is more of an implicit acknowledgment that leadership (at Trackk) understands who they're talking to and what matters to that cohort. It also signals self-awareness... Vedant is not pretending to speak from some neutral, ageless corporate voice.

The framing hierarchy is super sharp too. "Our obligation to the organization cannot be larger than that to society" is the founder explicitly subordinating his company interest to civic responsibility, in writing. That's rare!

The mail is also wonderfully brief. No corporate hedging, no legal-mandated flatness, no "we understand this is a sensitive topic" throat-clearing. It just feels real and honest.

I was looking for a/any brand taking any kind of stand on the student protests, and found none at all (so far). This internal email comes closest to a brand actually taking a stand even though it is less of a corporate stand and more of the company ensuring it remains relevant and meaningful to its own employees.

[Thejaswi Udupa @udupendra]

This is not that Dharmendra, madam!

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen: a standing ovation for the full Daraxonrasib results

I feel inspired and energised, to put it mildly — we have a targeted therapy for pancreatic cancer now, and nothing is undruggable anymore

[Karan Shetty @karanshetty13]

@simplychoo Dr. Harshini AS at Fortis Hopsital, Bangerghatta Road

[Jenna Taglienti @jenna_taglienti]

I wrote this in a moment I never would have chosen. A sudden pause that made me see my life clearly.

The meaning of our work is profound. This experience simply helped me see more clearly what matters most.

“Time is Finite” JAMA

https://t.co/IwkKdyeEWx

[Rahul Pandita @rahulpandita]

And above 60 also. Please.

[timepass @geeooddee]

a good doctor never encourages others to become a doctor

[Very General Orthopaedist @generalorthomd]

Just in time for my study comparing skeletal traction vs spica casting vs traditional bone-setting for the treatment of adult femoral shaft fractures.

[Stefan Tigges @StefanTigges]

Our free MSK imaging comic is now available on Radiopaedia! It's a "quick start" guide for medical students and junior residents who need an overview of MSK imaging. The comic consists of 489 panels& has links to 100s of cases & is available here: https://t.co/Tv0y4qLX54

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

A video listing names of Palestinians killed in Gaza is 59 minutes long. It takes over a minute to get through “0 years old.”

This is genocide.

[Karan Shetty @karanshetty13]

Calcaneus joint-depression fracture. Percutaneous screw fixation #orthotwitter #medtwitter #trauma

[Karan Shetty @karanshetty13]

Sucker punch.

[Karan Shetty @karanshetty13]

@DrZiaud @FractureDoc @DrBhavinJadav After debridement of the avascular fragments, bone transport with Ilizarov frame or LRS/Orthofix

[Wolfgang @Farmers_FC]

The Bahujan worker from UP who we troll gave his mandate to vote the fascists out. Meanwhile your colleagues with whom you join your scrum calls and office outings are the real ones who voted for the Ram temple. Lest you forget.

[Karan Shetty @karanshetty13]

@Davembmd Amazing! Could you please do a short tutorial on how to convert CT DICOM data into a 3D printable format?

[Dr. Longissimus @DrLongissimus]

Doctors don't make enough money

[Romy @Romy_Skye]

So @artistictania and I did the banner project again for Bahrain again and Lewis and saw it! Take a look to see what he thought!

He was also soooo nice to attempt speaking in Kannada (my language from South India)!

[Karan Shetty @karanshetty13]

@vivekortho007 Pay and win 🤦🏾‍♂️

[Karan Shetty @karanshetty13]

Any surgery is an informed decision - in any country. You do you

[Sooraj Chandran @soorajchandran_]

Healthcare: Netherlands vs India

🇳🇱
1 week to get the appointment.
Come back after 2 weeks of simple medicines
level 2 medicine for 2 weeks.
Still not sure about the next steps.

🇮🇳
Visit doctor.
10 mins - CT scan
20 mins - prescribes surgery
2 days later - surgery done
A week - recovering.

2 months later:
Hmmm, maybe, just mayyybeee I didn't need to do that surgery.