The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is a medical society comprised of hospitalists that exists to promote exceptional care for hospitalized patients.
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Take your achievements to the Main Stage. SHM’s Awards of Excellence Program celebrates members who are advancing hospital medicine through innovation, leadership, mentorship, research, quality improvement, and more. Nominations for the 2027 Awards of Excellence are officially open!
SHM’s 2026 Hospital Medicine Workforce Experience Report is now available and examines the state of the hospital medicine workforce, including physician well-being, professional fulfillment, burnout, workplace conditions, and emerging trends affecting clinical practice. The Report is free to SHM members.
Join the first and only association dedicated to supporting the needs of hospital medicine professionals. As a member of SHM, not only will you gain access to SHM’s suite of member benefits, but you will also make an impact on patients and the entire hospital medicine community.
Andrew J. Davis, MD; Stephanie P. Taylor, MD, MS; Catherine L. Hough, MD, MS; Mari Armstrong-Hough, PhD, MPH; Li Yan, PhD, MS; Catherine K. Ettman, PhD; Katy Sadowski, BS; Khyzer B. Aziz, MD; Patrick G. Lyons, MD; Katrina E. Hauschildt, PhD, MA; Marc Kowalkowski, PhD; Eliana M. Perrin, MD, MPH; Theodore J. Iwashyna, MD, PhD
Richard Wu, MD; Yu Rim Park, MD; Lyndon P. James, MD, PhD; Omar El-Fadel, MD; Nicholas A. Bosch, MD, MSc
Donna Coetzee, MD, MPH; Suman Pal, MBBS, FACP; Elizabeth Davis, MD; Andrew P. J. Olson, MD, FACP, FAAP, SFHM; Melissa Plesac, MD
Chiara Christe, Timothée de Valence, MD; Stijn Bex, MD; André Juillerat, MD; Philippe Cottet, MD; Christophe Marti, MD; Jean-Luc Reny, MD, PhD; Olivier Grosgurin, MD; Antonio Leidi MD
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Kristin Gershfield, MD, FHM; Christopher Migliore, MD, MS, FACP, FHM
Naveed Choudry, MD, FHM, FACP; Nazifa Sheikh, Saad Mohammad, MD, FACP; Shams Quazi, MD, MS, FACP
SHM hosts more than 60 local chapters nationwide to increase networking, education, and collaboration within the hospital medicine community. Click the map to find chapters in your area and learn more about upcoming meetings.
Explore the perceptions of hospitalists on issues such as workplace structures, patient volumes and safety, work/life balance, leadership support, and the roles these play in professional fulfillment and burnout amongst hospitalists.
Looking for a tool to help you advance well-being at your institution? This toolkit gives you actions, regardless of your position or role, to become a well-being advocate.
When it comes to successfully co-managing patients, it is crucial that groups develop a comprehensive plan that accounts for the needs and capacities of all parties. Building and Sustaining Co-Management Programs in Hospital Medicine is designed for hospital medicine leaders who have co-management programs or are considering starting one.