The privilege of participating in the SHM project has been an education no grant or scholarship could equal. To say I had a tiny role in all of that is just reward.
Through SHM I have made lifelong friends, advanced my perspective and development as a healer, acquired a nifty board certification (one of 1,400 with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine), gained a mastership, and yes, met President Obama.
As odysseys go, how many docs can make such lofty claims?
Dr. Flansbaum works for Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., in both the divisions of hospital medicine and population health. He began working as a hospitalist in 1996 and is a founding member of the Society of Hospital Medicine.