Dr. Eric E. Howell, MD, MHM, is the CEO of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Prior to his role as SHM CEO in July of 2020, Dr. Howell was faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for twenty years. At Johns Hopkins, he held the rank of Professor of Medicine and, at the time of his departure, held numerous leadership titles including Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview, Section Chief for Hospital Medicine at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Vice-Chair for Inpatient Quality at Johns Hopkins Bayview, and Co-Chair of the Associate Professors Promotion Committee for the School of Medicine.
Dr. Howell trained for his Electrical Engineering Degree at the University of Maryland at College Park in 1992 and received his MD degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1996. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview, where he spent an additional year as Chief Resident. Upon completing residency in 2000, Dr. Howell remained at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for twenty years, becoming Professor of Medicine in 2016.
During his tenure at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Howell received numerous awards and accolades inside and outside of the University. These include the Johns Hopkins “Professor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching”, the Society of Hospital Medicine’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety. For his recognition as a clinician of excellence, Johns Hopkins inducted Dr. Howell in the Johns Hopkins Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence in 2010. For his numerous contributions to hospital medicine, both inside and outside of SHM, Dr. Howell was selected as a Master of Hospital Medicine by SHM in 2016.
Since 2000, Dr. Howell’s professional home has been the Society of Hospital Medicine. Prior to becoming CEO, his contributions as an SHM member include the Leadership Academies, where he has played important roles since the inception, including developing the Academies in 2004, serving as faculty since inception, and most recently as Course Director. Dr. Howell was on the Board of Directors from 2009-2015 and served as Board President. Dr. Howell helped build SHM’s Center for Quality Improvement, where he helped garner millions of dollars in funding and provided clinical expertise. From 2018-2020, Eric Howell was the Chief Operating Officer for SHM, while m
