In this special preview episode for SMA’s Annual Scientific Assembly in Houston taking place November 6–7, 2026, SMA President Dr. David Netscher is joined by retired NASA astronaut, Air Force Colonel, and scientist Cady Coleman, PhD, for an inspiring conversation about teamwork, leadership, resilience, and the pursuit of excellence in…
Congratulations to the 6th Annual Physicians-in-Training Leadership Conference abstract winners!
Past SMA President Christopher R. Morris, MD, of Arthritis Associates of Kingsport, has been recognized as a Master of the American College of Rheumatology during ACR Convergence 2025.
Christopher Morris, MD, a longtime leader in rheumatology and former president of the Southern Medical Association (2020–2021), is featured in a recent profile in The Rheumatologist.
Objectives: Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) leadership has recently been scrutinized, and many institutions have had to repurpose EDI leaders due to recent legislation. The skills or attributes of EDI leaders are not well understood. The authors sought to identify skills or attributes associated with EDI leaders. Methods: The authors…
Congratulations to the 5th Annual Physicians-in-Training Leadership Conference abstract winners!
Christopher D. Jackson, MD, FACP, FSSCI, SMA’s Immediate Past President, is featured in a recent Physician Profile on the MedCentral website. In the article, Dr. Jackson reflects on how his family’s influence, rooted in kindness and compassion, guided his journey into medicine and inspired his commitment to servant leadership. Click…
SMA is currently seeking members to join our Education Committee. As a committee member, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of medical education.
Objective: Annual program evaluations are important activities of all graduate medical education programs. Although the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education provides general guidelines, there is substantial scope for educational innovation. Strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results (SOAR) is a strengths-based framework for strategic planning. Because SOAR emphasizes positivity and engagement,…
Objectives: Historically, physicians have always been viewed as leaders in the healthcare field. Whether they embrace this role, physicians often find themselves in a leadership role, from the clinical setting to an institutional setting. In most cases, this leadership role is taken on without prior training on even the most…
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