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The Society of Hospital Medicine presents a variety of special interest forums during its annual conference. The small-group sessions take place Monday, April 9, 4:30-5:25 p.m.
Academic and Research
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHM; Nicole Adler, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 12-14
The Academic and Research Forum brings together faculty and researchers to discuss topics of interest to the academic hospital medicine community, such as mentorship, research support, and professional development. Join this collaborative offering of the Academic and Research Committees.
Advocacy & Public Policy
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM; Josh Boswell
Key Biscayne Room
During this forum with SHM’s Advocacy leaders and staff, you will learn about the direction of SHM’s Advocacy & Public Policy work and how you can help. Discussion will focus on SHM’s new Advocacy & Public Policy Section, its role, and how you can participate and share your own ideas.
Canadian Hospitalists
Serge Soolsma, MD
Key Largo Room
This forum provides a unique setting for hospitalists based in Canada to gather as an organized group, network with each other, and discuss the common issues with which they are faced.
Care for Vulnerable Populations
Mara Bann, MD; Pallabi Sanyal-Day, MD
Key West Room
SHM’s Caring for Vulnerable Populations Section aims to increase awareness and improve quality of care for vulnerable and underserved patient populations in the hospital setting. The principles and skills needed to care effectively for vulnerable patients span practitioners across all health systems, although they are important particularly for hospitalists practicing in safety-net and resource-limited settings.
Community-Based Hospitalists
Steve Behnke, MD; Jason Robertson, MD, SFHM
Sawgrass Room
This session provides a forum for sharing principles of successful clinical practices, quality care, and professional sustainability, as well as other “hot” topics of interest to the community-based hospitalist.
NEW: Critical Care
David Aymond, MD
Grand Ballroom 4-6
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of critical care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing critical care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
NEW: Diversity and Inclusion
Marisha Burden, MD, SFHM; Flora Kisuule, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 7A
SHM is committed to a diverse and inclusive membership that works to provide high-quality, equitable care to diverse populations. This forum invites hospitalists from any underrepresented group to discuss issues, concerns, and solutions to improve workforce diversity and their own career opportunities. In addition, this forum would be for HM leaders who would like to discuss strategies and opportunities for expanding the diversity and inclusion of their HM groups.
NEW: Ethics in Hospital Medicine
David Alfandre, MD, MSPH
West Indies Room
This forum serves as a resource for discussion, coaching, and mentorship regarding common and challenging ethical concerns that hospitalists face. We aim to support SHM members in collaborating on ethics scholarships and projects that address ethics in clinical care, education, and policy.
Global Health and Human Rights
Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD, FHM
Harbor Beach Room
SHM’s Global Health and Human Rights Section has been established to build interest and engagement in global health and human rights work among hospitalists so they can share their expertise. The section also plans to build long-term collaborations in the United States and abroad.
Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine
David Goldstein, MD; Patricia Seymour, MD
Anaheim Room
Participants will network and discuss their training, how they’ve achieved recognition and access in the job market, as well as national trends related to hospitalists trained in family medicine.
Information Technology
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD; Andrew Young, DO
St. Thomas Room
This forum provides an opportunity for attendees to provide SHM and the IT Committee with input on what would be most beneficial regarding implementing, managing, and participating in health/hospital IT initiatives.
International Hospital Medicine
Guillherme Barcellos, MD, SFHM; Rafaela Dal Molin, MD, MEd, FHM; Nerea Fernandez, MEd, PhD
Crystal Ballroom G1/A&B
This forum is designed to provide an opportunity for attendees who practice hospital medicine outside of North America to share their ideas and discuss issues they’ve faced.
Leadership in Hospital Medicine
Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, CLHM; Rob Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM
Marco Island Room
Want to be a better leader? A better coach and mentor? Do you want to drive quality improvement (QI) at your hospital? Developing ourselves and our teams is what we are all here to do! We will review, discuss, and shape the resources and programmatic offerings that are needed to promote leadership skills development at all levels. We will also review SHMs existing programs, including the Leadership Academies, the Leadership Certificate Program, e-learning opportunities, and the HMX: Leadership Alumni Forum.
Med-Peds Hospitalists
Heather Toth, MD, SFHM; Carrie Herzke, MD, SFHM
Crystal Ballroom H
This special interest forum will explore the role of Med-Peds physicians in hospitalist medicine. Discussion items may include personal experiences, how to create more Med-Peds jobs, and how to succeed as a Med-Peds hospitalist.
Multi-Site HMG Leaders
Leslie Flores, MHA, SFHM; Ryan Brown, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 1-3
This forum is for physician and administrative leaders who are responsible for managing multiple hospitalist practice sites within the same health system. The number of people with this role has increased significantly in the last few years and comes with challenges that are different from those faced by the lead hospitalist at a single-practice site.
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Emilie Davis, PA-C, FHM; Noam Shabani, MS, PA-C
Vinoy Room
Share best practices and challenges. Learn about SHM resources for NPs and PAs in practice, as well as onboarding and recruitment resources. Network with peers and help build membership engagement.
Oncology Hospitalists
Maria Campagna, MD, FHM; Barbara Egan, MD, SFHM; Kerry Reynolds, MD
Aruba Room
This special interest forum will explore the role of hospitalists in oncology services. Discussion items may include personal experiences and how to succeed as an oncology hospitalist.
Palliative Care
Rab Razzak, MBBS, MD; Jeffrey Frank, MD, MBA
Bahamas Room
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of palliative care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing palliative care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
Patient Experience
Mark Rudolph, MD, SFHM; Patrick Kneeland, MD
Grand Ballroom 7B
Join the Patient Experience Forum to exchange ideas about how hospitalists can enhance patients’ care experiences while also improving professional satisfaction. Learn about the work of SHM’s Patient Experience Committee and opportunities for getting involved in SHM’s patient experience initiatives.
Pediatric Hospitalists
Sandy Gage, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 9-11
This special interest forum will provide an opportunity for pediatric hospitalists to network, share, and discuss topics and issues of particular interest to them. Topics will include an updates on SHM’s pediatric activities, on potential paths to specialty certification, and about the relationships between SHM, AAP, APA, PRIS, and the Joint Council on Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
NEW: Perioperative Care
Steven Cohn, MD, SFHM; Kurt Pfeifer, MD
San Francisco Room
In this special interest forum, learn about guideline updates and recent literature while communicating controversial or difficult patient management issues around perioperative medicine.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Benji Mathews, MD, CLHM, SFHM; Gordon Johnson, MD, FHM
Atlanta Room
This special interest forum will discuss opportunities to collaborate and standardize processes for POCUS certification, including what resources already exist. In addition, discussion will revolve around privileging at your own institution, gaining skills, and the challenges and successes of procedural teams in the hospital.
Post-Acute Care Providers
Robert Reynolds, MD
Puerto Rico Room
This forum provides opportunities for hospitalists who practice in or are interested in learning more about working in or becoming more involved in the post-acute care arena, such as SNFs, LTACs, and rehab facilities.
Practice Administrators
Tiffani Panek, CLHM; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM
Boston Room
Practice administrators are important members of the hospitalist team, providing key management and organizational skills. In this forum, administrators can voice their unique perspectives and hear from their peers.
Quality Improvement
Mangla Gulati, MD, MBBS, CPPS, SFHM; Jenna Goldstein
Grand Cayman Room
Hospitalists are at the center of the national quality and patient safety movement and are increasingly responsible for performance at their institutions. This forum provides a venue for connecting with SHM’s QI and patient safety community and for engaging with leaders, peers, and collaborators to share ideas and inform SHM’s QI efforts. Discussion during the forum will focus on what hospitalists need to know to become involved with QI at SHM or locally. Hear about SHM’s plans for future QI initiatives, and share your own ideas.
NEW: Residents & Medical Students
Aram Namavar, MS; Chris Bartlett, MD, MPH
New Orleans Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for physicians in training who are contemplating a career in hospital medicine.
Rural Hospitalists
Ken Simone, DO, SFHM; Michael Sullivan, MD
Los Angeles Room
Hospital medicine groups in rural areas face some unique problems, from recruitment, night call, and staffing to communicating with geographically dispersed primary care physicians. Rural hospitalists may also face clinical challenges because of limited technological resources and/or limited access to specialists. This forum provides an opportunity for hospitalists in rural areas to share their issues and concerns and to see how others have solved similar problems.
Veterans Affairs Hospitalists
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, FHM; Peter Kaboli, MD, FHM
Miami Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for hospitalists who work at the VA. Issues unique to VA hospitalists will be discussed.
Women in Hospital Medicine
Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM; Cory Ritter, MD, FHM
New York Room
This forum provides an opportunity to discuss issues relevant to women in hospital medicine and strategies for success/coping. Topics may include career satisfaction, occupational stresses, opportunities for change, promotion of leadership, and identification of resources.
The Society of Hospital Medicine presents a variety of special interest forums during its annual conference. The small-group sessions take place Monday, April 9, 4:30-5:25 p.m.
Academic and Research
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHM; Nicole Adler, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 12-14
The Academic and Research Forum brings together faculty and researchers to discuss topics of interest to the academic hospital medicine community, such as mentorship, research support, and professional development. Join this collaborative offering of the Academic and Research Committees.
Advocacy & Public Policy
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM; Josh Boswell
Key Biscayne Room
During this forum with SHM’s Advocacy leaders and staff, you will learn about the direction of SHM’s Advocacy & Public Policy work and how you can help. Discussion will focus on SHM’s new Advocacy & Public Policy Section, its role, and how you can participate and share your own ideas.
Canadian Hospitalists
Serge Soolsma, MD
Key Largo Room
This forum provides a unique setting for hospitalists based in Canada to gather as an organized group, network with each other, and discuss the common issues with which they are faced.
Care for Vulnerable Populations
Mara Bann, MD; Pallabi Sanyal-Day, MD
Key West Room
SHM’s Caring for Vulnerable Populations Section aims to increase awareness and improve quality of care for vulnerable and underserved patient populations in the hospital setting. The principles and skills needed to care effectively for vulnerable patients span practitioners across all health systems, although they are important particularly for hospitalists practicing in safety-net and resource-limited settings.
Community-Based Hospitalists
Steve Behnke, MD; Jason Robertson, MD, SFHM
Sawgrass Room
This session provides a forum for sharing principles of successful clinical practices, quality care, and professional sustainability, as well as other “hot” topics of interest to the community-based hospitalist.
NEW: Critical Care
David Aymond, MD
Grand Ballroom 4-6
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of critical care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing critical care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
NEW: Diversity and Inclusion
Marisha Burden, MD, SFHM; Flora Kisuule, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 7A
SHM is committed to a diverse and inclusive membership that works to provide high-quality, equitable care to diverse populations. This forum invites hospitalists from any underrepresented group to discuss issues, concerns, and solutions to improve workforce diversity and their own career opportunities. In addition, this forum would be for HM leaders who would like to discuss strategies and opportunities for expanding the diversity and inclusion of their HM groups.
NEW: Ethics in Hospital Medicine
David Alfandre, MD, MSPH
West Indies Room
This forum serves as a resource for discussion, coaching, and mentorship regarding common and challenging ethical concerns that hospitalists face. We aim to support SHM members in collaborating on ethics scholarships and projects that address ethics in clinical care, education, and policy.
Global Health and Human Rights
Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD, FHM
Harbor Beach Room
SHM’s Global Health and Human Rights Section has been established to build interest and engagement in global health and human rights work among hospitalists so they can share their expertise. The section also plans to build long-term collaborations in the United States and abroad.
Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine
David Goldstein, MD; Patricia Seymour, MD
Anaheim Room
Participants will network and discuss their training, how they’ve achieved recognition and access in the job market, as well as national trends related to hospitalists trained in family medicine.
Information Technology
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD; Andrew Young, DO
St. Thomas Room
This forum provides an opportunity for attendees to provide SHM and the IT Committee with input on what would be most beneficial regarding implementing, managing, and participating in health/hospital IT initiatives.
International Hospital Medicine
Guillherme Barcellos, MD, SFHM; Rafaela Dal Molin, MD, MEd, FHM; Nerea Fernandez, MEd, PhD
Crystal Ballroom G1/A&B
This forum is designed to provide an opportunity for attendees who practice hospital medicine outside of North America to share their ideas and discuss issues they’ve faced.
Leadership in Hospital Medicine
Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, CLHM; Rob Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM
Marco Island Room
Want to be a better leader? A better coach and mentor? Do you want to drive quality improvement (QI) at your hospital? Developing ourselves and our teams is what we are all here to do! We will review, discuss, and shape the resources and programmatic offerings that are needed to promote leadership skills development at all levels. We will also review SHMs existing programs, including the Leadership Academies, the Leadership Certificate Program, e-learning opportunities, and the HMX: Leadership Alumni Forum.
Med-Peds Hospitalists
Heather Toth, MD, SFHM; Carrie Herzke, MD, SFHM
Crystal Ballroom H
This special interest forum will explore the role of Med-Peds physicians in hospitalist medicine. Discussion items may include personal experiences, how to create more Med-Peds jobs, and how to succeed as a Med-Peds hospitalist.
Multi-Site HMG Leaders
Leslie Flores, MHA, SFHM; Ryan Brown, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 1-3
This forum is for physician and administrative leaders who are responsible for managing multiple hospitalist practice sites within the same health system. The number of people with this role has increased significantly in the last few years and comes with challenges that are different from those faced by the lead hospitalist at a single-practice site.
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Emilie Davis, PA-C, FHM; Noam Shabani, MS, PA-C
Vinoy Room
Share best practices and challenges. Learn about SHM resources for NPs and PAs in practice, as well as onboarding and recruitment resources. Network with peers and help build membership engagement.
Oncology Hospitalists
Maria Campagna, MD, FHM; Barbara Egan, MD, SFHM; Kerry Reynolds, MD
Aruba Room
This special interest forum will explore the role of hospitalists in oncology services. Discussion items may include personal experiences and how to succeed as an oncology hospitalist.
Palliative Care
Rab Razzak, MBBS, MD; Jeffrey Frank, MD, MBA
Bahamas Room
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of palliative care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing palliative care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
Patient Experience
Mark Rudolph, MD, SFHM; Patrick Kneeland, MD
Grand Ballroom 7B
Join the Patient Experience Forum to exchange ideas about how hospitalists can enhance patients’ care experiences while also improving professional satisfaction. Learn about the work of SHM’s Patient Experience Committee and opportunities for getting involved in SHM’s patient experience initiatives.
Pediatric Hospitalists
Sandy Gage, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 9-11
This special interest forum will provide an opportunity for pediatric hospitalists to network, share, and discuss topics and issues of particular interest to them. Topics will include an updates on SHM’s pediatric activities, on potential paths to specialty certification, and about the relationships between SHM, AAP, APA, PRIS, and the Joint Council on Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
NEW: Perioperative Care
Steven Cohn, MD, SFHM; Kurt Pfeifer, MD
San Francisco Room
In this special interest forum, learn about guideline updates and recent literature while communicating controversial or difficult patient management issues around perioperative medicine.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Benji Mathews, MD, CLHM, SFHM; Gordon Johnson, MD, FHM
Atlanta Room
This special interest forum will discuss opportunities to collaborate and standardize processes for POCUS certification, including what resources already exist. In addition, discussion will revolve around privileging at your own institution, gaining skills, and the challenges and successes of procedural teams in the hospital.
Post-Acute Care Providers
Robert Reynolds, MD
Puerto Rico Room
This forum provides opportunities for hospitalists who practice in or are interested in learning more about working in or becoming more involved in the post-acute care arena, such as SNFs, LTACs, and rehab facilities.
Practice Administrators
Tiffani Panek, CLHM; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM
Boston Room
Practice administrators are important members of the hospitalist team, providing key management and organizational skills. In this forum, administrators can voice their unique perspectives and hear from their peers.
Quality Improvement
Mangla Gulati, MD, MBBS, CPPS, SFHM; Jenna Goldstein
Grand Cayman Room
Hospitalists are at the center of the national quality and patient safety movement and are increasingly responsible for performance at their institutions. This forum provides a venue for connecting with SHM’s QI and patient safety community and for engaging with leaders, peers, and collaborators to share ideas and inform SHM’s QI efforts. Discussion during the forum will focus on what hospitalists need to know to become involved with QI at SHM or locally. Hear about SHM’s plans for future QI initiatives, and share your own ideas.
NEW: Residents & Medical Students
Aram Namavar, MS; Chris Bartlett, MD, MPH
New Orleans Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for physicians in training who are contemplating a career in hospital medicine.
Rural Hospitalists
Ken Simone, DO, SFHM; Michael Sullivan, MD
Los Angeles Room
Hospital medicine groups in rural areas face some unique problems, from recruitment, night call, and staffing to communicating with geographically dispersed primary care physicians. Rural hospitalists may also face clinical challenges because of limited technological resources and/or limited access to specialists. This forum provides an opportunity for hospitalists in rural areas to share their issues and concerns and to see how others have solved similar problems.
Veterans Affairs Hospitalists
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, FHM; Peter Kaboli, MD, FHM
Miami Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for hospitalists who work at the VA. Issues unique to VA hospitalists will be discussed.
Women in Hospital Medicine
Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM; Cory Ritter, MD, FHM
New York Room
This forum provides an opportunity to discuss issues relevant to women in hospital medicine and strategies for success/coping. Topics may include career satisfaction, occupational stresses, opportunities for change, promotion of leadership, and identification of resources.
The Society of Hospital Medicine presents a variety of special interest forums during its annual conference. The small-group sessions take place Monday, April 9, 4:30-5:25 p.m.
Academic and Research
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHM; Nicole Adler, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 12-14
The Academic and Research Forum brings together faculty and researchers to discuss topics of interest to the academic hospital medicine community, such as mentorship, research support, and professional development. Join this collaborative offering of the Academic and Research Committees.
Advocacy & Public Policy
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM; Josh Boswell
Key Biscayne Room
During this forum with SHM’s Advocacy leaders and staff, you will learn about the direction of SHM’s Advocacy & Public Policy work and how you can help. Discussion will focus on SHM’s new Advocacy & Public Policy Section, its role, and how you can participate and share your own ideas.
Canadian Hospitalists
Serge Soolsma, MD
Key Largo Room
This forum provides a unique setting for hospitalists based in Canada to gather as an organized group, network with each other, and discuss the common issues with which they are faced.
Care for Vulnerable Populations
Mara Bann, MD; Pallabi Sanyal-Day, MD
Key West Room
SHM’s Caring for Vulnerable Populations Section aims to increase awareness and improve quality of care for vulnerable and underserved patient populations in the hospital setting. The principles and skills needed to care effectively for vulnerable patients span practitioners across all health systems, although they are important particularly for hospitalists practicing in safety-net and resource-limited settings.
Community-Based Hospitalists
Steve Behnke, MD; Jason Robertson, MD, SFHM
Sawgrass Room
This session provides a forum for sharing principles of successful clinical practices, quality care, and professional sustainability, as well as other “hot” topics of interest to the community-based hospitalist.
NEW: Critical Care
David Aymond, MD
Grand Ballroom 4-6
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of critical care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing critical care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
NEW: Diversity and Inclusion
Marisha Burden, MD, SFHM; Flora Kisuule, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 7A
SHM is committed to a diverse and inclusive membership that works to provide high-quality, equitable care to diverse populations. This forum invites hospitalists from any underrepresented group to discuss issues, concerns, and solutions to improve workforce diversity and their own career opportunities. In addition, this forum would be for HM leaders who would like to discuss strategies and opportunities for expanding the diversity and inclusion of their HM groups.
NEW: Ethics in Hospital Medicine
David Alfandre, MD, MSPH
West Indies Room
This forum serves as a resource for discussion, coaching, and mentorship regarding common and challenging ethical concerns that hospitalists face. We aim to support SHM members in collaborating on ethics scholarships and projects that address ethics in clinical care, education, and policy.
Global Health and Human Rights
Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD, FHM
Harbor Beach Room
SHM’s Global Health and Human Rights Section has been established to build interest and engagement in global health and human rights work among hospitalists so they can share their expertise. The section also plans to build long-term collaborations in the United States and abroad.
Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine
David Goldstein, MD; Patricia Seymour, MD
Anaheim Room
Participants will network and discuss their training, how they’ve achieved recognition and access in the job market, as well as national trends related to hospitalists trained in family medicine.
Information Technology
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD; Andrew Young, DO
St. Thomas Room
This forum provides an opportunity for attendees to provide SHM and the IT Committee with input on what would be most beneficial regarding implementing, managing, and participating in health/hospital IT initiatives.
International Hospital Medicine
Guillherme Barcellos, MD, SFHM; Rafaela Dal Molin, MD, MEd, FHM; Nerea Fernandez, MEd, PhD
Crystal Ballroom G1/A&B
This forum is designed to provide an opportunity for attendees who practice hospital medicine outside of North America to share their ideas and discuss issues they’ve faced.
Leadership in Hospital Medicine
Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, CLHM; Rob Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM
Marco Island Room
Want to be a better leader? A better coach and mentor? Do you want to drive quality improvement (QI) at your hospital? Developing ourselves and our teams is what we are all here to do! We will review, discuss, and shape the resources and programmatic offerings that are needed to promote leadership skills development at all levels. We will also review SHMs existing programs, including the Leadership Academies, the Leadership Certificate Program, e-learning opportunities, and the HMX: Leadership Alumni Forum.
Med-Peds Hospitalists
Heather Toth, MD, SFHM; Carrie Herzke, MD, SFHM
Crystal Ballroom H
This special interest forum will explore the role of Med-Peds physicians in hospitalist medicine. Discussion items may include personal experiences, how to create more Med-Peds jobs, and how to succeed as a Med-Peds hospitalist.
Multi-Site HMG Leaders
Leslie Flores, MHA, SFHM; Ryan Brown, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 1-3
This forum is for physician and administrative leaders who are responsible for managing multiple hospitalist practice sites within the same health system. The number of people with this role has increased significantly in the last few years and comes with challenges that are different from those faced by the lead hospitalist at a single-practice site.
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Emilie Davis, PA-C, FHM; Noam Shabani, MS, PA-C
Vinoy Room
Share best practices and challenges. Learn about SHM resources for NPs and PAs in practice, as well as onboarding and recruitment resources. Network with peers and help build membership engagement.
Oncology Hospitalists
Maria Campagna, MD, FHM; Barbara Egan, MD, SFHM; Kerry Reynolds, MD
Aruba Room
This special interest forum will explore the role of hospitalists in oncology services. Discussion items may include personal experiences and how to succeed as an oncology hospitalist.
Palliative Care
Rab Razzak, MBBS, MD; Jeffrey Frank, MD, MBA
Bahamas Room
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of palliative care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing palliative care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
Patient Experience
Mark Rudolph, MD, SFHM; Patrick Kneeland, MD
Grand Ballroom 7B
Join the Patient Experience Forum to exchange ideas about how hospitalists can enhance patients’ care experiences while also improving professional satisfaction. Learn about the work of SHM’s Patient Experience Committee and opportunities for getting involved in SHM’s patient experience initiatives.
Pediatric Hospitalists
Sandy Gage, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 9-11
This special interest forum will provide an opportunity for pediatric hospitalists to network, share, and discuss topics and issues of particular interest to them. Topics will include an updates on SHM’s pediatric activities, on potential paths to specialty certification, and about the relationships between SHM, AAP, APA, PRIS, and the Joint Council on Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
NEW: Perioperative Care
Steven Cohn, MD, SFHM; Kurt Pfeifer, MD
San Francisco Room
In this special interest forum, learn about guideline updates and recent literature while communicating controversial or difficult patient management issues around perioperative medicine.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Benji Mathews, MD, CLHM, SFHM; Gordon Johnson, MD, FHM
Atlanta Room
This special interest forum will discuss opportunities to collaborate and standardize processes for POCUS certification, including what resources already exist. In addition, discussion will revolve around privileging at your own institution, gaining skills, and the challenges and successes of procedural teams in the hospital.
Post-Acute Care Providers
Robert Reynolds, MD
Puerto Rico Room
This forum provides opportunities for hospitalists who practice in or are interested in learning more about working in or becoming more involved in the post-acute care arena, such as SNFs, LTACs, and rehab facilities.
Practice Administrators
Tiffani Panek, CLHM; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM
Boston Room
Practice administrators are important members of the hospitalist team, providing key management and organizational skills. In this forum, administrators can voice their unique perspectives and hear from their peers.
Quality Improvement
Mangla Gulati, MD, MBBS, CPPS, SFHM; Jenna Goldstein
Grand Cayman Room
Hospitalists are at the center of the national quality and patient safety movement and are increasingly responsible for performance at their institutions. This forum provides a venue for connecting with SHM’s QI and patient safety community and for engaging with leaders, peers, and collaborators to share ideas and inform SHM’s QI efforts. Discussion during the forum will focus on what hospitalists need to know to become involved with QI at SHM or locally. Hear about SHM’s plans for future QI initiatives, and share your own ideas.
NEW: Residents & Medical Students
Aram Namavar, MS; Chris Bartlett, MD, MPH
New Orleans Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for physicians in training who are contemplating a career in hospital medicine.
Rural Hospitalists
Ken Simone, DO, SFHM; Michael Sullivan, MD
Los Angeles Room
Hospital medicine groups in rural areas face some unique problems, from recruitment, night call, and staffing to communicating with geographically dispersed primary care physicians. Rural hospitalists may also face clinical challenges because of limited technological resources and/or limited access to specialists. This forum provides an opportunity for hospitalists in rural areas to share their issues and concerns and to see how others have solved similar problems.
Veterans Affairs Hospitalists
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, FHM; Peter Kaboli, MD, FHM
Miami Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for hospitalists who work at the VA. Issues unique to VA hospitalists will be discussed.
Women in Hospital Medicine
Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM; Cory Ritter, MD, FHM
New York Room
This forum provides an opportunity to discuss issues relevant to women in hospital medicine and strategies for success/coping. Topics may include career satisfaction, occupational stresses, opportunities for change, promotion of leadership, and identification of resources.