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SGIM Forum

Forum offers articles, essays, thought pieces and editorials that reflect on health care trends, report on Society activities, and explore important issues for general internists in U.S. healthcare and globally.

Forum is dedicated to serving the needs of SGIM members by engaging in thoughtful debates, sharing clearly articulated perspectives, and presenting innovations in research, education, advocacy, and clinical practice.

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Current Forum Issue: January 2026

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From the Editor

January 1, 2026 - From the Editor

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: CMS Payment Revisions During a Crisis

Michael Landry, MD, MSc, FACP Editor in Chief, SGIM Forum

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Featured Articles

January 1, 2026 - From the Society

Increasing Trainee Engagement: Investing in the Future of SGIM

Jillian R. Kyle, MD, MS; Anna Kho, MD; Marley Dubrow, BA; Muna Futur, MBA; Athina Vassilakis, MD, MPH

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December 2, 2025 - Medical Education

The 2025 SGIM Bite-Size Teaching Symposium: Elevating Clinician Educators and Evidence-Based Teaching

Yihan Yang, MD, MHS-MedEd; Jordan See, MD; Mim Ari, MD; Athina Vassilakis, MD, MPH

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November 1, 2025 - Sign of the Times

The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Inpatient Medicine Services

Justin J. Choi, MD, MSc; Mona Krouss, MD; Daniel J. Morgan, MD; Luci K. Leykum, MD, MBA, MSc

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January 1, 2026 - Sign of the Times

Another Big Hurdle for First-Generation Physicians: Implications of the Big Beautiful Bill Act on Future Physicians

Jennifer Caputo-Seidler, MD

January 1, 2026 - President’s Column

SGIM 2026 Annual Meeting Preview: Record Submissions, Distinguished Speakers, and the Benefits of Attendance

Carlos Estrada, MD, MS, FACP President, SGIM

January 1, 2026 - Morning Report

Autoimmune Hypothyroidism with Rapid Progression to Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism: A Case Report Including the Patient’s Perspective

Samuel Nelson, BS; Emily Hyde, PT, DPT; Somnath Mookherjee, MD; Karen McDonough, MD

January 1, 2026 - From the Society

Q & A on What SGIM Members Should Know about the 2025 Learn, Serve, Lead Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Elisha Lynn Brownfield, MD; Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH

January 1, 2026 - From the Editor

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: CMS Payment Revisions During a Crisis

Michael Landry, MD, MSc, FACP Editor in Chief, SGIM Forum

January 1, 2026 - Medical Education

Leave It Better Than You Found It: An Antidote to “Back in My Day” Call Coverage

Julie Eckelbarger, MD; Sarah Stern, MD; Kathleen Grant, MD; William Lippert, MD, MPH; Donna Williams, MD

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Forum offers articles, essays, thought-pieces, and editorials that reflect on healthcare trends, report on Society activities, and air important issues in general internal medicine and the healthcare system at large.

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