SHM 2023 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Award

The HOMERuN COVID-19 Collaborative Group, winner of the Excellence in Teamwork award, included more than 150 members across 80 institutions. SHM’s Awards of Excellence Program honors members who’ve made exceptional contributions to hospital medicine in a variety of categories. Please join The Hospitalist and SHM in congratulating the 2023 award winners. Clinical Leadership for Physicians Benji K. Mathews, MD, MBA, SFHM Dr. Mathews Dr. Mathews is the department chair of hospital medicine and division head at Regions Hospital with HealthPartners in Minnesota and an associate professor of medicine with a passion for education, innovation, care delivery, and quality. He’s known as a master clinician with extensive expertise in diagnostic reasoning and point of care ultrasound (POCUS). He’s led clinical innovations with novel care models, peer support programs, ultrasound, and telemedicine, and supporting the growing arena of hospital-at-home, and he devotes considerable time to mentorship and faculty development. When COVID-19 hit, Dr. Mathews was tapped as the lead physician on all operations related to the pandemic in the hospital medicine department. At the same time, he made another pandemic pivot while serving as course director for Hospital Medicine 2020 and leading preparations for SHM’s national conference by turning the convention into a virtual gathering. Dr. Mathews is a past president of SHM’s Minnesota chapter and is active locally, nationally, and int...
Source: The Hospitalist - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Tags: Awards Career Source Type: research