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Chapter Spotlight: North Florida
May 1, 2023
Matthew Calestino, MD, FACP, SFHM,—along with Drs. Handel Desa and Calixto Zaldivar—helped found the North Florida chapter of SHM in 2018 with an eye toward building a cohesive network of...
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SHM’s Atlanta Chapter Flexes Recruitment Muscle
April 3, 2023
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalists were inundated on the front lines, placing patients’ and communities’ needs above their own. As the pandemic evolved, hospitalists...
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Chapter Spotlight: North Jersey
April 3, 2023
North Jersey, which represents the area between the upper Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean, is considered part of the greater New York City metropolitan area; it has a higher population compared...
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Connecting at Converge Via SIGs and Chapters
March 1, 2023
One of the many benefits of SHM membership is connecting and learning from fellow members. One of the best ways to do that is to join a Special Interest Group (SIG) or Chapter. SHM’s SIGs are...
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Chapter Spotlight: Central Texas
February 1, 2023
They say everything is bigger in Texas—and it appears SHM chapters are no exception. Take the Central Texas group, which stretches from Waco to San Antonio (anchored by Austin roughly halfway...
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Chapter Spotlight: Pacific Northwest
January 3, 2023
Dr. Franco The use of technology to connect people is a great idea if you ask Thérèse Franco, MD, SFHM, president of SHM’s Pacific Northwest chapter. But not if it’s technology for...
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Chapter Spotlight: Wiregrass
December 1, 2022
Like sports teams in the largest cities, SHM chapters in major metropolitan markets benefit from the resources of their surroundings. But in smaller regions, resources—like hospitalists—are...
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Chapter Spotlight: New York City/Westchester
November 1, 2022
Every SHM Chapter in the country dealt with the crisis scenarios wrought by COVID-19. Massive upticks in patient censuses hobbled hospitalists in every state. Burnout from seemingly endless days...
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Chapter Spotlight: Michigan
October 3, 2022
Getty Images A little baseball can go a long way for the soul, if you ask Matthew George, MD, FACP, FHM, an assistant professor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., and chief...
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Chapter Spotlight: Minnesota
September 1, 2022
Shutterstock.com Diversity can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. To SHM Minnesota chapter president Nichole Cummings, MD, it means a statewide chapter that truly feels open to everyone....