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SGIM 37th Annual Meeting

April 23-26, 2014,

San Diego, CA

Early submission fee extended until Friday, September 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM EASTERN TIME.

Workshop and Update submission fees will go up at 9:00 AM this Friday, not yesterday, as published.

The submission deadline remains October 9 at 8:59 AM EASTERN TIME.

Can't find your Call for Submissions? Download a copy from the web at http://www.sgim.org/meetings/annual-meeting - your best source for annual meeting information.

ACLGIM Summit 2013: Building the GIM Enterprise

GIM leaders face an exciting yet challenging time in academic medicine with the implementation of the ACA, and its emphasis on primary care. Many institutions are seeking to expand both their primary care and hospital medicine practices. The ACLGIM Summit will present strategies developed by our colleagues from across the country which address the challenges of recruiting academic general internists, and creating sustainable jobs for both outpatient and hospitalist faculty. The Summit program will also present strategies for obtaining the funding for research and education that is necessary to build and sustain strong GIM programs.

Join your colleagues from around the country, December 8-10, 2013 at the Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain outside of Phoenix, AZ and add to your toolkit of ways to support the business aspects of our research and education missions!

Block your calendar now! Take a couple of days in a warm, sunny place with a group of like-minded colleagues where you can catch your breath, focus on those big-picture issues, and enjoy an atmosphere of scholarship and intellectual camaraderie. Register today!

JGIM Unveils New Website at www.jgim.org

The Society's flagship journal, the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) has recently unveiled its brand new website. Located at www.jgim.org,the website is chock full of interesting new features and online-only material.Check out these cool new features:

• JGIM Print- see abstracts and share them on favorite social network, also search for article by keyword and author
• JGIM Web Only-

• Clinical Images - includes brief history and poll - compare your answer to others
• Medical Humanities - "The Living Hand" - poetry and prose submitted by medical students and residents -
• Bottom Line Summaries - PDFs of the summaries on relevant topics - created by SGIM Evidence Based Medicine task force. These are one page summaries that can be printed out and shared with patients.
• From the Web Editor's Desk -short posts on timely topics or introducing various articles in the web-only area. Check out the posts on "Value-based care" which has two animated videos and a poll.

• Seamless integration with the manuscript submission and review site at Regenstrief Institute.

Call For Forum Articles

Forum is looking forarticles for adebate feature on the Future of General Internal Medicine:

-Complete Segregation of Primary Care and Hospital Medicine; or

- Are we competent in the Ambulatory and In-patient spheres?

Are you interested in submitting one of these articles? If so, contact Forum editor Priya Radhakrishnan and submit your manuscript no later than October 20, 2013. Articles should be about 750 words.

News From the Regions

MIDWEST

Thank you to everyone for a successful meeting in Chicago! If you attended the meeting, information regarding our online CME application and overall Meeting Evaluation will be sent out to all registrants. A special congratulations to our oral and poster presentation award recipients, who will be listed on our website after official notification. Please save the date for next year's meeting in September 2014.

The Midwest SGIM Awards Selection Committee is excited to announce this year's regional award recipients: Dr. James Woodruff from the University of Chicago has graciously received the 2013 Midwest SGIM Advocacy and Community Service award, Dr. Diane Wayne from Northwestern University was selected as for our 2013 Midwest Leader in General Internal Medicine award, and Dr. Angkur Segon from the Medical College of Wisconsin has been chosen as the 2013 Midwest SGIM Clinician Educator of the Year. A special congratulations to these two for their exceptional work and dedication to the Midwest region!

It is with great excitement that we announce Dr. Andrea Sikon from Cleveland Clinic as our newly elected 2013-2014 President-Elect! Dr. Sikon is quickly proving to be a great addition to our Midwest Leadership Board. Congratulations, and we look forward to everyone's great leadership throughout the year!

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.

The Mountain West Leadership Board is seeking nominations for various leadership positions for the upcoming 2013-2014 year. The nomination deadline is Tuesday, October 15th, with online voting occurring between October 17th - 24th. Call for Leadership Nominations was sent to the membership with information and instructions - feel free to contact the national office with any questions.

We want to award the best of the Mountain West! The Call for Award Nominations is now underway. Awards for Clinician Educator of the Year and Clinician Investigator of the Year are being offered. Deadline for award nominations is Tuesday, October 15th. Call for Award Nominations was sent to the membership with information and instructions - feel free to contact the national office with any questions.

Registration is now open, Mountain West SGIM! University of Colorado Denver's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado will once again host the Midwest SGIM Regional Meeting on Friday, October 25, 2013. Registration deadline is Wednesday, October 16th, 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 the Denver/Aurora area for the Mountain West SGIM regional meeting? Our host hotel for lodging is the Springhill Suites Denver/Aurora at Anschutz Medical Campus, which is the closest hotel to our meeting venue. Reservation deadline is October 3rd and the rate is $124 for single/double occupancy. For further information on travel and directions to the venue, please see the Hotel and Travel page on the Mountain West regional website.

CALIFORNIA-HAWAII

Save the date, California-Hawaii SGIM! The 2014 SGIM Regional Meeting will be on 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 shortly, 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.

Calling all volunteers! The California-Hawaii 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 California or Hawaii SGIM member, please email Danielle Josef, SGIM Regional Coordinator, at JosefD@sgim.org no later than Friday, September 27th and make sure specify which committee you are interested in reviewing for. Time commitment for reviewing is currently any time between October 9th and October 22nd.

NORTHWEST

Save the date, Northwest SGIM! The 2014 Northwest Regional Meeting will be held on Friday, February 7, 2014 at Hotel 1000 Seattle in Seattle, WA. Additional information regarding registration and travel information will be sent to membership shortly.

Call for Workshop, Abstract, Vignette, and Innovation Submissions are now open! Deadline to submit is Friday, November 1st. Please visit the Northwest's Call for Submissions page of our website at for further information.

SOUTHERN

Save the date, Southern SGIM! The 2014 Southern SGIM Regional Meeting will be held February 20-22, 2014 in New Orleans, LA. More details to follow in the coming weeks, including registration and travel information.

Call for Workshop, Abstract, and Vignette Submissions are now open! Deadline to submit is Friday, October 11th at 11:00 pm CT / 12:00 am ET. Please visit the Southern region's Call for Submissions page of our website at for further information.

Calling all volunteers! TheSouthern Planning Committee is seeking volunteer reviewers for Workshop and Vignette review committees. If you are interested in helping with this year's meeting and are a current Southern SGIM member, please email Danielle Josef, SGIM Regional Coordinator, at JosefD@sgim.org no later than Tuesday, October 1st, and make sure specify which committee you are interested in reviewing for. Time commitment for reviewing is currently any time between October 17th and October 31st.

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.

Call for Workshop, Abstract, Vignette, and Innovation Submissions will be open on Friday, September 27th. Deadline to submit is Tuesday, December 17th. Please visit the New England's "Call for Submissions" page of our websitefor further 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. This year's theme is entitled: "Outcomes Based Education and High Value Care: Challenges for Medical Educators in the 21st Century" and our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Lawrence G. Smith, Dean and Professor of Medicine at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. Additional details to follow in the coming weeks, including Call for Submission and Registration information.

Call for Workshop, Abstract, Vignette, and Innovation Submissions will be open on Friday, September 27th. Deadline to submit is Tuesday, November 26th. Please visit the Northwest's "Call for Submissions" page of our websitefor further information.

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EmailFrancine Jettonif you have any questions.This code is good through September 30, 2013.

Sincerely,

Francine Jetton

Society of General Internal Medicine