The other Shahan.
Who is Shahan Sibtain aka Daddy Sibtain, Assoc PD of Psychiatry at New Bridge Medical Center?
This is the borough of NYC Shahan grew up in.
What is Queens ?
Shahan binge watched 15 seasons of this over the top medical drama.
What is Grey’s Anatomy?
He may have 11 fingers but this was Shahan’s favorite Bollywood actor in the early 2000s
Who is Hrithik Roshan?
The full name of the tallest guy in the room.
What is Syed Shahab Ali?
This resident starts every call with “Hello Dr. Syed, Sorry to bother you, this is ** talking”
Who is Ghani Abazi (no idea how to spell this)?
This is where Shahan can be found at 4 am.
Where is Lifetime (gym)?
Shahan has watched this entire medical series at least twice, based on another kind hearted curmudgeon.
What is House MD?
This is the number of Bollywood songs for which Shahan has memorized the lyrics.
What is “all of them”?
We just naacho naacho-ed all the way to Canada for this guy.
Who is Shazeem?
When the meds aren’t working and somebody’s gonna get hurt real bad..
What is 4 point restraints or calling a Dr. Strong?
Shahan once ran 5 city blocks behind a NYC public bus because he left this on the bus.
What are his Bose headphones?
The toxic medical culture and blunders on this show may have been inspired by Bergen New Bridge (except the janitor).
What is Scrubs?
One of Shahan’s favorite songs circa 2015 whose title literally translates to “the sun is drowning.”
What is Sooraj Dooba Hai?
This guy loves to sweep, make paratha, and put anything but clothes in the dryer.
Who is Shafi Syed?
The nickname the nurses have given Shahan.
What is ‘Superman’?
Shahan had his brother and dad drive over an hour from Long Island to the city to pick up this item and bring it to our house in NJ, only to barely use it and sell it 3 years later for almost the same price on Facebook marketplace.
What is a treadmill?
This Long Island based medical show would be so different if it featured the aunties and uncles from Dix Hills rather than the elite from the Hamptons.
What is Royal Pains?
Maybe because they share similar names, this 90s singer is Shahan’s favorite.
Who is Shaan?
Shahan’s jaan and the only one who can really keep him on his toes.
Who is Safa?
Shahan’s favorite thing about his residency program.
Including this coming June, Shahan has graduated this many times in the almost 10 years we have been married.
What is 4? (Don’t ask. It’s been a long journey.)
Bearing the name of what Shahan was for the last 4 years, this show has trainees running the hospital .. (sound familiar?)
What is The Resident?
This Pakistani singer speaks to Shahan through songs like “Tere Bin” and “Pehli Nazar Mein”
Who is Atif Aslam?
The family tech support, handyman, architect, engineer, financial planner, and dad joke supplier.
Who is Kashif?