Dr. Kathleen Reeves is the President and CEO of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the leading national nonprofit organization that champions humanism in healthcare. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Her specialties include the human connection in healthcare, ethics, trauma-informed care, substance misuse, urban health, healthcare professions education, and health equity.
She spent 20 years at the Katz School of Medicine before taking the helm of the Gold Foundation. Her leadership positions there included Founding Director, Center for Urban Bioethics; Chair, Department of Urban Health and Population Science; Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs; and inaugural Senior Associate Dean for the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. She is a Gold Humanism Honor Society member and was previously recognized as an Honorable Mention for the Gold Foundation’s Pearl Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award.
Dr. Reeves earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Juniata College, graduated from the Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, and completed her Pediatric Residency at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is board certified in both general pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine and continues to practice as a pediatric hospitalist.
She speaks nationally at conferences and on podcast shows on modern issues surrounding humanism in healthcare and how to create kind, safe, trustworthy care. She is the current Guest Editor of a Journal of Patient Experience Special Collection: The Intersection of Humanism in Healthcare and Patient Experience.
Dr. Reeves resides outside of Philadelphia with her husband, Edisio, who is a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. They have two children, Ben and Ann.
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More from Dr. Reeves
- Updating the Definition for Humanism in Healthcare — Journal of Patient Experience
- Improve Healthcare Facilities By Creating Human-Centered Spaces — Facility Executive Magazine
Hear Dr. Reeves in conversation:
- The Measure of Everyday Life (WNCU) — Healthcare and Humanism
- Raise the Line Podcast — Humanism Improves Healthcare for Providers and Patients: Dr. Kathy Reeves, President and CEO of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
- Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda — Impact of Humanistic Care on Healthcare Providers and Patient Outcomes with Dr. Kathy Reeves
- Passionate Pioneers Podcast with Mike Biselli — Fostering Humanism in Healthcare with Dr. Kathy Reeves
- Compassion & Courage Podcast with Marcus Engel — Promoting Humanism in Healthcare with Dr. Kathy Reeves