In This Month's Issue

In this issue, the Editor’s Column features the voices of the entire SGIM Forum editorial team, exploring the importance and relevance of publishing in SGIM Forum as scholarly work. Also, SGIM international members are interviewed by Marley Dubrow, SGIM member engagement associate, regarding the COVID-19 response and approaches to vaccination distribution in Greece, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Monica Lypson, SGIM president, writes her first President’s Column for SGIM Forum, reflecting on our collective adaptation to -- and our tremendous capacity to drive -- change in the last year and onward during her upcoming year as president. Eric Bass, SGIM CEO, and Margaret Lo, chair of the SGIM Learning Management System (LMS) Task Force, update our readers on essential LMS features and considerations for continuing growth within our society. Bonnema, et al, and Raffel, et al, inform us of important medical educational developments across career stages from the last year. Finally, Stella, et al, articulate how the clashing U.S. homelessness crisis and COVID-19 pandemic exacerbate health disparities and hinder pandemic recovery -- and outline opportunities for community partnership and advocacy for support services and programs.

From the Editor

Featured Column

Grounding in Purpose, Flourishing in Leadership: Reflections on the 2026 ACLGIM Leon Hess Management Training and Leadership Institute

Kate Hust, MD, MPH; David Callender, MD, MPH
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Society of General Internal Medicine Announces Award and Grant Recipients from the 2026 Annual Meeting

Francine Jetton, MA, CAE, Senior Director of Communications & Publications, SGIM
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Unlocking Potential and Building a Personal Career Blueprint: Leveraging the Power of a Professional Society

Naseema Merchant, MD; Kathryn Jobbins, DO, MS
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Other Articles

Reflections on the Unique Value of SGIM

Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH
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Ask An Ethicist: Managing Challenging Conversations Surrounding Brain Death

Holland Kaplan, MD; Zackary Berger, MD, PhD; Lubna Khawaja, MD
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From Off-Label to Unlabeled Prescribing: A Dangerous New Trend?

Richard Silbert, MD; Amirala S. Pasha, DO, JD
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SGIM’s Stand on the Health of Incarcerated People: Expanding Medicaid to Incarcerated Individuals

Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, FASAM; Benjamin Howell, MD, MPH, MHS; Toby Terwilliger, MD; Laura Hawks, MD, MPH
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A Society of General Internal Medicine Position Statement on Expanding Medicaid Coverage to Incarcerated Individuals, 2025

Prepared by Laura Hawks, Benjamin A. Howell, Justin Berk, Toby Terwilliger on behalf of Incarceration, Health, and Justice Interest Group and Health Policy Committee and the Society of General Internal Medicine
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Living Loss

Emma Fenske, DO
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