The 2019 Gold Humanism Summit – A Great Success!

The Gold Foundation held its inaugural Gold Humanism Summit at the Planetree International Conference on Patient-Centered Care in Orlando, Florida, October 27-30, 2019, and what an incredible convening it turned out to be!

All of our communities gathered together to share research and present on the impact of humanism in healthcare, both in education/training and in all the places where care is delivered.

The four-day event began with a Pre-conference Symposium where the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) and Mapping the Landscape (MTL) grantees shared their findings and details about the work they’ve conducted in their communities.

The General Session and Multi-Media Room Experience began on the second day and was full of incredible presentations on the direct impact of humanism in healthcare, best practice strategies to infuse humanism in care settings, and inspirational representations of the advocacy work that is happening every day.

The conference concluded with another unique experience, the Gold Executive Leadership Track, which provided valuable insight on how healthcare leadership across the healthcare ecosystem – corporate, hospital, community health centers, academic medical centers, and beyond – can systemically implement and model compassionate, collaborative, and scientifically excellent care in their daily work.

Read recaps and stories from the multi-session Gold Humanism Summit celebration of humanism in practice:

Pre-conference Symposium here
General Session and Multi-Media Room Experience here
Gold Executive Leadership Track here

Chair of GHHS Advisory Council, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Dr. Diva Bomgaars, Resident, University at Buffalo Family Medicine

Dr. Donald Brady, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Paul DeChant, Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Watson Health

Garry Clark, Executive Director of Marketing Services at Quest Diagnostics

Deb O’Hara Rusckowski, a Gold Foundation Board Member, Founder of Nurses with Global Impact, Delegate for the United Nations for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and one of the founders of the Global Strategic Operatives to Eradicate Human Trafficking, Inc

Dr. Alice Fornari, Vice President for Faculty Development at Northwell Health

Tara R. Shewchuk, Vice President & Deputy, Office of Ethics & Compliance, Medtronic with Marcus Engel, Author and Adjunct Professor, Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine, University of Notre Dame, and Elliott the Seeing Eye Dog

Dr. Nancy Oriol, recipient of the 2019 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz for Humanism in Healthcare award

Dr. Kyu Rhee, Vice President and Chief Health Officer at IBM Corporation and IBM Watson Health

Ryan Rumbarger, CVS Health, and Dr. George Thibault, Immediate Past President of the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation; Daniel D. Federman Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Emeritus

Dr. Wayne Riley, President, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University and Dr. Lawrence G. Smith, Dean, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; Executive Vice President and Physician-In-Chief, Northwell Health

Dr. Deborah German, Founding Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Joseph Moscola, PA, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer, Northwell Health

Steve H. Rusckowski, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Quest Diagnostics with Richard Sheerr, Chairman of the Board, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Humanism in healthcare can be recognizing that many patients come with burdens other than what they are seeking care for, but which affect their care nonetheless. They could be veterans, or domestic violence survivors or refugees or survivors of discrimination across transgender, religious and racial lines.

Read recaps and stories from the multi-session Gold Summit celebration of humanism and practice:

Pre-conference Symposium here
General Session and Multi-Media Room Experience here
Gold Executive Leadership Track here