Chapter spotlight: Rhode Island

For years, there’d been talk of starting a Rhode Island chapter of SHM. Sure, hospitalists in the smallest state in the country could have hopped state lines to join a chapter in Boston or Hartford, Conn. But that’s not who Rhode Islanders are. Dr. Collins “We really feel a strong sense of community and that our state is important,” said Brad Collins, MD, SFHM, an associate professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, R.I. “Sometimes it might be easier to merge with the Boston chapter or the Massachusetts or Connecticut chapters, but there’s a strong sense of self in Rhode Island. Of wanting to have our own independent chapter.” And that’s how SHM’s newest chapter got started in the summer of 2021.  It has 66 members and already has enough gravitas that Dr. Collins and colleagues were able to dine with Governor Dan McKee. In September, the group hosted hospitalist pioneer Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM, to discuss the future of the field. In November, director-at-large Hussain Khawaja, MD, helped organize a New England-area poster competition where Rhode Islanders won the categories of research, innovations, and clinical vignettes. All will attend and participate in the national Scientific Abstract Competition taking place during SHM’s Converge 2022. Dr. Khawaja “It was fun to see that,” said Dr. Khawaja, who practices at two Providence hospitals staffed by Lifespan. “People were so excited to be a part of ...
Source: The Hospitalist - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Tags: Career Source Type: research