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Nominations for SGIM Leadership Open

We need your help in identifying outstanding leaders for SGIM. SGIM's leadership positions offer great opportunities to shape the future of our discipline. This year, we will elect four individuals: President-elect, Treasurer-elect, and two Council members.

Candidates for president-elect or treasurer-elect should have the following attributes: a strong track record of commitment and service to the Society: proven collaborative leadership skills; the ability to integrate the SGIM's diverse interests; excellent communication skills; and dedication to advancing SGIM's mission.

Candidates for the Council positions should be innovators and collaborators and have prior evidence of contributing to SGIM at the national or regional levels. All candidates should be recognized as persons who are reliable and able to deliver on their commitments.

Nominate your respected colleagues or yourself if you are interested.

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ACLGIM Leadership Summit

December 7-9, 2014

Come join us for a retreat in the quiet reflective setting of Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain.The theme of this year's ACLGIM Winter Summit is "Celebrating the Strength and Success of Leadership in General Internal Medicine" General internists across the country have played key roles within their own institutions, regionally and nationally in improving access to care, reducing healthcare disparities, shaping and implementing health care reform, and developing innovative approaches to medical education. Our SGIM/ACLGIM community members have many inspiring and informative stories of success. More on ACLGIM Summit.

6th Annual Academic Hospitalist Academy

Calling all academic hospitalists! The 6th Annual Academic Hospitalist Academy will be held October 20-23rd in Englewood, CO.For more information and testimonials from AHA alumni, visit www.academichospitalist.org.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ has consolidated two of its existing centers-the Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships and the Center for Outcomes and Evidence-to form the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement. The new center focuses on accelerating practice improvement across the health care system and engaging stakeholders to promote the implementation of evidence into practice. The new center also includes the National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research, a home for AHRQ's evidence and tools about improving primary health care

Apply for NIH Loan Repayment

Program Awards

The National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) repay the student loans of doctoral level, biomedical or behavioral scientists conducting research funded by nonprofit institutions. The application cycle opens on September 1, 2014 and closes on November 17, 2014. You may be eligible to receive up to $70,000 of qualified educational debt repayment with a 2 year contract.

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Submissions of Workshops, Updates and Interest Groups are now open.

Deadline to submit is October 6, 2014 at 8:59 AM EASTERN TIME

Want to help plan the annual meeting? All SGIM members are eligible to review submissions.Visit the SGIM Volunteer Centerand download the 2015 annual meeting peer review volunteer form and send it in.

The deadline to volunteer to review Abstracts, Vignettes and Innovations is November 12, 2014.

Review period is January 13-27, 2015.

Content is already being planned and nine Special Symposia have been identified:

1. Integrating mobile technologies for the treatment of drug and alcohol use disorders
2. Defense against the Dark Arts: Understanding and Challenging Health Care Corruption
3. Leadership - Lessons from the field
4. From Screening to End of Life: Caring for Patients across the Cancer Control Continuum
5. Hot Topics in Hepatitis C: Should I Screen, Can I Treat and Who Will Be On My Team?
6. Enhancing Communication for Effective and Efficient Healthcare Teams
7. Over and Underscreening Older Adults
8. Caring for Adults with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities
9. Informatics in GIM research and patient care

What's new this year? The meeting schedule has been revised based on input from the 2014 annual meeting evaluations.See it here

Call for Applications Open in Leadership Development Program

In its 2nd year, the ACLGIM LEAD certificate program is astructured program experience designed to explore and expand the leadership capabilities of individuals regardless of their current leadership position and academic rank.Consider who you might know that could benefit from a community of leaders around the country committed to their success! More on the LEAD program.

News from the Regions

Midwest:On behalf of this year's planning committee, we thank you for participating in the 2014 Midwest SGIM meeting and hope you had a great time in Chicago!Stayed tune for information regarding the 2015 regional meeting.Visit the Award Winners page to view the oral/poster presentation winners, nominated award recipients and the newly elected 2015 leadership board.

Mountain West:Register now to attend the 2014 Mountain West Regional Meeting at Denver Health Hospital Authority in Denver! The advance registration deadline is Friday, September 19, 2014 at 11:59 pm EST. For more information, visit the 2014 Mountain West Regional Meeting Registration page.

California-Hawaii

Meeting Registration:Register now to attend the 2015 California-Hawaii Regional Meeting at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles! The advance registration deadline is Friday, December 12, 2014 at 11:59 pm EST. For more information, visit the 2015 California-Hawaii Regional Meeting Registration page.

Awards & Leadership Nominations:The California-Hawaii region is currently seeking nominations for the 2015 Regional Leadership Board and their four regional awards. The deadline for awards and leadership nominations is October 6, 2014 at 11:59 pm EST. For more details visit the California-Hawaii Call for Leadership and Awards Nominations page.

Northwest

Call for Submissions:The Northwest Region is now accepting submissions for the 2014 Regional Meeting. The deadline to submit is Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 11:59 pm EST. For more information, visit the Northwest Regional Submissions Page.

Meeting Registration:Register now to attend the 2015 Northwest Regional Meeting at the Sentinel Hotel in Portland! The advance registration deadline is Friday, January 9, 2015 at 11:59 pm EST. For more information, visit the 2015 Northwest Regional Meeting Registration page.

Southern

Save the Date:The Society of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the date and location of the Southern Regional Meeting taking placeFebruary 26-28, 2015in New Orleans, LA at the Pan American Life Conference Center. This year's pre-course is entitled"iAttending: Becoming a more effective and efficient medical educator."

Call for Volunteers:The Southern SGIM Planning Committee is seeking volunteer reviewers of Workshop, Abstract, Vignette and Innovation submissions for the 2015 Regional Meeting. If you are interested in helping with this year's meeting and are a Southern SGIM member click hereto complete the online volunteer sign-up form.

Mid-Atlantic

Save the Date:The Society of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the date and location of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting taking placeMarch 13, 2015in Hershey, PA at the Hershey Lodge.

Call for Volunteers:The Mid-Atlantic SGIM Planning Committee is seeking volunteer reviewers of Workshop, Abstract, Vignette and Innovation submissions for the 2015 Regional Meeting. If you are interested in helping with this year's meeting and are a Mid-Atlantic SGIM member click here to complete the online volunteer sign-up form.

New England

Save the Date:The Society of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the date and location of the New England Regional Meeting taking placeMarch 27, 2015in Boston, MA at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center - Harvard Medical School.

For the very first time, we are offering a Post- regional meeting "New England SGIM 2015 Clinical Teaching Skills workshop" March 28, 2015 at Tufts University School of Medicine. This will feature important topics in clinical teaching and include some topics from the Stanford Faculty Development Program for Clinical Teachers. Additional fees apply. Open to all levels (housestaff, junior faculty, senior faculty).

Call for Volunteers:The New England SGIM Planning Committee is seeking volunteer reviewers of Workshop, Abstract, Vignette and Innovation submissions for the 2015 Regional Meeting. If you are interested in helping with this year's meeting and are a New England SGIM member click hereto complete the online volunteer sign-up form.