The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is delighted to announce that 11 extraordinary Gold Humanism Honor Society members will be awarded the National Humanism in Medicine Medal for helping to power the success of GHHS over its remarkable 20 years. These GHHS members are representative of the thousands of committed leaders…
Chosen because he, “treats every patient as a unique individual, embodies humanistic care and stands up for marginalized groups in his work with the UF Equal Access Clinic.” Read more here.
Submission about Torie: “One of my patients while on peds cardiology service was having a 5 year anniversary for his heart transplant the next day. I wanted to do something special for him, but sadly do not have any artistic abilities. I asked Torie if she could draw him a…
Third-year medical student shares his writing for World Poetry Day and for the Chapman Art and Literary Magazine. Story here.
Submission about Apara: “I am a resident physician here at UF and I’m emailing you to notify you about an exceptional student rotating with us on internal medicine, Apara Agarwal. Apara is following a patient who is both medically and socially complex – a gentleman with worsening multiple myeloma. He…
Submission about Sanaz: “Throughout my clerkship rotation with Sanaz, she routinely offered to help out other students by offering to go into long OR cases, or present difficult patients on rounds. She sacrificed her own clinic time (which she truly wanted to attend) in order to support other students and…
Submission about Alex: “I would like to nominate Alex Gitin for his compassion for his patients and his commitment to their care. While rotating on the internal medicine service in Jacksonville, I saw Alex go above and beyond for one of his patients. It was a patient who came into…
Submission about Alex: “During his pediatrics rotation, Alex took care of a patient who had a challenging home environment due to social circumstances. The patient was hospitalized for a couple of weeks and had no family or friends visit him during that time. Whenever Alex had free time after completing…
Class of 2021 student members Arnold Almaguer, Olgert Bardhi, Morgan Brazel, Nathan Burke, Adriana Della Porta, Sara Kennedy, and Shelby Murphy received awards at the annual College of Medicine Honors Convocation. “These awards celebrate the students who exemplify the best among us,” said Dr. Shelley Collins, who oversaw the event.
“Dr. Turner has truly gone above and beyond to inspire, teach, and shape us,” said fellow society member and Class of 2021 Vice President, Aalekhya Tenali* when presenting the 2021 Faculty Hippocratic Award. Read the full Doctor Gator story here. *Aalekhya Tenali was herself the recipient of the 2021…
