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Alumni Success Story: George Tabi '02

The year was 1997. Tabi had just joined the TFS community as a seventh-grader. His family chose TFS because they wanted a structure they could rely on to help him be a good student and athlete. “I quickly became very involved in the process. TFS became my second family,” he said. 

TFS was a new experience for Tabi. “I had been in classes with 35-50 kids in the Bronx,” he said. “Now I was in a classroom of 10-12.” His teachers, Bob Loder and Killeen Jensen were very influential in his life. “They were the first to introduce me to structure, and they paid attention to details,” he said. “I didn’t even know what my weaknesses were, but they helped to build me up and helped me grow.” 

Tabi gives high praise for how teachers and staff were empathic to students’ emotions. “They knew where we were from, knew that we were homesick, understood those dynamics, and worked to alleviate the stress,” he said. 

As part of dorm life, Tabi’s morning routine included making his bed. Tabi learned that it takes discipline and structure to get things done. “You need these to get through college, to graduate, to make a business plan, or for an investor to bring you on – to invest in you as a person,” he said.  

Tabi graduated from TFS in 2002 and attended Reinhart University on a basketball scholarship. During his second season, he was injured. This led Tabi to transfer to the University of West Georgia. While he was there, he had an epiphany. All along, he thought basketball was his life, but suddenly, he knew he was headed in a different direction. “After I got hurt and the doctor diagnosed me out for the season, I began to reevaluate my life and what value truly is. That doctor had value that I then realized I wanted,” he said. “I went to medical school in Poland. I ended up being a medical doctor!”

Tabi is a hospitalist and medical director in several facilities across multiple states. He resides in Hazlehurst, Georgia, with his wife and two children. Tabi is a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine and a fellow at the University of California Irvine in Primary Care Psychiatry. Tabi also advocates for substance abuse education in several local communities.

But this just scratches the surface of Tabi’s work. “I am passionate about exploring and learning. I am passionate about diversity - about being multifaceted.”

He is one of the co-founders of JettSet1 Enterprises alongside international multi-platinum recording artist and business mogul Flo Rida and Erik “E Smooth” Hicks. JettSet1 is an enterprise with vast interests and partnerships across various industries, from biotech, health and wellness, and beverage to real estate development, film, and television. 

JettSet1 Enterprises and Biom Therapeutics have recently partnered to develop the first and only cannabinoid-derived, FDA-approved, orphan-status therapeutic agent for treating Angelman Syndrome, a rare neurogenetic disorder.

Tabi and Flo Rida are founders of JetSetter Nutrition, an innovative wellness company that strives to provide education and supplementation that supports healthy living for all. Tabi is also the founder of AskTabs Mobile Wellness, an initiative created to serve marginalized communities across the nation with limited access to medical care because of the COVID-19 crisis. 

Tabi served as the border health clinical site physician lead in San Diego for Optum Serve, an initiative under California Governor Gavin Newsom. Additionally, Tabi is an adjunct clinical professor at Touro Medical College of Osteopathic Medicine and One Brooklyn Healthcare Systems. 

Tabi is a former advisory board member for Emmersive Entertainment, a technology company specializing in virtual reality, augmented reality, NFTs, and animation. Emmersive Entertainment has been featured on “CBS This Morning,” “60 Minutes,” and in “Forbes” magazine.

Tabi has a message for TFS students: Don’t give up. Don’t be one-dimensional. Look at life and say, “I am going to be open-minded to the adventures of life. I am going to do everything with a purpose.” It is more than being smart. It is staying consistent in your purpose! You just don’t know who you are going to be. Legacy comes from what you are able to pass on to others. And remember, it is not all you. It is the Lord.