SOCIETY OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE RECOGNIZES SAMIR SHAH, MD, MSCE
WITH EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARD

PHILADELPHIA (March xx, 2009) - The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) announced today that Samir Shah, MD, MSCE is the recipient of the Society’s Excellence in Research Award for 2009. Dr. Shah will be presented with this award at Hospital Medicine 2009, SHM’s annual meeting, to be held May 14-17 in Chicago, IL.

Dr. Shah’s research seeks to improve the efficiency of the management of children with common childhood infections, with a specific focus on pneumonia and meningitis. His pneumonia-related research includes developing predictive models to identify high-risk children with community-acquired pneumonia, using observational study and administrative data to determine optimal treatment for children with pneumonia-related complications.

He served as editor and co-editor for several publications in the fields of pediatrics and infectious disease, which include:

• The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics (Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins 2005)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases: The Requisites of Pediatrics (Mosby 2008)
• Pediatric Practice: Infectious Diseases (McGraw-Hill Medical 2009)

As a nationally recognized leader in hospital medicine, Dr. Shah serves as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and is an attending physician in the Divisions of General Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

“As the hospital medicine specialty grows, it is important that SHM continue to recognize and support research that expands the ability of hospitalists to better serve the patients they see,” said SHM’s CEO, Larry Wellikson, MD. “SHM is proud to recognize Dr. Shah and his accomplishments in the field and celebrate the future of hospital medicine.”

Dr. Shah completed his BA at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. He also completed his residency in Pediatrics and his fellowships in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Academic General Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

SHM is the premier medical society representing hospitalists. Over the past decade, studies have shown that hospitalists decrease patient lengths of stay, reduce hospital costs and readmission rates, all while increasing patient satisfaction. Hospital medicine is the fastest-growing specialty in modern healthcare, with over 28,000 hospitalists currently practicing and an upward growth trajectory in full force. For more information about SHM, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org.