Gold Humanism Honor Society

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is a community of medical students, physicians, and other leaders who have been recognized for their compassionate care. GHHS reinforces and supports the human connection in healthcare, which is essential for the health of patients and clinicians.

GHHS is an active organization with a diverse membership. GHHS members in medical school lead initiatives that foster humanism, and GHHS members throughout their careers are expected to be humanistic leaders. A JAMA Network Open study of more than 50,000 medical students showed that GHHS is equitable in representation across Black, white, Hispanic, Native American, LGB, and female students, which is rare for a medical honor.

GHHS now has more than 180 chapters in medical schools and residency programs and more than 45,000 members. GHHS hosts many initiatives and events that are open to all, including Solidarity Week for Compassionate Care, Thank a Resident Day, the Gold Connection podcast, and Golden Glimmers. We are grateful to all members for their advocacy for humanism in healthcare. Thank you for your compassionate care – you are making a difference!

Apply to join the GHHS Advisory Council

The GHHS Nominating Committee is actively seeking Trainees (Student, Resident, Fellow), Chapter Advisors, and Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine awardees who have a serious interest in the flourishing of humanism in healthcare through the Gold Humanism Honor Society to serve on the GHHS Advisory Council. Apply or nominate a GHHS member today!

Apply to join a GHHS Sub-Committee

Consider deepening your role in GHHS by applying to join one of the four GHHS Advisory Council sub-committees: Chapter Affairs, Wellness, Program, Humanism in Practice: Through Residency and Beyond! Applications are now open and will close April 9 at 5pm ET. Learn more about the work of the committees and apply today!

2024 Gold Humanism Summit

Thank you to our amazing sponsors, exhibitors, speakers, and attendees for making the Summit a huge success! 

The 2024 Gold Humanism Summit: The Person in Front of You convened our many community members to explore best practices and strategies to fuel change and inspire action from Thursday, Feb. 29 to Saturday, March 2, in Atlanta, Georgia. All supporters of humanism in healthcare were welcome.

Learn more about the Summit.

Announcing the 2023-2024 GHHS Annual Initiative: The Gold Compass

We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 Gold Humanism Honor Society Annual Initiative: The Gold Compass: Using Humanism to Navigate Different Perspectives and Create Human-Centered Care.

This initiative invites GHHS members to act as leaders in creating opportunities or modeling the search for ways to interact with openness in civil discourse. Mitigating this divide—the separation we feel within ourselves and with one another—may have the power to reinforce the most essential components of what it means to be both a human and a healer.

We look to GHHS members, exemplars of humanism, to help humanize differing perspectives in healthcare. The goal of this initiative is to acknowledge that we live in a time with complex viewpoints and to seek to cultivate understanding and elevate the idea that within discourse lives humanity. Learn more and share your plans.