Last year, SHM launched the SHM Global & Rural Health Foundation in service of its mission to promote high-value care and optimal outcomes for acutely ill patients. Hospital-based clinicians and practice administrators are eligible to apply for either a travel grant or an equipment grant to support these efforts, in both rural community hospitals in underserved regions of the U.S. and missions serving remote villages around the world.
SHM is proud to recognize the inaugural grant recipients:
Dr. John Kulesa, a pediatric hospitalist at Mount Sinai in New York, received a travel grant to collaborate with The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at Mount Sinai and Dhulikhel Hospital, a non-profit tertiary care center in Dhulikhel, Nepal.
Dr. Rachelle Soriano, an internist in Austin, Texas, received a travel grant to work with internal medicine co-residents and faculty members from Dell Medical School in Austin, at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital for Providing Access to Healthcare in Eldoret, Kenya.
Dr. Amanda Bradke, an internist and assistant professor at Rush Primary Care in Chicago, received an equipment grant for portable point-of-care ultrasound to enhance services and provide safer perioperative care to patients in Duquesa, Dominican Republic.
Certificate of Leadership in Hospital Medicine Recipients
The Certificate of Leadership in Hospital Medicine (CLHM) cultivates leadership skills in the context of specific hospital medicine challenges. Participants develop a professional portfolio that showcases their ability to plan, execute, and evaluate initiatives that strengthen hospital medicine programs.
This year, SHM honors three outstanding hospitalists who have demonstrated their commitment to leadership in hospital medicine—Dr. Mayank Aggarwal, Dr. Alya Ahsan, and Dr. Mary Weitzel. Congratulations!