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 … 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.” – … 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 … 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 … Read more

Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull

Q&A with Stuart Chizzik, new Chief Development Officer

January 30, 2019

Stuart Chizzik joined The Arnold P. Gold Foundation in January 2019 as Chief Development Officer. He brings deep experience in philanthropy, gift planning, and nonprofit management and a passion for … Read more

Gold Student Summer Fellow launches Patient Navigator Program at University of Miami student-run clinic

January 29, 2019

By Reina Pattner At the University of Miami’s student-run clinic, a new Patient Navigator Program delivers humanistic medical care to people who inject drugs by linking them to community resources … Read more

Gabriella Amaya (left), Atoofa Baig (not pictured), and Heidi Iskander (not pictured) are senior BSN students at University of Miami who serve as patient navigators for the Patient Navigation Program - the result of a Gold Student Summer Fellowship awarded to Hardik Patel (right), director of the Patient Navigation Program and a second-year MD/MPH student. (Credit: IDEA Wound Care Clinic)

“E” is for Explore: Considering your options & how you make decisions

October 30, 2018

by Karen Knops, MD Good partnerships are built on clear communication. In our A-S-C-E-N-D framework, designed to help create strong and helpful communication during health appointments, our focus so far … Read more

ASCEND title page: "E" for Explore

Through his art, Penn State cardiologist and Tow awardee Joseph Gascho spotlights patients and healthcare colleagues

August 29, 2018

As a cardiologist and a photographer, Joseph Gascho has combined those worlds into art that illuminates patients and his fellow healthcare colleagues as human beings. Dr. Gascho is a cardiologist … Read more

Dr. Joseph Gascho with portraits of patients

Reflections on my first white coat

August 24, 2018

This essay was first posted on the Baylor College of Medicine website and is reprinted with permission of the college. By Trevor Jamison, MS1 at Baylor College of Medicine It … Read more

MS1 Trevor Jamison, center, at Baylor’s 2018 White Coat Ceremony

Review of “You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor’s Stories of Life, Death and in Between” by Daniela Lamas, MD

August 22, 2018

Nicole Napolitano

Daniela Lamas, MD is a pulmonary and critical care doctor practicing at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and is a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School. In her first … Read more

Book cover of "You Can Stop Humming Now" by Daniela Lamas, MD

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