Brianne Alcala, Author at The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Gold Foundation to honor four visionary leaders with 2023 National Humanism in Medicine Medals

March 3, 2023

Irene Zampetoulas, MPA

Annual Gala set for June 20 in New York City to recognize foremost leaders in healthcare, government, and social impact The Arnold P. Gold Foundation will recognize four healthcare leaders … Read more

A row of headshots, left to right: Dr. Gina Brown, Dr. Richard Levin, Dr. Louis Sullivan, Dr. Eileen Sullivan-Marx

Announcing the winning artwork for the GHHS 20th Anniversary Tote Bag

February 27, 2023

We’re excited to announce the winning artwork of the GHHS 20th Anniversary Tote Bag, designed by Sumana Mahata, a fourth-year medical student at UC San Diego School of Medicine. She … Read more

Snapshot of 2023 Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care

February 17, 2023

This year’s Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care, hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society, saw an amazing amount of activities and sharing on Instagram. The images and videos below … Read more

Episode 11: Gold Student Summer Fellowship: Virtual Reality Training for CNAs Caring for Patients with Dementia

February 8, 2023

The Gold Connection is produced by the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Listen above or at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast, RadioPublic, and … Read more

Episode 9: Gold Student Summer Fellowship: Mobile care for new mothers in rural Vermont

January 26, 2023

Gold Human InSight Webinar: Trauma-Informed Care as Person-Centered Care

January 23, 2023

This new Gold Human InSight Webinar, titled “Trauma-Informed Care as Person-Centered Care,” features Dr. Sadie Elisseou, primary care physician in the Boston VA healthcare system, a Clinical Instructor of Medicine … Watch

GHHS Northeast Regional Conference at PCOM to be held March 11

January 11, 2023

Join fellow advocates of humanism in exploring the importance of compassion and emotional competency in today’s medical climate. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Chapter of GHHS is hosting … Read more

Gold Human InSight Webinar: Nursing Leadership Panel

January 9, 2023

This Gold Human InSight Webinar features a Nursing Leadership Panel on the “Delivery of Humanistic Community-Based and Community-Responsive Care.” This presentation was taped live at the 2022 Planetree International Conference … Watch

Join the 2023 Solidarity Week and Thank a Resident Day celebrations

January 6, 2023

Each February, the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) hosts two major inspiring events of humanism: Solidarity Week of Compassionate Patient Care and Thank a Resident Day. We invite all GHHS … Read more

“Aha” moment: Discovering the hidden experience of spiritual distress in illness

November 28, 2022

The Gold Humanism Honor Society put out a call as its Golden Glimmer #11 for GHHS members and all those interested in healthcare to share their “aha” moments: When was … Read more

8 Questions with …. Allison Breininger

November 21, 2022

Gold Foundation Staff

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

Mona Fouad, MD, MPH, winner of the 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare, recognized for her contributions to health equity research

November 13, 2022

AAMC

In Birmingham, like in the town outside of Alexandria, Egypt, Fouad recognized that social issues contributed to poor health outcomes in underserved communities, an idea that was not widely accepted at the time. Many fellow physicians and researchers told her that health disparities work was not really contributing to medical science, and that it was only “feel-good community work.” “Even hearing these things, I persisted,” she said. Read more

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – October 2022

October 28, 2022

Bharat Kumar, MD

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 … Read more

Episode 7: Helping Women Physicians Thrive with Dr. Tammie Chang and Dr. Luisa Duran

September 29, 2022

Gold Foundation Staff

The Gold Connection: A Gold Humanism Honor Society Podcast In Episode 7, join us for a special episode of the Gold Connection in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month, which … Read more

Headshots of Dr. Tammie Chang and Dr. Luisa Duran with the words "Episode #7" and "Healing Women Physicians Thrive"

Q&A with two authors of JAMA Open landmark study on GHHS demographics

September 7, 2022

Brianne Alcala

The Gold Foundation interviewed lead author Katherine Hill and senior author Dr. Dowin Boatright to learn more about new research showing few disparities across GHHS membership Gold Foundation Editor in … Read more

Landmark study finds GHHS selection is equitable for medical students from many marginalized groups

The first study to look closely at Gold Humanism Honor Society membership in medical schools across four categories – race/ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, and childhood family income – found selection … Read more

2022 AFMC–Gold Humanism Lecture

August 26, 2022

In this video, Dr. Martina Ann Kelly delivers the 2022 AFMC-Gold Humanism Lecture at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education. A visionary leader, Dr. Kelly was presented the 2022 AFMC–Gold … Watch

Screenshot of Dr. Martina Kelly at the podium

2022 Gold Foundation Reading List for Compassionate Clinicians

August 25, 2022

Brianne Alcala

Each year, the Gold Foundation compiles a list of great reads for clinicians who care about the human experience of illness, who care about caring in their role as a … Read more

Addressing Vaccine Deliberations: Video Insights

August 20, 2022

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5th Anniversary of the Gold Corporate Council

August 12, 2022

This video celebrates the five remarkable years of the Gold Corporate Council, a group of leading healthcare companies that support the mission of humanism in healthcare. In 2022, the Gold … Watch

20th Anniversary of the Gold Humanism Honor Society

The Gold Foundation celebrates 20 remarkable years of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Hear from Gold Co-Founder Dr. Sandra Gold and others who were there from the beginning, plus GHHS … Watch

Announcing the 2023 retirement of Gold President & CEO Dr. Richard I. Levin

July 11, 2022

A letter from Board Chairman Richard Sheerr: I am writing today with news about our President and CEO, Dr. Richard I. Levin, who has been at the helm of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation since 2012. Rich will be retiring from the Gold Foundation in June 2023, after 11 distinguished years guiding the leading nonprofit organization of humanism in healthcare. Read more

2022 Healing the Heart of Healthcare Conference explores how we listen, connect and collaborate

May 27, 2022

Nancy Young

The 2022 Healing the Heart of Healthcare Conference, hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), drew hundreds of healthcare professionals and students from around the world to a virtual … Read more

Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Ceremony recording honoring Dr. Ruby Mendenhall

March 31, 2022

This special virtual ceremony, which celebrated Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, the 2021 recipient of the Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award, was held on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Gold President … Watch

Statement in support of Ukraine and humanism

March 14, 2022

These tumultuous and uncertain times demand of us the greatest possible expression of humanism. As Dr. George Thibault, Trustee of the Gold Foundation, has said in his defining essay on … Read more

Quote by Trustee Dr. George Thibault “It will be hard to have humanism in medicine if there is no humanism in the world around us.”

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