As SHM Converge 2025 approaches, I am feeling excited and a bit nostalgic. I look forward to learning from presenters, connecting with friends and colleagues from across the country, and making new connections. I am also very excited to meet The Hospitalist’s new editorial board members at our annual meeting.
Dr. Kumar
The April editorial board meeting at Converge will be my final meeting both as a member of the editorial board and as the pediatrics editor, a role I’ve held since 2019. Through this role, I have met and learned from hospitalists across the country. I have participated in lively discussions about hospitalists’ interests. I have also learned about caring for hospitalized adults, and I have applied some of that knowledge to caring for hospitalized children.
Thank you to SHM for creating a big tent that supports hospitalists from all backgrounds. I consider SHM to be my professional home and am grateful for all the friendships and collaborations that have stemmed from my SHM membership.
Thank you to the SHM Pediatrics Special Interest Group (SIG) members for entrusting me with the responsibility of representing pediatric hospital medicine and our SIG. I hope I have adequately highlighted the wonderful work of our pediatric hospital medicine colleagues.
Thank you to The Hospitalist’s editorial board members from 2019 to 2025. We accomplished a lot, especially during the pandemic, and I am very proud of our collective products. I have enjoyed working with and learning from all of you. I will take what I have learned and apply it to my work as a clinician, colleague, physician, and/or writer.
Chonk
Thank you to Lisa Casinger, The Hospitalist’s editor at Wiley, for always having an agenda and assuring we didn’t stray too far off-topic. I appreciate you reminding us of the importance of our work and keeping us humble. Also, thanks to Lisa’s cat, Chonk, for making cameos during our meetings.
Thank you to former and current SHM staff members Caitlin Cowan, Myles Daigneault, and Kristen Coar for teaching me about creating community and connections. I enjoyed collaborating with all of you.
Thanks to Brett Radler, SHM’s director of communications, for welcoming me as a new pediatrics editor and fostering my growth in this role. Thank you for always reminding us of The Hospitalist’s mission to serve SHM’s members and for always encouraging us to have some fun with our content.
Thank you to Dr. Weijen Chang, my predecessor in the role of pediatrics editor and the current physician editor of The Hospitalist. Thank you for selecting me as your successor as pediatrics editor. I am grateful for the autonomy and guidance you provided me in this role. I am also appreciative of your mentorship and sponsorship.
Lastly, thank you to our readers. You have provided our editorial board with so much wonderful content and feedback. My hope for the future of The Hospitalist is that you, our readers, continue to provide great content and feedback so that the publication continues to grow and flourish. I look forward to joining you all in reading and sharing.
I am pleased to welcome and pass the baton to Dr. Patricia Tran as The Hospitalist’s new pediatrics editor. I know she will warmly embrace this role and will share a new perspective.
Dr. Kumar is a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and a pediatric hospitalist at Cleveland Clinic Children’s, both in Cleveland.