Physician
Zed Zha, MD, FAAFP is board-certified in family medicine and fellowship trained in non-cosmetic dermatology. Currently, she works to provide dermatological access to the immigrant and farmworker communities in rural America. Before that, she practiced full-scope primary care with obstetrics and hospital medicine during the pandemic years and served as the COVID-19 Task Force Physician Lead.
Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Residency: Mayo Clinic Health Systems - La Crosse Family Medicine
Fellowship: Dermatology Underserved Fellowship in Family Medicine
Awards: Gold Humanism Honor Society Award, John F. Radebaugh Community Service Award, Residency Research Award
Storyteller
On November 4, 2023, during the storytelling event hosted by the Nocturnists and the Bellevue Literary Review, Zed went on the stage of the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre in New York City to tell the story of her thieving mother. Well, the story of an ice cream for her thieving mother, to be exact. And so, so much more.
This story was made into a viral comic strip by the amazing artist and social justice advocate Pan Cooke, which has received over 500,000 likes on Instagram. Pan and Zed have since begun collaborating on a graphic memoir project, My Mother Was a Thief (tentative title). You can get a sneak peek of it in Zed’s newsletter.
Courtesy of Pan Cooke.
Scholar
History
Fellow of the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society. During her fellowship, Zed studied the history of modern medicine at the Countway Library at Harvard Medical School, the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University, Smith College Special Collections, and John Hay Library at Brown University. This laid the foundation for her upcoming book Consented: Medical Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It. (North Atlantic Books, Spring 2026)
Medicine
Co-author: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) FP Essentials monograph Common Skin Conditions in Children and Adolescents.
Lecturer: AAFP national conference and the Skin Problems and Diseases Course on various dermatological topics.
Research published in: Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, the Journal of Pediatrics, the Journal of Family Practice, the Journal of Investigative Medicine, the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, etc.
Mentor: medical students, residents, and advanced practitioners in clinical medicine and research.
Wanderer
Zed is a first-generation immigrant from China. Traveling and backpacking fuel her soul. She enjoys nature photography and is particularly drawn to sunrises and sunsets. All the nature photos on this website were taken by Zed. Of course, Moshi Moshi, her labradoodle puppy, goes wherever Zed goes.
