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.

Announcing the 2020 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award honorees

The Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2020 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award will be presented to Hoonani (Nani) Cuadrado, Director of Valley Health Partners (VHP) Street Medicine in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Ms. Cuadrado, a physician assistant, is a leader in street medicine and trafficking prevention and a survivor ally. Two remarkable women were named honorable mentions: Dr. Chinazo Cunningham of Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Dr. Ann Garment of Bellevue Hospital/NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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COVID-19 tools to use and share

To all of our Gold partners, we have curated resources to help support you in this pandemic. We invite you to use and share these tools with your healthcare team, students, constituents, and customers for free during the COVID-19 crisis. One of the featured tools is our Tell Me More® for COVID-19 free downloadable kit.

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Humanism and Healing: Structural Racism and its Impact on Medicine

Gold Humanism Honor Society announces its 2020 National Initiative, which encourages members to use their leadership roles to start or extend conversations about racism and its impact on medicine/healthcare in their local communities and beyond. The launch coincides with the debut of Gold Connection: A GHHS Podcast. The first episode features four GHHS representatives in a conversation around racism in medicine. Listen on Apple iTunes or Spotify.

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NEWS
Siemens Healthineers joins the Gold Corporate Council
September 24, 2020
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that Siemens Healthineers, an innovative medical technology company, has joined the Gold Corporate Council, a group of leading healthcare corporations that have a commitment to humanism in healthcar
Education lawyer Dr. Barbara A. Lee & Emory Professor Dr. Kimberly D. Manning join the Gold Board of Trustees
September 5, 2020
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Board Chair Richard C. Sheerr has announced two new appointees to the Board of Trustees: Kimberly D. Manning, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Emory University School of Medicine and a leading voice of humanism in academic medicine, and Barbara A. Lee, PhD, a lawyer with deep expertise in higher education and the Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management at Rutgers University.
Gold Foundation releases its 2019 Annual Report
August 27, 2020
The 2019 Annual Report is a snapshot of a landmark year for The Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
Dr. Patricia Garcia selected as the 2020 Gold Humanism in Medicine Award at the AAMC recipient
August 24, 2020
Together with the AAMC, the Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2020 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award at the AAMC.
Humanism in healthcare demands we address racism
June 3, 2020
As a leader of humanism in healthcare, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation condemns racism and call upon us all, in this fraught and historic moment, to help correct the long-standing inhumanity that harms people of color.
New Humanism in Health and Healthcare online course available for free at NextGenU.org
April 29, 2020
Developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine, the competency-based course can be easily used by medical and nursing schools or individual students around the globe.
BLOG
Icahn medical students create PEERS program to foster resilience and community
September 1, 2020
Co-founders of PEERS, a well-being program for medical trainees at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, share tips for institutions interested in starting their own student-led support program.
Q&A with professors of Humanism in Health & Healthcare course live cohort
August 7, 2020
Earlier this year, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation launched the free virtual course “Humanism in Health and Healthcare,” developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine and ... chevron_right Read more
Led by medical students, Faces of the Frontline project shares stories of clinicians caring in the COVID-19 crisis
July 30, 2020
Faces of Frontlines is digital campaign that began at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic “to amplify the voices of those keeping us safe.” Learn more in this Q&A with two of the campaign's student leaders.
#ColoringCare pages by GHHS member Dr. Mike Natter
May 5, 2020
Coloring and creative expression can be cathartic, and the ongoing COVID crisis calls for both a celebration of our healthcare professionals and calming activities that help us all get through ... chevron_right Read more
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