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News from the Regions
MIDWEST
Hope you are finalizing your plans to join us, Midwest SGIM! The 2013 Midwest SGIM Regional Meeting will be held on September 12-13, 2013 at the Navy Pier in Chicago, IL. This year's theme is "Accountable Care: Linking Research and Education to Clinical Practice" and our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Anne G. Pereira, Director of Graduate Medical Education at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Midwest SGIM, the deadline for submissions is now closed. If you submitted to the meeting, acceptance and non-acceptance notifications are set to go out on Wednesday, July 31st to the Corresponding Author of the submission. RSVP for your presentations are due mid-to-late August.
The Midwest Leadership Board is seeking nominations for President-Elect for the upcoming 2013-2014 year. The nomination deadline is Wednesday, August 14th, with online voting occurring between August 16th - August 28th. For more information, please see the 2013 Call for Leadership Nominations letter on our website at www.sgim.org/go/midwest.
We want to award the "Best of the Midwest"! The Call for Award Nominations is now underway. Awards for Clinician-Educator, Advocacy and Community Service, and Leader in GIM are being offered. Deadline for award nominations is Wednesday, August 14th. Instructions for online nomination and further information can be found in the 2013 Call for Awards Nominations link at www.sgim.org/go/midwest.
Registration is now open, Midwest SGIM! Navy Pier's Festival Hall in Chicago, IL will again host the Midwest SGIM Regional Meeting over the dates of September 12-13, 2013. Registration deadline is Wednesday, September 4th, 2013. Please see the "Registration" page of our regional website for more information on how to register for the meeting.
Planning your travel and stay in Chicago for the Midwest SGIM regional meeting? Our host hotel for lodging is the W Hotel Chicago-Lakeshore, which is the closest hotel to our meeting venue. Reservation deadline has been extended to Friday, August 23rd at 5:00 pm CST through the W Hotel's reservation system. For further information on reservations and directions, please see the "Hotel and Travel" page on the Midwest regional website.
MOUNTAIN WEST
Save the date, Mountain West SGIM! The 2013 Mountain West Regional Meeting will be held on Friday, October 25, 2013 at the Anschutz Medical Campus at University of Colorado in Denver, CO. This year's theme is "Wellness: Improving Quality of Life for Our Patients and Ourselves" and our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Colin P. West, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. More details to follow in the coming weeks, including Registration and Hotel/Travel information.
Call for Workshop, Abstract, Vignette, and Innovation Submissions are now open! Deadline to submit has been extended to Friday, August 23rd at 10:00 pm MT. Please visit the Mountain West region's "Call for Submissions" page of our website at for further information.
Calling all volunteers! The Mountain West SGIM Planning Committee is seeking volunteer reviewers for Workshop, Abstract, Innovation and Vignette review committees. If you are interested in helping with this year's meeting and are a current Mountain West SGIM member, please email Danielle Josef, SGIM Regional Coordinator, at JosefD@sgim.org no later than Friday, August 16th and make sure specify which committee you are interested in reviewing for. Time commitment for reviewing is any time between August 26th and September 3rd.
CALIFORNIA-HAWAII
Save the date, California-Hawaii SGIM! The 2014 SGIM Regional Meeting is currently scheduled for Friday, January 31st, 2014 at Stanford University's Li Ka Shing Center in Palo Alto, CA. This year's theme is "Innovation in General Internal Medicine - Creating A Better Future for Health Care" and our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Abraham Verghese, Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. More details to follow in the coming weeks, including Registration and Travel information.
Call for Workshop, Abstract, Vignette, and Innovation Submissions are now open! Deadline to submit is Friday, October 4th at 9:00 pm PT. Please visit the California-Hawaii region's "Call for Submissions" page of our website at for further information.
NORTHWEST
Save the date, Northwest SGIM! The 2014 Northwest Regional Meeting will be held on Friday, February 7, 2014 in Seattle, WA. More details to follow in the coming weeks.
SOUTHERN
Save the date, Southern SGIM! The 2014 Southern SGIM Regional Meeting is currently scheduled for February 20-22. 2014 in New Orleans, LA. More details to follow in the coming weeks, including the Call for Submissions and Registration information.
MID-ATLANTIC
Save the date, Mid-Atlantic SGIM! The 2014 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting will be held on Friday, March 14, 2014 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, NY. More details to follow in the coming weeks.
NEW ENGLAND
Save the date, New England SGIM! The 2014 New England Regional Meeting will be held on Friday, March 7, 2014 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center located on the Harvard University campus in Boston, MA. More details to follow in the coming weeks.
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