ICU communication isn’t a vibe. It’s a system families can feel. Using ARMOR as a framework, this Tuesday Teaching Edition explains how huddles, daily goals, and structured rounds can create clarity, safety, and trust.
The cold didn’t bring snow. It brought clarity. Warmth is not just heat. Warmth is behavior: a hug, Persian tea, niche music, and a yellow dream world on a wall.
A story about heat, breath, and learning to stay present when the truth burns.
Notes from BOKA. Medicine, meaning, living. Bow ties, pipes, bookcases, and the quiet joy of thinking out our in internal medicine. Stay curious.
Sepsis doesn’t usually announce itself loudly at first. It holds itself together until it can’t.
I read my kids a Persian story about three dolls the other night. By week’s end, it had followed me into the ICU. Some moments ask for speed. Others ask for listening that stays. Notes from BOKA: Medicine, Meaning, Living.
INK+OXYGEN by Dr. Boka. A reflection on the quiet weight of responsibility in medicine, leadership, and daily life.
A Back to the Future theater night, a Hobonichi year review, and one simple plan to build 2026 with more attention, more reverence, and more oxygen.
A Christmas morning at the kitchen table—drawing with my kids, thinking about breathing rhythms in the ICU, and learning why showing up matters more than being productive.
After my first gallery exhibition in 2023, I quietly stopped drawing. Not because it went badly—but because it went well, and I lost the courage to be…
…Then came a very special moment: the Glue Stick Moment.
The First Real Paradigm Shift in COPD Care —
