Dustin Smith, MD serves as course director for the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2019 annual conference

We are pleased to share that Dustin Smith, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, was named the course director for the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2019 annual conference – Hospital Medicine 2019 (HM19). The conference will be held March 24 – 27 in National Harbor, Maryland.

In an interview with The Hospitalist, Smith says he has always been interested in medical education for students, trainees, and faculty members at Emory. He chairs the Division of Hospital Medicine’s education council, directs hospital medicine grand rounds, and serves as associate program director for the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program and the section chief for education in medical specialty at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

“I have planned and coordinated teaching sessions needed for maintenance of board certification, which is similar to what we will present at HM19,” he says. “Based on that experience, I applied to be on SHM’s annual conference committee, starting in 2012 for the planning of Hospital Medicine 2013. I believe I have been preparing myself all along to take on this role.”

Click here to read the full article, “Crafting a ‘well-rounded’ program,” and learn more about Smith’s vision for the upcoming HM19 conference.