The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) Advisory Council was created in September 2012 to support and further the mission of GHHS.
The GHHS Advisory Council advises and recommends policies and activities for GHHS to the staff and board of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The council also assesses and responds to members’ needs to further the mission of GHHS. The council meets four times a year, either via conference calls or at face-to-face meetings.
The Advisory Council is composed of students, residents, fellows, deans, institution officials, program directors, practicing physicians, GHHS Chapter Advisors, Tow Award winners, members at large, and a Trustee of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Policies and Procedures for Governance of the Gold Humanism Honor Society
| Role in GHHS | Member information |
|---|---|
| Chair | Rosemarie L. Fisher, MD Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Director and Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education Yale School of Medicine, Yale University |
| Chair-Elect Chair, Governance Committee | Patricia Sexton, DHEd, FNAOME Associate Dean for Curriculum, Department of Family Medicine Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Immediate Past-Chair | Gregory Cherr, MD Professor of Surgery DIO and Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo, the State University of New York |
| Co-chair, GHHS Humanism in Practice: Through Residency and Beyond Sub-committee | Cindy Chang, MD Fellow, Division of Emergency Medicine Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
| Co-chair, GHHS Humanism in Practice: Through Residency and Beyond Sub-committee Chapter Advisor | Aditi Singh, MD, FACP Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Associate Professor of Medicine Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Chair, GHHS Well-being Sub-Committee | Catherine Derber, MD, FACP Clerkship Director for Internal Medicine Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine Eastern Virginia Medical School |
| Co-chair, Chapter Affairs Committee | Elizabeth (Betsy) Toll, MD Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University |
| Chair, GHHS Program Committee | Rajitha D. Venkatesh, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Nationwide Children’s Hospital The Ohio State University College of Medicine |
| DIO | Miriam E. Bar-on, MD Assist. VP for GME and DIO Einstein Healthcare Network |
| Member at large-Faculty | Colleen Christmas, MD Director, Primary Care Leadership Track, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Chapter Advisor | Rachel Cramton, MD, FAAP, FHM Program Director Clinical Professor, Pediatrics Director of Pediatric Palliative Care University of Arizona College of Medicine- Tucson Banner University Medical Center- Diamond Children’s Medical Center |
| Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awardee | Alexander Diaz de Villa, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University |
| Program Director | Brian Lich, MD, DTM&H, FACP Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine University of Oklahoma |
| Trainee Member | Matthew Linz PGY1, Resident, General Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Program Director | Nicola “Nikki” Orlov, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program Clerkship Director, Pritzker School of Medicine |
| Trainee Member | Kathryn Quillen, MD – PGY1 Resident, West Virginia University West Virginia University Hospitals |
| Member at large-Faculty | Hellen Ransom, DHCE East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine Gold Connection Podcast Editor |
| Member at large | Carol Stanford, MD, FACP, FAAAC Associate Professor of Medicine University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Medical Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Clinic, Truman Medical Center |
| Trainee Member | Arvind Suresh, MD PGY1 Resident, University of California San Francisco |
| Member at large | Moez Aziz, MD, MS Resident Physician | Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine |
| Chapter Advisor | Taranjeet Ahuja, DO, MSEd Chair of Pediatrics, Plainview Hospital Northwell Health Director, Humanism in Medicine and Communications Co-Leader Associate Professor of Science Education & Pediatrics Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell |
| Chapter Advisor | Richard G. Holt, MD, MSEng, MPH, MABE, MSAM, D Bioethics Professor, Department of Clinical and Applied Science Education Professor, Master of Public Health Program Professor, Professionalism, Ethics, Spirituality, and Humanism Co-Advisor, Gold Humanism Honor Society chapter The University of the Incarnate Word School of Medicine San Antonio, Texas Professor Emeritus and Teaching Professor Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Faculty, The Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Faculty, The San Antonio Military Medical Center Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
| Trainee Member | Luigi Loizzo, Medical Student KCU-Kansas City, Class of 2025 College of Medicine National Mentorship Chair, PsychSIGN, American Psychiatric Association |
| Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awardee | Sarah Stumbar, MD, MPH Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Office of Medical Education Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Humanities, Health, and Society Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University |
| President/CEO - Ex-Officio Members without Voting Rights | Kathleen Reeves, MD The Arnold P. Gold Foundation |
| AVP, Gold Humanism Honor Society - Ex-Officio Members without Voting Rights | Louisa Tvito, MSW The Arnold P. Gold Foundation |