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Academic Honors & Awards

Pritzker School of Medicine honors excellence in its students through Graduation with Honors and two national honor societies, the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical society and the Gold Humanism Society. For more information about these honor societies, please follow the links below:

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
• Gold Humanism Honor Society

Graduation with Honors

In order to qualify for Graduation with honors, students must have:

1. Demonstrated academic excellence
2. Demonstrated outstanding professionalism
3. Performed significant research while enrolled as a student in the medical school. Ordinarily, such research will have led to either publication of results in scientific journals, presentation of the research project at professional meetings or presentation at the Senior Scientific Session in May of Senior Year.

For questions about graduating with honors, please contact Dr. Halina Brukner, Associate Dean for Medical School Education.