Gold Humanism Honor Society
The Gold Humanism Honor Society honors senior medical students, residents, role-model physician teachers for “excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.” Election to the Gold Humanism Honor Society is a significant achievement and represents a superior commitment to the fundamental values that underlie the medical profession, including:
- Integrity and sound moral reasoning
- Respect for others from all stations of life
- A willingness to engage in supportive patient interaction/advocacy
- The ability to establish communicative relationships that focus on listening and understanding
- An ability to learn from life experiences in the face of adversity, to maintain compassion, concern, respect, integrity, and a commitment to humanistic values and goals.
Nominations are accepted from peers and considered by the interdisciplinary Selection Committee which consists of administration, staff, nurses, physicians, residents, and students.
The Gold Humanism Honor Society was first conceived in the late 1990s. Last year, the Pritzker School of Medicine became a chapter, bringing the total number of medical schools in the United States and Canada with such chapters to forty-five.
The following members of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Class of 2005 were elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society:
Kristin Adams, MD
University of Chicago Hospitals - Medicine Preliminary
Massachusetts General Hospital - Anesthesiology
Chinyere Azuogu, MD
Children's Hospital of Boston - Pediatrics
Albert Chao, MD
Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Plastic Surgery
Peter Chien, MD
University of Illinois Medical Center - Psychiatry
Erica Delgado, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center - Primary Care Medicine
Joy Elion, MD
Northwestern University Medical Center - Pediatrics
Kellee Gooden, MD
University of Chicago Hospitals - Medicine Preliminary
Schwab Rehabilition Hospital - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Manu Goyal, MD
Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Neurology
Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital - Internal Medicine
Sarah Lee, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center - Internal Medicine
Kevin Long, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital - Pathology
Amy McCammond, MD
Stanford University Medical Center - Pediatrics
Matthew Santore, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -General Surgery
John Stracks, MD
University of Michigan Medical Center - Family Practice
William Ward, MD
Oregon Health Sciences Center Medical Center Internal Medicine
Aaron York, MD
Stanford University Medical Center - Psychiatry
Jennifer Zumsteg, MD
University of Washington Hospitals -Physical Medicine & Rehabilitaiton
Additionally, congratulations to Mindy Schwartz, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and career advisor in the Pritzker School of Medicine, who joins the ranks of the Gold Humanism Honor Society as a faculty member.
