The Arnold P. Gold Foundation champions humanism in healthcare, which we define as clinically excellent care that is kind, safe, trustworthy care. This Gold standard of care embraces all and targets barriers to such care. We empower experts, learners, and leaders to together create systems and cultures that support humanistic care for all.

Leaders of humanism, have you registered yet?

Sign up now for the Gold Humanism Summit, the inspiring national conference of the Gold Foundation this September in Baltimore. (And don’t miss the special pre-conference Museum Workshop, limited to 50 people!)

Explore tools to align care with patient priorities

Through a new Gold collaboration with Patient Priorities Care, Gold Partners Council members now have access to four tools to identify and align care with what matters most to patients.

It’s White Coat Ceremony season!

The Gold Foundation is the home of the iconic White Coat Ceremony. Explore our toolkits for free templates and tips to make your event a success, plus request pins for your ceremony at least one month in advance.

NEWS

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation elects Trista Walker as Board Chair

July 1, 2025

Jefferson Health board member and BNO leader brings decades of strategic experience to historic chair role The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the leading nonprofit dedicated to humanism in healthcare — ... Read more

Dr. Rachel Cramton joins the Gold Board of Trustees as GHHS Advisory Council Chair-Elect

June 27, 2025

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Board Chair Richard C. Sheerr has announced a new appointee to the Board of Trustees: Dr. Rachel Cramton, Professor of Pediatrics and Program Director of ... Read more

Four medical students selected as 2025 Gold Student Summer Fellows

June 23, 2025

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is delighted to announce that four medical students have been selected as 2025 Gold Student Summer Fellows: Melanie Ambler of Stanford University School of Medicine, ... Read more

Three resident physicians named inaugural UCF-Gold Humanism in Medicine Awardees

June 18, 2025

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and Urology Care Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural UCF-Gold Humanism in Medicine Award for Residents and Fellows: Peris R. Castaneda, ... Read more

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup: A Focus on Kindness

May 12, 2025

The Gold Foundation is pleased to introduce Nora Jones, PhD, a Consulting Bioethicist and new editor of the Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup. Dr. Jones earned her PhD ... Read more

Smiling kind doctor with a young patient. Words say: JEFFREY SILVER HUMANISM IN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH ROUNDUP and A Focus on Kindness

Gold, JPX announce special humanism collection and open call for submissions

December 16, 2024

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, in collaboration with the Journal of Patient Experience, is pleased to announce a forthcoming special collection focused on humanism and patient experience in healthcare, exploring ... Read more

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Focusing on What Matters: Dr. Mary Tinetti on Patient Priorities Care

June 11, 2025

by Crystal Gwizdala Mary E. Tinetti, MD, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), is the co-creator of Patient Priorities Care. This age-friendly approach focuses healthcare and decision-making on what ... Read more

8 Questions with Dr. Nora Jones

April 30, 2025

“8 Questions” is a Gold Foundation series spotlighting members of the Gold community – doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals of all kinds, students, corporate and hospital leaders, patients, family members, Trustees, ... Read more

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Words of Wisdom for New Residents

August 15, 2022

July 1. In the medical world, this date marks an enormous transition, as newly minted physicians begin their residency training. This internship year is one of the most intense periods ... Read more

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