Advisory Council and Committees - The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Who is Eligible to Serve on the Advisory Council?

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

Advisory Council Committees:

Executive Committee — functions as the administrative advisory committee for the GHHS, serving as an authority for the Advisory council between meetings, delegating responsibilities to committees, and reviewing new chapter applications.
Governance Committee — stewards the Policies and Procedures for Governance of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, examining issues that arise pertaining to governance of the GHHS, identifying a slate of candidates, and overseeing the selection process for vacancy positions on the Advisory Council and its committees.
GHHS Chapter Affairs Committee — dedicated to supporting the work of GHHS chapters around the world and promoting active, robust, humanistic communities in our member schools. It provides resources, support groups, and a place where Chapter Advisors and student leaders can troubleshoot challenges, find guidance and mentoring, and forge connections with GHHS students and leaders and the Gold Foundation staff.
GHHS Wellness Sub-Committee — aims to change the culture of wellness in medicine by identifying and addressing gaps in the physical, social, and emotional well-being of all healthcare professionals, to support colleagues and offer the best patient care.
Humanism in Practice: Through Residency and Beyond Sub-Committee — works on identifying ways for GHHS members who have left medical school to stay actively engaged with Gold Foundation programming. The mission of the GHHS Humanism in Practice Sub-committee is to promote networking and create spaces for meaningful engagement beyond medical school among GHHS alumni members.
Program Committee — works closely with GHHS staff in planning and implementing national programming for its chapters and the Gold community.

Current Advisory Council Members:

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, GHHS Chapter Affairs Committee	Steven Smith, PhD Student Affairs Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Department of Medical Education The University of Texas at Austin Dell 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