Road to the Conference Chapter Trivia Challenge

Be sure to read about our chapters that have not yet been featured:
Boston/Eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Florida, San Diego, South Central PA.

Thank you to our chapters that have participated in the Road to the Conference Chapter Trivia Challenge.  Please take some time to read about the fantastic initiatives our chapters are conducting locally. 
BAAHM, Boston/Eastern Massachusetts, Charlotte Metro Area, Connecticut, Delaware, Hampton Roads, Hawaii, Houston, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Knoxville, Los Angeles, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nashville, NC Triangle, New Mexico, North Florida, NYC/Westchester, Pacific Northwest, San Diego, SC Lowcountry, South Central PA, Western Massachusetts

BAAHM
The Boston Association of Academic Hospital Medicine (BAAHM) Chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine hosted an event on June 17, 2019 entitled "Top Ways Men (and Women!) Can Engage in Promoting Gender Equity in Medicine." The invited speakers for this session included Dr. Stephanie Mueller, Dr. Elizabeth Harry and Dr. Michael Sinha – both Drs. Mueller and Harry have presented similar workshops on gender equity in hospital medicine at HM18, HM19 and HM20 (expected). Despite efforts to-date, gender inequities in medicine still exist, even in the field of hospital medicine. Examples include substantial pay gaps, under-representation in leadership positions, award recipients, conference faculty and research endeavors. In this interactive session, we aimed to diversify engagement to employ both women and men in the fight for gender equity to help accelerate progress. As is the expectation at BAAHM sessions, this session was entirely interactive and discussion-focused rather than in a lecture format. This session included interactive small group case-based discussions, large group crowd-sourcing exercises and offered tangible take-home points for participants to bring back to their own hospitals. This session was very well-received, with over 60 participants in attendance with great engagement and discussion of these important topics. A modified version of this session will be presented at HM20.

The BAAHM Chapter also worked in collaboration with the SHM Boston/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter to present a Story Slam event on December 10, 2019. The Story Slam working group worked to solicit widely representative submissions from our affiliate hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts where both chapters have advisory board representation.

The Story Slam planning group vetted all submissions and coordinated with two Story Teller coaches and chosen Story Tellers to prepare their presentations for the evening. The Chapter was delighted to receive more than 25 submissions, from which 8 stories were selected for presentation. A notable component of this event was that the 8 finalist Story Tellers worked directly with one of two highly experienced Story Telling experts to prepare their stories for the event night and to polish their presentations.

The Story Telling event was a great success. Due to space constraints, attendance was limited to 75 attendees. The Story Tellers were individually and collectively fantastic. Their presentations were calm, dramatic, extremely well-prepared, humorous and, most importantly, impactful. Content experts led a discussion at the conclusion regarding the impact of the stories with our attendees, then asked the Story Tellers to share their experiences with their story preparation to the group. This was one of the most well-received meetings we have had, and there was strong sentiment to make this event an annual one, which we will be planning moving forward.

We additionally created a video of the evening that we will promote on HMX and will be posting on YouTube to share with the SHM community at large. Further, it is our intent to bring our Story Telling event to Hospital Medicine 2021, either as a workshop or a performance.

Boston/Eastern Massachusetts
Amidst the opiate epidemic, hospitalization offers a unique and critical opportunity to respond. As hospitalists, we recognize the need to build knowledge and tools to care for inpatients with OUD. Furthermore, offering OUD treatment in the inpatient setting is becoming a needed standard of care. It is of no surprise that the care for inpatients during this epidemic is a topic for several sessions for HM20.

This September, the Boston/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter held a talk led by Dr. Joji Suzuki, Director of Addiction Psychiatry and Director of Addiction Education at BWH, “Managing Inpatients with Substance Use Disorder.” This talk provided key clinical knowledge on treatment options for inpatients with OUD and managing pain in this population. This was followed by open table discussion on current practices at hospitals within our Chapter. The overall goal was for participants to be empowered with knowledge and best practices.

In April, the Chapter meeting was a terrific talk on “Dermatologic Emergencies for the Hospitalist,” delivered by Dr. Adam Lipworth. This talk was well-received by the various hospitals represented at our meeting. It provided both knowledge and great discussion among the many attendees. In reviewing the conference schedule for HM20, there is a rapid fire session which has the same focus.  

Charlotte Metro Area
The Charlotte Metro Area Chapter held its first annual “Hospitalists Socializing for a Cause” event!  The LUNG FORCE Turquoise Tasting Event was held at The Duke Mansion in Charlotte, NC on April 25, 2019. The event was sponsored by LUNG FORCE to promote the awareness of lung cancer and aid in research of the disease. The chapter gave away 5 free entry tickets to the first five active SHM Members to RSVP and fully commit to attend.  The purpose of the event was to promote the benefits of SHM membership while supporting a cause.  The event relates to SHM's annual conference in bringing hospitalists together, through SHM, for the purpose of supporting clinical research and advance health and wellness.

The Charlotte Metro Area Chapter had a dinner program on "Updates in Hospital Medicine" on August 22, 2019 at Dressler's (Midtown) in Charlotte, NC as well as virtually through GoToWebinar. The talk was given by Michael Craig, MD, MPH, SFHM, UNC School of Medicine, who is also our district leader.  The topic was inspired by the very popular "Updates in Hospital Medicine" large group presentation that is held at the annual SHM conference each year.  In addition, the program relates to the annual SHM conference by incorporating a virtual attendance option, which was made possible by the workshop provided at the last Chapter Leader meeting held at the annual conference/HM19.

Connecticut
On May 23, 2019, the SHM Connecticut Chapter held a dinner event at Artisan at the Delamar in West Hartford, featuring a lecture by Dr. Paul Anthony of St. Francis hospital in Hartford, CT. The gathering was well-attended, by approximately 40 attendees. The venue had such top-notch food that even an outstanding, graphic, and appetite-suppressing talk on the topic of C. diff was not able to spoil the night. The lecture highlighted several salient points, including the emerging role of monoclonal antibody therapy and stool transplant. The upcoming SHM Annual Conference will feature a gastroenterology update on day 2, which will likely highlight some of the same points raised by Dr. Anthony this past May. The SHM Annual Conference is being held in San Diego, home to the famed Delmar hotel, which is very likely a distant relative (at least etymologically) of the Delamar in West Hartford.

On October 24 at the Saybrook Point Inn and Spa in Old Saybrook, CT, the Connecticut Chapter of SHM held its annual fall meeting, featuring a first ever awards ceremony. Four distinguished hospital leaders were honored for accomplishments in teaching, quality, overall excellence and career achievement. The festivities brought out an enthusiastic and inspired crowd and served as a foretaste for the award ceremony at the upcoming national meeting in April.  

The October dinner event also featured a fascinating lecture by Dr. Shaili Gupta, of the West Haven VA, on rapid diagnostic tests. The talk, which focused on the procalcitonin and accelerate tests, raised important caveats to those ordering, issues that will likely be raised at the “Procalcitonin: Friend or Foe” discussion on day 2 of the annual conference.

Delaware
The Delaware Chapter of SHM held its first poster competition on October 7, 2019. The poster competition was open to residents, medical students, nurse practitioner students, and physician’s assistant students.  There were 13 posters covering a broad range of topics, in addition to 3 oral presentations of clinical vignettes. The winning abstract was “A Rare Cause of Painful Ophthalmoplegia: Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome” which was presented by a medical student, Devin Sullivan.  Ms. Sullivan will be presenting her poster at SHM's Annual Conference in San Diego to share this interesting case.  This was our best-attended event, with 37 attendees.  An additional highlight from the meeting was a session on “How to Generate Scholarship from Daily Medical Practice” by Dr. Jennifer Goldstein.

Hampton Roads
Looking towards the long-term future of the Hampton Roads Chapter, they’ve wanted to focus not just on great content for their meetings but also creating a positive social/networking experience to develop a well-connected core group. The Annual Conference is a great opportunity – everyone’s already gathered together, intrigued to explore a new city and happier doing so with friends. At HM19, we held a Chapter networking event at a local piano bar, Bobby McKey’s, just a 5-minute walk from the Gaylord. The event was very well-attended and by 30 Chapter members. It was a great chance to get to know people better – some at their best, some at their worst, singing-wise – but all having fun and building friendships within the Chapter. We believe it not only helped build bonds that would benefit the Chapter when we got back home, but left people with an even better perception of the Annual Conference experience, encouraging them to return in future years.

Hawaii
In October 2019, the Hawaii Chapter hosted guest speaker and past SHM Board member, Dr. Bradley Sharpe. He gave a presentation on “Updates in Hospital Medicine – for Adult and Pediatric Medicine.” Approximately 60 people attended the meeting. Dr. Sharpe is an excellent speaker and will be presenting multiple sessions at Hospital Medicine 2020, including “Things I Wish I Knew Earlier in My Career” on Thursday, April 16, “Procalcitonin: Friend or Foe?” on Friday, April 17 and “Is it Hot in Here? Learning Climate in Clinical Teaching” and “Finding Socrates in an iPhone World: Asking Questions to Maximize Learning” on Saturday, April 18.

Houston
On December 11, 2019, the Houston Chapter invited Dr. Ali Haider, Associate Professor of Palliative Medicine at MD Anderson Texas Medical Center to present on opioid management for the hospitalist in oncology patients. The interactive case-based presentation allowed guests to solve challenging cases requiring IV to oral pain conversions and ask questions related to challenges in transitioning pain from the inpatient to outpatient setting. The presentation provided interactive workshops similar to some offered at SHM’s Annual Conference that improves our care delivery as hospitalists and highlighted the importance of opioid management to help reduce the opioid crisis that has impacted our healthcare system nationally.

On September 17, 2019, the Houston Chapter invited Dr. Sargasyan and Dr. Sherman, Faculty at Baylor College of Medicine Texas Medical Center to present Updates on Hospitalist Medicine. This presentation, like the SHM Annual Conference Rapid Fire sessions, provided hospitalists across the Houston area an opportunity to hear the latest evidence-based guidelines and research that were published within the year that impacted hospitalist practice management. From oral versus IV antibiotic management for endocarditis to non-invasive ventilation management in heart failure and new anticoagulation updates, SHM guests had a variety of knowledge pearls to take home with them at the end of the evening.

On February 27, 2019, the Houston Chapter held a hospitalist panel and career fair for the residents in the Houston and Galveston area. Several hospitalist leaders from various backgrounds, including Dr. Krisytn Greifer, Dr. Matthew Habrison, Dr. Melina Awar, Dr. Mary Haven Merkle, Dr. Gregory Johnson and Dr. David Hyman provided pearls of wisdom for future hospitalists. The panel and career fair provided networking options and residents a chance to meet lead hospitalists from various organizations in the Houston area. Much like SHM’s Annual Conference, the opportunity to meet leaders in person and network provided not only an opportunity to expand career goals but inspired young physicians on the impact of hospital medicine.

Indiana
The Indiana Chapter held several events this past year with great turnout and progression towards growing the Chapter. In December, the Chapter held a great interactive meeting with a presentation on “Is Your Patient in Shape for Discharge,” by Dr. Warren Gavin. They had an active discussion about different discharge planning methods from various hospitals in Indiana. This is similar to a workshop at the SHM Annual Conference.  

Additionally, the Chapter hosted a holiday event, featuring hospitalists from Franciscan Health Lafayette East, Crawfordsville and Rensellaer Hospital Physicians. The meeting focused on meeting new people, knowing their families and discussing how the team worked and learned about hospital medicine from each other throughout the year. It was a great networking event similar to those conducted at the Annual Conference.

Iowa
On June 20, 2019, the Iowa Chapter hosted a CME chapter dinner meeting at Vesta Restaurant in Coralville, IA. We had the pleasure of having special guest speaker, Dr. Scott Kaatz, present “Updates and Advances in Vascular Medicine and Thrombosis.” Dr. Kaatz is a well-respected leader in the field and his expertise was greatly welcomed. The presentation was a very interactive evidence-based presentation. Chapter members and attendees had a great night of networking and interactive learning. CME was provided to attendees as well as a copy of program slides for review.  At the upcoming HM 2020, Dr. Kaatz is a featured speaker for the much-anticipated Update in Hospital Medicine presentation.

On September 26, 2019, the SHM Iowa Chapter hosted its fourth annual poster session over lunch during Progress 2019, which is a two-day conference hosted by SHM, ACP, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy and University of Iowa Department of Medicine. Over 50 attendees networked, enjoyed the SHM-sponsored buffet and viewed 25 posters that were submitted and displayed in categories of research, innovation and clinical vignettes. Presenters were from multiple disciplines and at varying levels of training including undergraduates, medical students, residents from multiple programs around the state, nurse practitioners and pharmacists.

The Iowa Chapter recognizes and honors members who have made exceptional contributions and go above and beyond in the field of hospital medicine through the Iowa Chapter Awards of Excellence in Hospital Medicine with categories that match the SHM Awards of Excellence that are presented each year at the Annual Conference. The 2019 Iowa Chapter award recipients were announced during the Iowa chapter dinner and business meeting the evening of Thursday, September 26 at One Twenty-Six in downtown Iowa City. The chapter proudly announced the following award recipients:

• Excellence in Research: Ethan Kuperman, MD
• Excellence in Teaching: Justin Smock, MD
• Excellence in Management in Hospital Medicine: Gregory Hamilton, JD
• Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine: Friederike Fischer, MD
• Clinical Excellence for Physicians: Niyati Sharma, MD
• Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners/ Physician Assistants: Julia Freel, ARNP
• Excellence in Teamwork: UIHC 6RC Team

Kentucky
The SHM Kentucky Chapter hosted a Research, Innovation and Vignettes poster competition within the Heartland Hospital Medicine Conference on August 22, 2019 at Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa in Lexington, KY. Nearly 80 abstracts were submitted, and 70 were accepted to be presented as posters at the conference. During the poster session, the Chapter hosted a career panel, including Dr. Chris Frost, President of SHM, as well as hospitalists from Kentucky and Indiana. The overall winning poster, titled “An ASTonishgly ALTernate Diagnosis for Acute Muscle Weakness,” won automatic acceptance to the competition at Hospital Medicine 2020, and all other presenters were encouraged to submit their abstracts for consideration at the Annual Conference as well.

The SHM Kentucky Chapter hosted a Healthcare finance symposium on November 12, 2019. This event welcomed 30 participants to a restaurant in Lexington as well as three participants at a remote site in Paducah, Kentucky, about 4 hours away. The presenters showed information pertaining to current and future states of healthcare reimbursement models including value-based payments and population health strategies. A robust Q&A session focused largely on alternative payment models. Over six different HM groups were represented, and CME was available to participants. These topics built upon concepts frequently discussed at the SHM Annual Conference and were intended to help hospitalists position themselves on the cutting edge of healthcare reform.

The SHM Kentucky Chapter organized a symposium on liver disease on June 29, 2019 at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital. This session featured content related to the management of decompensations, hepatic encephalopathy and advanced therapies (e.g., TIPS, transplant) for liver disease. Around 40 participants were present, including those at the primary site in Lexington and at remote sites in Paducah, KY, and Somerset, KY. In addition to learning in-depth about liver cirrhosis inpatient management, the participants enjoyed great networking. Similar to the Annual Conference, this event provided a platform for the hospitalists across Kentucky to network with each other.

Knoxville
The Knoxville Chapter has engaged in several events that not only tie back to HM19 but look ahead to HM20.

• February 2019 meeting: Our Chapter meeting was entitled “The Brain: A User’s Guide” and was a presentation heavily focused on stroke management. This ties into an update on stroke from HM19 and will also be presented at HM20.
• June 2019 meeting: Our Chapter hosted an event coordinated through the Chronic Liver Disease Foundation on Hepatic Encephalopathy. This topic tied into a session from HM19, “Preventing and Managing Decompensated Cirrhosis.” Some key takeaway points of both were the limited value in ammonia levels in diagnosis and also the management therapies.
• September 2019 meeting: Our Chapter hosted Dr. Ethan Cumbler who presented on “Delirium.” Dr. Cumbler has presented at previous SHM Annual Conferences, including HM19. It was this prior exposure that prompted our Chapter leadership to bring Dr. Cumbler to Knoxville to share his expertise not only with our Chapter, but also to coordinate with the Internal Medicine Residents at the University of Tennessee Medical Center/Knoxville.
• November 2019 meeting: Our Chapter hosted the current SHM President, Dr. Chris Frost, who presented a talk on population health and the impact to hospital medicine titled “Population Health, Pop Culture and Hospital Medicine: One of These Things is Not Like the Other.” This ties into the HM19 and HM20 conferences in several ways. They include having Dr. Frost, who transitioned from President-elect to President at HM19, as a speaker, and covering population health, a topic that Dr. Chi Huang presented on at HM19 that was also referenced during Dr. Mark Harrison’s plenary.

During the leadership training at HM19, one of the topics discussed was how to use GoToMeeting/GoToWebinar to host a meeting. Our Chapter benefitted greatly from this training and the tips that several other Chapter leaders conveyed. We’ve now been able to host a GoToWebinar successfully twice and have further expanded our Chapter reach into Chattanooga with this technology.

During HM19, our Chapter was awarded the Rising Star Chapter Award along with achieving a Platinum Chapter Excellence Award. At every meeting, we proudly display these awards and highlight to our meeting attendees the hard work and dedication our team has put in to be considered for these.

Los Angeles
In October 2019, hospitalists from 5 different programs joined a Los Angeles Chapter CME-webinar featuring three presenters (Spencer Adams, Vickie Wu and facilitator Stephanie Zia) from local programs, detailing their experiences developing co-management services, yielding pearls for the audience. The webinar platform was leveraged to connect member and non-member hospitalists – and to avoid the Los Angeles traffic! This was the first in a series of webinars support by the Chapter Development Fund. The initiative stemmed from a Chapter leader event hosted at the SHM Annual Conference in 2019. Co-management is a common clinical relationship that has been featured at annual meetings historically.

Networking locally and nationally often provides insights to make better programs. The Los Angeles Chapter held a career networking event for students from local medical schools and residents from local programs. Students and residents mingled with practicing hospitalists and learned formally and informally insights into the field of hospital medicine. Forty-four were in attendance, representing over 10 hospitalist programs. The Chapter conducted a raffle at the event, in which 3 students/trainees won either a one-year membership to SHM or registration for the SHM Annual Conference, Hospital Medicine 2020.

In April 2019, the Los Angeles Chapter held a meeting to present Chapter members with summary learnings from the SHM Annual Conference. Topics featured included: Cirrhosis (Huda Khaleel), Discharge barriers (Shazia Khan), and Medical Student general highlights (Pamela Vila).

Maine
The Maine Chapter held three activities in 2019 that mirrored the SHM Annual Conference. In May 2019, the Chapter conducted an RIV poster competition with 7 entrants, including: 

1. Kirsten Young, DO, MMC – Case of Strongyloides
2. Kaitlyn Losey, MD, Bridgton Hospital – QI Project: Post Discharge Clinic
3. Stephanie Isaacs, DO, MMC – Case of Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
4. Max Rannie, MD, EMMC - Case of Cerebral Infarct related to Bronchogenic Cyst
5. Eric Ray, MD, MMC – Case of Cefepime Neurotoxicity
6. Katherine Rizzolo, MD, MMC– Case of Lemmiere’s Syndrome
7. Brian Honeyman, MD, MMC – Case of Thrombocytopenia: ITP in HIV

The winner of the competition was Eric Ray, MD from Maine Medical Center who received an award and will present at Hospital Medicine 2020 in San Diego.

The Maine Chapter also hosted an educational and networking event in conjunction with the poster competition. Approximately 25 attendees gathered at the Regency Hotel in Portland, Maine. Presentations included “Updates and Options in Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome” by speakers Richard R. Riker, MD, FCCM and Kathryn E. Smith, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP and “Practical Tips for Goals of Care- Conversations from a Former Hospitalist Turned Palliative Care Doc" by speaker Rebecca N. Hutchinson, MD.

Additionally, the Chapter hosted national speaker Dr. Scott Kaatz who is also the SHM District 7 Chair for chapters in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Dr. Kaatz presented on “Advances in Vascular Medicine and Thrombosis 2019" at David's restaurant in Portland, ME. Dr. Kaatz will be co-presenting the Update in Hospital Medicine at HM20.

Maryland
The Maryland Chapter held their annual RIV abstract competition on October 30, 2019 which was inspired by the competition at the SHM Annual Conference. They received 13 abstract submissions, 3 of which were winners and chosen to conduct an oral presentation. The competition’s finalist was Sonika Patel, MD, with the abstract titled, “A Case of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury in Baltimore in a Young Healthy Female Patient.”

On July 31, 2019, the Maryland Chapter conducted a speed mentoring meeting. The concept was borrowed from the popular speed mentoring at HM19 and aligns with the Early-Career Hospitalist track at HM20. Early-career hospitalists and trainees rotated through stations where they networked with senior hospitalists with diverse expertise (research, hospital leadership, QI, diverse hospitalist employment history, APP integration).

In the spring of 2019, the Maryland Chapter hosted expert speakers who presented on “Readmissions, Discharge Planning and the Impact on Community Health,” which aligns with two high-value care talks planned for HM20: “Hospitalists and Population Health” and “Familiar Faces.”.

Michigan
Over the past few years, the Michigan Chapter has participated in organizing a state-wide combined event with the ACP Michigan Chapter that occurs annually each fall. This year, the conference took place from October 10-13 in Grand Rapids, MI. The SHM Michigan Chapter Board was tasked with organizing the portion of the conference that pertains to the interests of hospitalists, similar to the SHM Annual Conference Committee responsible for planning HM20.

On the first day, we set up an Advocacy session lead by Robert Doherty who is the Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs & Public Policy for the ACP. The SHM Michigan Chapter Board invited the former President of SHM, Dr. Ron Greeno, to participate in the advocacy session. Dr. Greeno currently serves on the SHM Public Policy Committee and is the Senior Advisor of Government Relations at SHM. This open forum mirrors that of SHM’s Annual Conference, during which participants attended sessions on health policy and were debriefed on current health care issues. A group of SHM members met with government officials on the Hill at Hospital Medicine 2019. SHM members who attended the Chapter’s advocacy session are also members of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS). This organization is composed of a group of physicians who regularly meet with Michigan state senators & representatives in Lansing to advocate on behalf of physicians and their patients.

The Michigan Chapter invited SHM members from the local community to give various lectures as part of a “Hospital Medicine Track.” The topics that were presented include “Top Articles in Hospital Medicine,” “Pulmonary Effects of Marijuana,” and “Understanding Diagnostic Mistakes.” SHM members from the University of Michigan Hospitalist Program put together “Hospital Medicine SEP Module” as a board review question/answer session eligible for MOC.

The Michigan Chapter presented an award for a deserving individual who has made great strides in the medical community working as a hospitalist, similar to the awards presented at SHM’s Annual Conference. Our board awarded our Michigan Chapter’s annual “Hospitalist of the Year” award to Dr. David M. Vandenberg. Dr. Vandenberg was instrumental in developing one of the first hospitalist groups in Michigan and was recently named Chief Medical Officer for St. Joseph Mercy Hospitals in Ann Arbor & Livingston.

The conference also featured a two-day research abstract competition, during which physicians served as judges for poster and oral presentations by medical students and residents. Again, this process mirrors that of the larger-scale research competition at the SHM Annual Conference. The top medical student award went to Kelly Hallman from WSU School of Medicine on “The Obscurity of Adrenal Insufficiency with Normal Cortisol Levels.” This abstract was automatically accepted for the upcoming SHM Annual Conference in San Diego, and our Chapter awarded a travel stipend of $2500. The top three resident poster winners were: Christienne Shams (Beaumont Hospital), Salina Faidhalla (WSU) and Sakiru Isa (McLaren Regional, 1st place winner). These resident physicians were awarded a $1000 prize and were encouraged to submit their abstracts to the RIV Competition at Hospital Medicine 2020.

Minnesota
The Minnesota Chapter held a poster competition on October 24, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There were 20 attendees from four different institutions, and 14 posters were submitted. Sally Yung from the University of Minnesota won first place for her poster, “If at First Biopsy You Don’t Succeed, Try Again: A Case of Osteomyelitis.” She will be presenting this case from Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, MN at the Hospital Medicine 2020, SHM’s Annual Conference. The posters were rated both by predesignated judges and by other presenters, all of whom had the opportunity to judge their competitors’ posters.

The Minnesota Chapter Poster Competition provided a venue for case discussions and feedback from both SHM judges and peers. It also allowed for connections across different medical systems in the state of Minnesota. These aspects are directly related, on a state level, to opportunities afforded at the National Conference.

Nashville
On November 5, 2019, the Nashville Chapter hosted its second annual poster session. Thirty-five attendees enjoyed 15 posters presented from three educational programs, and our presenters included both residents and medical students. We awarded three prizes. Chris Pasvantis, MD, won first prize with his poster entitled “Insane in the Basement Membrane: A Rare Case of Glomerulonephritis With Concurrent Focal Thrombosis.” Dr. Pasvantis will present his interesting poster at the national SHM meeting in San Diego, CA in April 2020.

North Carolina Triangle
Inspired by the very popular annual talk at the SHM Annual Conference, the NC Triangle Chapter did a quick-fire series of mini talks by hospitalists from across the Chapter’s region giving updates in hospital medicine topics. Topics covered included the C. diff treatment guidelines by Dr. Amit Bhatnagar (UNC Rex), oxygen saturation goals and potential harm of hyperoxygenation by Dr. Megan Brooks (Duke Regional Hospital), SMART and SALT-ED trials with tips on fluid choices by Dr. Naseen Alavian (UNC Hospitals) and the PARADIGM-HF trial and updates in cardiology by Dr Katie Batley (Duke University Hospital).

The NC Triangle Chapter also hosted a popular RIV competition, modeled after the national RIV poster competition at the Annual Conference. Winners included a vignette, detailing a case of EVALI (e-cigarette or vaping associated lung injury), an innovation around how to optimize night cross-cover communication and a research project around improving care for hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder.

New Mexico
With the support of the SHM Chapter Development Fund and the teamwork of each institution’s Division of Hospital Medicine (DoHM), the New Mexico and Wiregrass Chapters planned and participated in Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Faculty Exchange between the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, NM and Southeast Health (SEH) in Dothan, AL.

During October 2019, UNM hosted faculty from SEH for one week. Two visiting faculty (1 APP and 1 MD) met with leadership at UNM, rounded with teams to gain exposure to different teaching and practice models, discussed approaches to common system issues, learned about UNM innovative projects and received mentorship for professional development. SEH faculty also presented a QI initiative on improving sleep for hospitalized adults and valuable advice for contributing to The Hospitalist, SHM’s monthly newsmagazine. The hosting and visiting faculty also had the opportunity to network with SHM Board Member Howard Epstein, MD, SFHM during a networking dinner.

The following week, SEH hosted three UNM faculty (2 APPs and 1 MD). SHM Board Member Kris Rehm, MD, SFHM participated in this portion of the exchange and provided mentoring to the hosting and visiting faculty. The visiting faculty shared innovative QI projects, rounded with various teams, met with members of the SEH's leadership, established mentor relationships and learned about the QI process at SEH. UNM faculty gave an inspiring talk on “Navigating Communication Minefields for Clinician Leaders” during a Women in Medicine Wiregrass Chapter dinner meeting and gave a presentation on “Utilizing Communication to Improve Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction” for nursing leadership, nursing staff and hospitalists. UNM faculty and Dr. Rehm also served as guest judges for the Wiregrass Juried RIV/Clinical Vignette Poster Competition.

The District 10 Chapters gathered with members from mainly New Mexico and Arizona Chapters at the Hilton Garden Inn in Downtown Phoenix for a fun-filled evening on November 9! In total, 31 people attended. The night began with a juried poster competition with 21 posters in the Research, Innovations and Vignettes categories. All attendees were invited to judge and to give feedback to the presenters. Our winner for Research and Innovations was from Anita Rashed, et al., entitled Virtual Acute Care for Elders (VACE) Rounds: An Innovative Interdisciplinary Rounding Model’s Impact on Mobility in Hospitalized Adults. Our winner for Vignettes was Gabriela Cahon-Palma, et al. entitled Ominous Vape Clouds: "When it rains, it pours." We then had a delicious catered dinner with networking opportunities. We were honored to have Chad Whelan, MD, SFHM, distinguished SHM Board Member, present on the “Future of Hospital Medicine” with interactive audience participation. We closed the evening by announcing our winners for the poster competition and ensuring that all those present knew of the benefits of SHM membership and Chapter involvement. 

North Florida
The North Florida Chapter of SHM held its First Annual Scientific Symposium on January 26, 2019 at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. The Chapter had a lecture series featuring a panel of expert physicians from five different hospitals in the North Florida region. The meeting also included a resident abstract competition in which 29 abstracts were received and accepted. The abstract that came in 1st place was entitled “Indeed a hARSH Cough!” submitted by Hiren Patel, MD – PGY-3 internal medicine resident, University of Central Florida College of Medicine. The event made headlines the UCF College of Medicine school newspaper. The second-place prize went to Jake Cho, MD a PGY 2 internal medicine resident from Ocala Regional Medical Center for his submission “Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Complete Heart Block, NSTEMI, and Thyrotoxicosis.” This abstract was accepted and presented at Hospital Medicine 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland.

NYC/Westchester
The NYC/Westchester Chapter organized an abstract competition for medical students and residents with Research, Innovation and Vignette format that is used at the SHM Annual Conference’s RIV competition. This gives our participants an exposure at the Chapter level and encourages them to submit their work to national meeting as well. The competition was advertised via HMX as well as directly to local medical schools and residency programs within the Chapter. They received an overwhelming response this year and received 37 submissions from 12 different institutions. Abstracts were reviewed by our judges and 5 finalists were invited to give oral presentation on November 20, 2019. Attendees at the meeting included nurse practitioners, residents, program directors and, of course, hospitalists from 9 different hospitals in the New York area.

Our finalists impressed our judges with oral presentations about their research, quality improvement projects and unique cases. It was a close competition; however, Karen Yang from Montefiore scored the highest. She presented her work on “A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Communication Between Inpatient and Outpatient Providers Through Discharge Summaries.” The Chapter will be sponsoring Karen’s registration and $500 towards travel for her to attend and present her abstract at Hospital Medicine 2020.

The NYC/Westchester Chapter hosted a dinner and CME educational event in NYC in March 2019 with approximately 40 attendees. Dr. Scott Kaatz, SHM Chapter District 7 Chair and Medical Director for Professional Development and Research at the Division of Hospital Medicine of Henry Ford Hospital, presented on advances in vascular medicine, a topic that was also presented on at SHM’s Annual Conference. Dr. Kaatz is a national speaker, and will be co-presenting the Update in Hospital Medicine at Hospital Medicine 2020 in San Diego, CA.

Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest Chapter hosted their annual poster contest November 21st. We had nine posters from seven different practices. This is our fourth annual contest, and our largest yet. The contest gets better every year. We hold the contest just before the holidays as a way to close the calendar year and a way to start to build enthusiasm for the annual conference. This year, we had a tie. Dr. Jaclyn Lemon won with her poster, “Playing DRESS Up! When to suspect lymphoma in a DRESS like presentation” and student doctor, Jefferson Nguyen, won for his poster titled, “Factors Associated with Hospital Admission vs ED Discharge for Patients Lacking Definite Medical Acuity at a Public Safety Net Hospital”. Both members will present their work at HM20.

Inspired by “Hill Day” at HM19, the Pacific Northwest Chapter will host a panel of speakers on SHM’s policy and advocacy work February 13th, 2020. Leading the charge for the PNW region at Hill Day was Dr. John Biebelhausen, who is an active member on the public policy committee. John will be one of our panelists as will Dr. Ron Greeno. Chapter leadership is very excited to present this a forum to highlight SHM's critically important work in this area.

San Diego
The San Diego Chapter hosted Dr. James McKinnell, an infectious disease specialist, in Torrance, California, as the guest speaker for our second Chapter meeting in September 2019. The meeting was well-attended by twenty-seven hospitalists and internal medicine residents from seven San Diego hospital medicine groups. Dr. McKinnell’s talk, "Antibiotics for Hospitalists," included pertinent topics, such as management of C. difficile infections, community-acquired pneumonia and pyelonephritis with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship and appropriate duration of therapy. At a national level, SHM recognizes the key role that hospitalists play in antimicrobial stewardship programs and has developed initiatives to improve hospitalist prescribing practices.

The September Chapter meeting also provided a venue for networking with colleagues and residents interested in a career in hospital medicine. We highlighted the benefits of becoming a member of SHM and held a raffle that awarded a resident attendee with a membership to SHM as well as a discounted registration to Hospital Medicine 2020 in San Diego.

SC Lowcountry
In its inaugural year, the South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter is excited to announce its first meeting in August was a success. While their Chapter represents 13 counties in South Carolina, approximately fifty Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) members attended from both North and South Carolina! This networking event was followed by a panel discussion on “Hospital Medicine: Past, Present and Future.” Our event encouraged collaboration among multiple hospitalist groups and the support of a diverse membership.

Those in attendance were learned about past trends and future predictions for hospital medicine from well-respected former SHM presidents, including Pat Cawley, MD, MHM, Chris Frost, MD, SFHM, Ron Greeno, MD, MHM and Bob Harrington, MD, MHM. They also heard additional words of wisdom from president-elect Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM. The panelist discussion was followed by an audience Q&A session. The event resembled the SHM Annual Conference plenary session, during which leaders deliver updates on the state of hospital medicine and important trends in the specialty. Those in attendance felt as if they were among SHM royalty and honored to be under the tutelage of such outstanding leaders in hospital medicine!

South Central PA
The South Central Pennsylvania Chapter of SHM celebrated their Second Annual Academic Day and Poster Competition on October 12, 2019, on the campus of the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. The theme of this year’s conference was “Clinical Excellence: Hospitalists Leading Healthcare Innovation and Delivering High-Value Care.” To facilitate this message, two keynote speakers were invited. First, Dr. Harry Cho spoke on the role of the hospitalist in Preventing Overuse and Patient Harm. Following his talk, Dr. Flora Kisuule—our Chapter’s SHM Board liaison—delivered an update encompassing the strategies to advance clinical excellence, innovation and high-value care delivery on a national level. A networking lunch followed a series of oral presentations—a first for the Chapter this year!—followed by our poster competition. We concluded our day with a series of clinically-oriented workshops, including our second Point-of-Care Ultrasound simulation. In all, about 85 people were in attendance, with over 50 posters from healthcare facilities all across the Chapter region presented by medical students, residents and attendings alike. This year’s winning poster, entitled “Say What? Identifying the Barriers to Medical Interpretation of Languages at an Academic Medical Center,” advanced to the national SHM poster competition, and the winner was awarded a stipend to attend and present their work in San Diego at Hospital Medicine 2020.

Our Chapter is proud to continue to offer this educational and networking opportunity to our members, and we look forward to continuing to grow our membership and attendance through this endeavor.

Western Massachusetts
Inspired by the innovative and engaging sessions at the SHM Annual Conference, the Western Massachusetts Chapter held a new type of event at their May 2019 meeting featuring Hospitalist Jeopardy. 40 hospitalists attended the event, and it was well-received throughout the Chapter’s community.

The Western Massachusetts Chapter held their first poster competition modeled after the Annual Conference RIV Competition, and it was phenomenally received. Presenters ranged from medical students to established hospitalists. The winner of their local competition was Kevin Sullivan, Examining the “Repletion Reflex”: The Association between Serum Potassium and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with HF.” Kevin will be presenting his abstract at Hospital Medicine 2020.