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SGIM Capital Campaign Announced
Six years ago, your generosity empowered SGIM to buy our national office space, giving us a permanent home. As we continue to expand our programs and services, we have the opportunity to take advantage of the purchase of adjacent space to our office. SGIM is pleased to announce a new Capital Campaign to support the purchase of this additional office space in Alexandria, VA. Won't you please join us and consider a gift in support of this effort?
Planning your end of year giving? Thank you for considering a donation to the SGIM Capital Campaign to help us continue to grow and serve our membership.
Please click here for more information or to donate now.
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We are looking forward to 2016...Renew your membership today!
The 2016 membership renewal period is now open! Login to your member accountto renew by December 31, 2015. Be sure to renew your membership to take advantage of annual meeting registration discounts!
Questions about your membership?Contact Jillian Gann, Director of Membership.
Leaders in General Internal Medicine: For your convenience, you may renew both your SGIM and ACLGIM membership at the same time!
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Complimentary Membership for First Year GIM Fellows
SGIM is launching its fourth year of the "Investing in GIM" membership program in its effort to engage the next generation of academic GIM professionals. This program offers a one year complimentary membership to 30 first year GIM fellows.The deadline to apply is December 31, 2015.
See additional details and requirements here.
If you are a Fellowship Director (or a first year fellow) and would like to learn more about this program, please contact Muna Futur, Member Services Assistant, at futurm@sgim.org.
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Annual Meeting
Career Fair
May 12-13, 2016
We invite potential employers and fellowship directors as well as candidates to participate in our Career Fair at the Annual Meeting in May. For employers, this is an opportunity to recruit from a broad base of experience and skills in academic general internal medicine. If you are looking for jobs or want to hear about fellowship opportunities, take advantage of direct contact with recruiters and program directors!
Space is limited, interested employers/program directors, contact Leslie Dunne, dunnel@sgim.org for information and to register (Career Fair fee includes one complimentary annual meeting registration).
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Regional Meeting Dates
California-Hawaii Regional Meeting
San Francisco, CA
January 15, 2016
Northwest Regional Meeting
Seattle, WA
February 5, 2016
Southern Regional Meeting
Atlanta, GA
February 18-20, 2016
New England Regional Meeting
New Haven, CT
March 11, 2016
Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
Long Island, NY
April 1, 2016
Midwest Regional Meeting
Cleveland, OH
September 22-23
Mountain West Regional Meeting
Location, TBD
Fall 2016
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Registration is Now Open:
Early registration is now open for the 2016 SGIM Annual Meeting. Register between now and February 16th and SAVE $60 on your registration fees.
NEW THIS YEAR:
CaREER Development Series including six workshops and a Saturday morning multi-generational armchair conversation about career development.
Pre-register now to insure yourself a seat at any of the 75 workshops, five mentoring panels, nine Updates, ten special symposia and 65 interest groups
Annual Meeting website: http://connect.sgim.org/sgim16/home
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Be sure to check your SGIM e-News to learn about mentoring opportunities through the year!
Click on the link below for more information and to sign up or register.
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Proposed 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening of a docket to obtain public comment on the draft CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (Guideline). The Guideline provides recommendations regarding initiation or continuation of opioids for chronic pain; opioid selection, dosage, duration, follow-up, and discontinuation; and assessment of risk and addressing harms of opioid use. The Guideline is intended to be used by primary care providers (e.g., family physicians or internists) who are treating patients with chronic pain (i.e., pain lasting longer than 3 months or past the time of normal tissue healing) in outpatient settings. The draft Guideline is intended to apply to patients aged 18 years of age or older with chronic pain outside of palliative and end-of-life care.
Click here to see the draft guidelines and comment Click on "Open Docket Folder"and then click on "View All" to find the draft guideline.Due date for comments is January 13.
Interested in more information about this topic?
Check out the December 14, 2015 Washington Post article here or join us at the 2016 Annual Meeting and attend one of the sessions on opioids from the CDC:
Thursday May 12, 12:30-1:30 pm
SSCDC: Opioid Prescribing Guideline for Chronic Pain: Leveraging Emerging Evidence for Practice Improvement
Saturday May 14, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
WN04: Limiting or Discontinuing Prescription Opioids
Submitted in Conjunction with the SGIM Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use and the Pain Medicine Interest Groups
http://connect.sgim.org/sgim16/home
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Registration Now Open!
"Being able to sit down in one of my senator's offices for a 30 minute exchange of ideas was very exciting. I haveattended local events with that senator, but to be in her office on the hill advocating for issues that affect my careerwas so exciting."
Join us March 8-9, 2016 in Washington, DC to advocate on issues important to the field of GIM! Registration opens December 16 - watch your email or visit www.sgim.org/hilldayfor more information and to register.
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SGIM Members in the News
SGIM Council member Hollis Day, MD, MS, has been appointed chief of the geriatrics section in the department of medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and will hold a faculty appointment at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). Day comes to BMC/BUSM from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) where she specialized in geriatrics, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSM) where she was advisory dean, associate professor of medicine and the medical director of the Advanced Clinical Education Center. Congratulations Hollis!!
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