Karen Appold
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Women Hospitalists Shaping the Future of Leadership
September 2, 2026
Leaders provide a clear vision, empower others, and direct and motivate their teams to achieve common goals. And although more women work in the medical field than ever before, men dominate...
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SIG Spotlight: Hospital Medicine Fellowships
August 3, 2026
Adult hospital medicine fellowships are neither required nor easy to define, making it difficult to communicate their existence and benefits to potential candidates. To help navigate the world of...
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Chapter Spotlight: Greater Philadelphia Area
August 3, 2026
SHM’s Greater Philadelphia area chapter leaders meeting in February 2026, L to R: Suchit Bhutani, MD, Caroline Bera, DO, Sara Van Calcar, MD, Kai Xu, MD, Swapna Gummadi, MD, Romeo Sporici, MD,...
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SHM Chapter Spotlight: North Bay
May 1, 2026
SHM’s North Bay Chapter, founded in 2024, was born out of a desire to restore connection after the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter covers an area of California that is north of San Francisco and...
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SIG Spotlight: International Medical Graduates
May 1, 2026
SHM’s International Medical Graduates (IMG) Special Interest Group (SIG) was formed out of a simple realization: although IMGs are essential to hospital medicine, many of these graduates navigate...
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Celebrating National Hospitalist Day: Four Paths, One Purpose
March 2, 2026
National Hospitalist Day celebrates hospitalists’ contributions to health care on the first Thursday of March. Founded by SHM in 2018, the day will be commemorated on March 5 this year. In honor...
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SIG Spotlight: Environmental Health
March 2, 2026
Hospitals generate large amounts of waste, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions through energy use, material waste generation, pharmaceutical use, testing, and temperature control. In fact,...
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ED Boarding Practices: The Good, the Bad, and the Bright Spots
January 5, 2026
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) has become commonplace at many hospitals, which can cause bottlenecks and negatively affect patients. Fortunately, hospitalists have found some...
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SHM’s Unsung Hero Award Winners
September 3, 2025
Some individuals significantly contribute to a cause or need without seeking accolades or fame. In 2023, SHM began recognizing a chapter leader who did just that with its annual Unsung Hero Award....
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An In-Depth Look at Locum Tenens Work
July 31, 2025
Some hospitalists have found greener pastures working in locum tenens capacities. The freedom, flexibility, enticing pay, and the ability to work in a variety of hospital environments and medicine...