2025 was an interesting year for me as an academician. I’m still balancing clinical time as an attending cardiac anesthesiologist and cardiovascular ICU intensivist; however, I’ve also been humbled to receive leadership opportunities as the medical director of our organ donor care center (DCC) and will be serving on the medical board of our organ procurement organization, LifeGift, in 2026.
I also became the interim co-director of the anesthesiology critical care division after the medical community (and honestly, humanity at large) lost one of its most beloved physicians – Dr. George Williams. He recruited me to my current institution and was the quintessential role model for any aspiring academician, anesthesiologist, and intensivist. The boss will forever be remembered. 🙏
I’m continuing to serve as an associate medical director for our Master of Science in Anesthesia program and enjoy providing our student anesthesiologist assistants with didactic and clinical training, in addition to interviewing incoming classes!
From a tech perspective, 2025 was enormous. I got my Porsche Taycan Turbo S. I built a primary server rack… and then I made a second one in my closet. I built a racing simulator. I upgraded tons of things throughout the year. Ugh, I’m telling myself right now that I need to limit tech purchases in 2026… but I tell myself this every year. 🫠
Since my fellowship days in Boston, I have been working on EchoTools, a free iOS ultrasonography reference application, but with the release of iOS/iPadOS 26, I rebranded EchoTools as EchoRef and created four more applications – CoagRef, EBMRef, LabRef, and VentRef – to further expand into other niches within healthcare by offering free reference applications to the masses. These can all be accessed on RKRef.app or directly on the Apple App Store. Check them out and drop me a rating/review!
This website, RK.MD, also saw a facelift in preparation for 2026. Been using the new workflow for the last month, and I’m glad I took the time to simplify everything.
In keeping with my posts from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, here are some stats:
Social Media Stats In 2025
| SOCIAL MEDIA STATS | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| RK.MD Post Count (Yearly) | 90 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 46 | 37 |
| RK.MD Comment Count (Yearly) | 498 | 165 | 188 | 149 | 116 | 99 |
Gadgets I Bought In 2025
- Ray-Ban | Meta Smart Glasses, Wayfarer
- Logitech MX Vertical Wireless Mouse
- Dell UltraSharp U4025QW 40″ Class 5K2K Monitor
- Philips Norelco S9000 Prestige
- Oral-B iO Series 10 Electric Toothbrush
- Herman Miller Aeron Office Chair
- Sonos Arc Ultra
- Sonos Era 300 Wireless Speaker x 2
- Bambu AMS 2 Pro
- DJI Mini 4 Pro Drone
- Porsche Taycan Turbo S
- FITCAMX Dash Cam
- LOFREE Flow Low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
- Glorious Gaming – GMMK 3 HE Rapid Trigger Keyboard
- Meta Quest 3
- GMKTec EVO-X2 AI workstation
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano
- Server Rack
- NVIDIA DGX Spark
- iPhone 17 Pro Max
- Racing Simulator
Top Posts Of 2025
- Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
- Interpreting Thromboelastography (TEG)
- Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation – Determining Acidosis and Alkalosis
- MAC, Cordis, Sheath Introducer – What’s The Difference?
- How Chest Tube Drainage Systems Work
- RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation
- Common Types Of Adult Nasogastric Tubes (NGTs)
- Oxygen Therapy Systems
- Pulmonary Artery Catheter/Swan-Ganz Structure And Waveforms
- Milliequivalents (mEq) versus Millimole (mmol)
- Anatomic Liver Segments
- Cardiac Action Potential
- Difference Between TID, q8h, and PRN Dosing
- What Is An Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)?
- Oxygen Delivery Equation (DO2)
- WHO Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Groups
- S1-Q3-T3 EKG Pattern
RK.MD Visitor Metrics in 2025
Device Types
- 63.5% desktop
- 33.6% smartphone
- 1.7% phablet
- 1.1% tablet
- 0.1% other
Operating Systems
- 41.6% Windows
- 25.4% iOS
- 20.3% Mac
- 11% Android
- 1% GNU/Linux
Browsers
- 37.9% Chrome
- 18.5% Mobile Safari
- 13.5% Microsoft Edge
- 12.3% Mobile Chrome
- 9.9% Safari
- 1.6% Google Search
- 1.5% Firefox
On To 2026
In 2026, I hope to continue moving with more intention, drowning out the noise, and building things that last rather than keeping pace with what’s urgent. I want to deepen my impact as a clinician educator by shaping how trainees think, not just what they know, and by creating tools and teaching that make complex physiology feel intuitive. Maybe this means more apps? Maybe some application of the AI/machine learning I’ve been dabbling with? Who knows?
2026 is also the year I hope to get notified of academic promotion to Associate Professor (usually around the summer time), so here’s hoping for the best!
I’m wishing everyone a safe and happy start to 2026!
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