The Arnold P. Gold Foundation infuses the human connection into healthcare. We engage schools, health systems, companies, and individual clinicians in the joy and meaning of humanistic healthcare, so that they have the strength and knowledge to ensure patients and families are partners in collaborative, compassionate, and scientifically excellent care.

Register now for the Gold Humanism Summit

Join us for an inspiring conference this fall! Registration is now open for the 2019 Gold Humanism Summit at Planetree’s International Conference on Person-Centered Care, Oct. 28-30 at Orlando, Florida. GHHS members and MTL grantees are invited to a special pre-conference symposium Oct. 27-28. Healthcare executives may attend an exclusive Gold Executive Leadership Track on Oct. 30, with an opening reception Oct. 29.

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2019 National Humanism in Medicine Medal honorees

On June 13, at our 2019 Golden Thread Gala, we celebrated the 2019 recipients of the National Humanism in Medicine Medal:

  • Elaine Adler, entrepreneur, community activist and internationally recognized patient advocate
  • Anna Quindlen, bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and social critic
  • Dr. George Thibault, eminent professor, physician and leader in medical education

We are grateful to our many supporters who make our work possible and sustain our mission of keeping healthcare human. Click for the full list, and thank you!

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Gold Foundation 2019 National Humanism in Medicine Medals

Dr. Hanna-Attisha named the first Vilcek-Gold Award winner

The Vilcek and Arnold P. Gold Foundations are pleased to announce the inaugural recipient of the Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanim in Healthcare – Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician and public health advocate who exposed the Flint water crisis. This new award honors a foreign-born individual for their extraordinary impact on humanism in healthcare in the United States.

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Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – May 2019
May 23, 2019
The Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features summaries of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. To receive email notification of new studies once per month, enter your information here and select “Jeffrey Silver Research Roundup” ... chevron_right Read more
For sixth year, AACN & Gold Foundation to expand White Coat Ceremony to more nursing schools
May 6, 2019
This announcement was first posted on May 7,2019, on the AACN website. In a continued partnership with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), The Arnold P. Gold Foundation ... chevron_right Read more
Dr. Turnbull receives AFMC-Gold honor at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education
April 16, 2019
April 14, 2019—Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull, the Medical Director of the Ottawa Inner City Health Project and Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, was awarded the first AFMC-Gold Humanism ... chevron_right Read more
From left, Dr. Brian Postl, chair of AFMC; Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull, inaugural recipient of the AFMC-Gold Humanism Award, and Board; and Dr. Geneviève Moineau, President and CEO of AFMC on April 14, 2019 at the CCME in Niagara Falls
Preventing physician burnout by Health Design Thinking
March 21, 2019
by Kristy Shine, MD, PhD, Geoffrey Hayden MD, Ellen Lupton and Bon Ku, MD, MPP Physician burnout, now declared a public health crisis, demands action. A recent study found that “physicians ... chevron_right Read more
2019 DeWitt C. Baldwin Jr. Award presented to 3 institutions
March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019 — The DeWitt C. Baldwin Jr. Award, in its fourth year, is presented by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and The Arnold P. Gold ... chevron_right Read more
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A choiceless choice: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha on standing up and speaking out
May 28, 2019
This story was first published on The Vilcek Foundation website. For Flint whistleblower Mona Hanna-Attisha, speaking up for the city’s children was “a choiceless choice,” she says. When the pediatrician ... chevron_right Read more
Photo courtesy of MSU Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine
“N” is for Next Steps
April 25, 2019
by Karen Knops, MD “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip-toe if you must, but take a step.” – ... chevron_right Read more
GHHS members unveil new mural at Bellevue Hospital
April 19, 2019
“The soul’s ability to nourish itself lies in the heart.” This quote by Aristotle now lives on a painted wall in the Coronary Care Waiting Room at Bellevue Hospital, thanks to ... chevron_right Read more
Q&A with Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull, inaugural AFMC-Gold Humanism Award recipient
April 11, 2019
This article was originally published on the uOttawa website. Dr. Jeff Turnbull doesn’t spend very much time at Ottawa Inner City Health’s (OICH) administrative office in Lowertown. This is evident ... chevron_right Read more
Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull
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