Blogs

A Visit to San Antonio: Innovation, Anesthesia, and the ASA Annual Meeting
In October 2025, we packed our bags and headed to San Antonio, Texas, to exhibit at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. If you’ve never been, ASA is big—really big. Thousands of anesthesiologists, industry partners, and innovators from around the world converge for five fast-paced days of

Closing the Gap Between CIED Guidelines and Real-World Care
Managing pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in the perioperative setting has always required a careful balance of preparation, judgment, and time. For anesthesiologists working in fast-moving operating rooms, the challenge isn’t a lack of guidelines—it’s accessing the right information quickly enough to use it. The Periop Pacemaker app grew out

Building a Smartphone App: Taking a Chance on an Idea
“We need to take a chance on this.”. Almost three years ago, on a cold November morning, we found ourselves walking through the streets of downtown Richmond toward a university innovation building. The air was crisp, the idea was unproven, and everything about what we were about to do felt