A First Post

I've been thinking about starting this blog for a long time now. Usually when I Google something and don't find a good answer.

I'm a resident physician training in a combined emergency medicine and internal medicine program. I'll be doing a critical care fellowship. I'm going to work in medical intensive care.

In medicine I have so many questions that are hard to answer. Usually it's practical stuff, like, how exactly do I use warm fluids to do thoracic lavage during hypothermic arrest? Surprise, not a lot of blog posts on this.

I want medicine to be better. As a collective, healthcare generates petabytes of data that is not used to it's fullest potential to help patients. Everyday we make mission critical decisions. Do I admit this patient with chest pain? Can I extubate this patient today? Am I missing something? Machine learning has an untapped role to play in answering questions and supporting clinicians.

I'm so curious. I love to teach. I'm enthusiastic and passionate about helping people. I care deeply for my family, friends, patients, and colleagues.

I'm blogging so that my friends find answers when they search Google.