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The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation are now accepting nominations

The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation are now accepting nominations for the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare. Any foreign-born person based in the United States who works in healthcare, medicine, or public health advocacy and demonstrates a commitment to humanistic values is eligible to be nominated. The Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare includes an unrestricted $10,000 cash prize and will be presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Learn Serve Lead Meeting in November 2020.
The deadline for nominations is January 22, 2020, 5pm EDT. Nominate someone today, or help us share the news!
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2020 Pearl Hurwitz Humanism in Medicine Award Nomination

The Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award is presented annually to a woman who exemplifies humanism and has advanced, through her scholarship, advocacy, leadership or work, the well-being of vulnerable or underserved populations in the healthcare arena.

The nomination process for the 2020 Pearl Hurwitz Humanism in Medicine Award will be open through January 31, 2020.

If you’d like to nominate someone, please click here.

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Vilcek Gold Award Reception at the 2019 AAMC Photo Gallery

We were at the 2019 AAMC Annual Meeting: Learn Serve Lead and led many Gold sessions in Phoenix, including Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s fantastic talk and inaugural Vilcek-Gold Award. Check out photos from her lecture and the award reception!

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PennState Health Physician Writers Group Webinar
October 23, 2019
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is excited to have collaborated with our Gold Partners Council member Penn State to produce a PennState Health Physician Writers Group Thought Leadership Webinar about ... chevron_right Read more
Dr. Levin’s remarks at AACN’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
October 23, 2019
Gold Foundation President and CEO Dr. Richard I. Levin presented these keynote remarks at the Library of Congress on Saturday, October 19, 2019, in celebration of the American Association of ... chevron_right Read more
AAMC President Emeritus Dr. Darrell Kirch and Dean Lorraine Frazier of Columbia Nursing join the Board of Trustees
September 17, 2019
Richard C. Sheerr, Chairman of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, together with its President and CEO, Richard I. Levin, MD, announced today two new members have joined  its Board of ... chevron_right Read more
Dr. Nancy Oriol to be honored with the 2019 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award
August 29, 2019
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that 2019 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award will be presented to Dr. Nancy Oriol, a renowned anesthesiologist, innovator, educator, ... chevron_right Read more
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint whistleblower, receives inaugural award for immigrant healthcare leaders
May 20, 2019
Foreign-born pediatrician honored by Vilcek and Gold foundations for demonstrating extraordinary humanism in healthcare The Vilcek Foundation (New York, NY) and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation  (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) are ... chevron_right Read more
MSU's Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.
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2019 Summer Reading for Compassionate Clinicians
August 1, 2019
Each summer, we compile a list of intriguing new books that might help strengthen clinicians’ commitment to compassionate care of both patients and themselves. This list of 10 thought-provoking reads ... chevron_right Read more
At 2019 Bud Baldwin winner Middlesex Health, resident physicians are part of a small-town community
June 25, 2019
Each year, the Gold Foundation and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recognizes institutions that foster a respectful, humanistic environment for resident physicians by awarding the ACGME and ... chevron_right Read more
Middlesex Health
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
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