About Comfort On Duty
My name is Saif Khan. I started Comfort On Duty because my feet were destroying me.
As an internal medicine resident at a major academic medical center, I’m on my feet for 12, sometimes 14 hours a day. Hard hospital floors, back-to-back patient rounds, running between floors — it adds up fast. A few months into residency I was dealing with heel pain bad enough that I was dreading the walk from the parking garage.
I went down a rabbit hole trying to find the right shoes. What I found was frustrating — most “best nurse shoes” articles were clearly written by people who had never set foot in a hospital. Generic lists, vague recommendations, no real understanding of what a long shift actually demands.
So I built the resource I wished existed.
Comfort On Duty is where I research and compare footwear and gear for healthcare workers and anyone else logging long hours on their feet. I focus on the details that actually matter during a shift — cushioning that holds up by hour ten, arch support for hard tile floors, slip resistance that works in real hospital environments.
I am currently an internal medicine resident at a major academic medical center. Every guide on this site reflects direct clinical experience — I wear these shoes, work these floors, and talk to the nurses, techs, and residents who do the same every day.
I’m not a podiatrist. But I am someone who takes this seriously because I live it. If it helps you finish your shift with a little less pain, this site is doing its job.