Rochester General Health System
Balazs Zsenits, MD at Rochester General Hospital Earns Fellow in Hospital Medicine Designation
(3/19/2009)
Balazs Zsenits MD, FACP, FHM, Medical Director of the Rochester General Hospitalist Group, has earned the Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation from The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM). Becoming a Fellow is an avenue for special recognition for Society members who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues and the hospital medicine specialty.
“Until now, hospitalists have not had a way to distinguish themselves from their colleagues,” said SHM’s CEO, Larry Wellikson, MD. “The FHM designation gives hospitalists a chance to set themselves apart and be recognized for all of their work that continues to make hospital medicine the fastest growing medical specialty in history.”
To be designated as a Fellow in Hospital Medicine, an applicant must be a hospitalist for five years, a member of SHM for three years, demonstrate their dedication to quality and process improvement, commitment to organizational teamwork and leadership, as well as lifelong learning and education. At Rochester General Hospital, Dr. Zsenits leads a hospitalist team of 28 physicians.
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. Approximately 500 Hospitalists will be inducted in the inaugural class of Fellows this May at Hospital Medicine 2009 in Chicago, IL.
