SGIM Announces 2023 Distinguished Professors

 , April 13, 2023

The Society of General Internal Medicine will be hosting its 2023 Annual Meeting May 10-13, 2023 in Aurora, CO at the Gaylord Rockies Resort. This year’s theme, General Internal Medicine: Meeting the Promise of Tomorrow, reflects on the fundamental changes that our field and our colleagues have experienced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As physicians, we continue to navigate changes in how we prepare our trainees, how we care for our patients, and how we gather, translate, and implement the evidence that informs our patient care and education. General internists must take a leadership role in innovation in research, education, and clinical practice and in so doing advance policies aimed at improving the health of our patients and communities.

SGIM’s presenters are doctors and other health care professionals responsible for teaching general internal medicine to the next generation of physicians. Most combine teaching with taking care of patients in clinical practices and/or research about medical treatment. For more information on SGIM, to register as press, or for a schedule of the events, please visit https://connect.sgim.org/annualmeeting/home.

Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics – Alison Huang, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Invited professors are General Internists and/or Geriatricians with nationally recognized expertise in education, research, and/or clinical care related to the care of older adults. The DPG program facilitates career development of SGIM members in academic fields directly related to older patients in terms of education, research, and clinical practice.

Wednesday, May 10/Thursday May 11

• Wednesday: Geriatrics Poster Walk & Talk – Dr. Huang will lead the walk and talk presentation 5:00 – 7:00 PM
• Thursday: Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics Keynote Lecture – Dr. Huang will deliver the keynote lecture 12:00-1:00 PM
• Thursday: Scientific Abstract Oral Presentations in Geriatrics – Dr. Huang will serve as the session discussant 3:40-4:40 PM

Distinguished Professor of Hospital Medicine – Mel L. Anderson, MD, MACP
National Program Executive Director, VHA Hospital Medicine, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine

Invited professors are nationally recognized in the field of Hospital Medicine; past Distinguished Professors have shared their expertise in medical education, health services research, and hospital medicine outcomes research with members of SGIM at the National Meeting through a plenary address and a moderated oral abstract session. The intent of the DPHM program is to facilitate career development of SGIM members in the fields of hospital and general internal medicine in terms of education, research, and clinical practice.

Thursday, May 11

• Distinguished Professor of Hospital Medicine Keynote Lecture – Dr. Anderson will present the Hospital Medicine Keynote Address 12:00-1:00 PM
• Scientific Abstract Oral Presentations in Hospital Medicine – Dr. Anderson will serve as the session discussant 2:30-3:30 PM
• Hospital Medicine Poster Walk & Talk – Dr. Anderson will lead the walk and talk presentation 4:40-6:10 PM

Distinguished Professor of Health Equity – Gisele Corbie, MD, MSc
Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Medicine and Medicine, Director, Center for Health Equity Research, UNC Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

The Distinguished Professorship in Health Equity was established in 2019 by SGIM’s Health Equity Commission to highlight the work of national leaders in health equity during the SGIM annual meeting. The Distinguished Professorship includes a plenary address from a national leader in health equity and a moderated health equity abstract session and poster session.

Friday, May 12

• Health Equity Poster Walk & Talk – Dr. Corbie will lead the walk and talk presentation 10:20 – 11:15 AM
• Distinguished Professor of Health Equity Keynote Lecture – Dr. Corbie will present the Health Equity Keynote Address 12:00-1:00 PM
• Scientific Abstract Oral Presentations in Health Equity – Dr. Corbie will serve as the session discussant 2:30 – 3:30 PM

Distinguished Professor of Women and Medicine – Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS, FACP
Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital

The Women and Medicine Distinguished Professorship includes a plenary address from a national leader in women’s health and a moderated women’s health abstract session. Presenters have spanned the breadth of women’s health with presentations promoting women’s health research, the practice of women’s health, women’s health education, advocacy, policy, and the careers of women in medicine.

Friday, May 12

• Scientific Abstract Oral Presentations in Women’s Health – Dr. Schwarz will serve as the session discussant 10:30 – 11:30 AM
• Distinguished Professor of Woman and Medicine Keynote Lecture – Dr. Schwarz will present the Woman and Medicine Keynote Address 12:00-1:00 PM
• Woman and Medicine Poster Walk & Talk – Dr. Schwarz will lead the walk and talk presentation 4:40 – 6:10 PM