Congratulations to Alex Thomas, MD, Katy Filson, MD, Han Li, MD and Zach Morgan, MD for completing SHM’s Academic Hospitalist Academy (AHA) Level 1. AHA provides academic hospitalists with the educational, scholarly, and professional development skills they need to advance their careers and continue on a pathway to success in academic hospital medicine. The program is primarily designed for junior hospitalists pursuing academic careers. During the course Drs. Thomas, Filson, Li, and Morgan learned how to be more effective teachers, understand the process necessary to create and disseminate scholarly work and steps needed for promotion within an academic institution