Gold Humanism Honor Society

The Gold Humanism Honor Society recognizes those students who have demonstrated outstanding personal/interpersonal characteristics in their interactions with fellow students, teachers, staff, and patients and/or their families. The Larner College of Medicine chapter was established in 2005.

Gold Humanism Honor Society Pledge

I pledge by all that I hold dear as a Physician:

  • I will Care for my patients with Compassion, Respect, Empathy, Integrity and Clinical
    Excellence;
  • I will Listen to my patients with my whole being;
  • I will Advocate for each patient as a unique individual;
  • I will Serve as a role model and mentor to promote humanism in health care;
  • I will Remember always the healing power of acts of  caring;
  • I will Dedicate myself to joining with others to make health care optimal for all.

(Gold Humanism Website, 2016)

Purpose

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to recognize those students who have demonstrated outstanding personal/interpersonal characteristics in their interactions with fellow students/teachers/staff and/or patients and their families. 

Selection

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The selection of students for this honor is obtained from students within the class using a peer evaluation survey and from members of our faculty and staff.

Induction

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Approximately fifteen percent of the rising fourth-year class will be inducted. Students are inducted at a dinner during the Honors Night banquet in May. Selection of GHHS students are announced to all students and faculty, indicated in the MSPE, and acknowledged at graduation. 

Committment

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As our students have been highly involved in community service activities, it is particularly likely that those selected for membership in the GHHS will embrace the idea of establishing an ongoing project that will advance the ideals of the Society in our community.

Current Committee Members

Voting Members

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  • Appointed Larner GHHS Faculty Members:
    • Jeremiah Dickerson, MD
    • Jonathan Flyer, MD
    • Andrea Green, MD (Chair, GHHS Faculty Councilor)
    • Elizabeth Landell, MD
    • Heidi Schumacher, MD
  • Current M4 GHHS Student Members

Ex-officio/Non-voting Members

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  • Jennifer Clementi, MD (Assistant Dean for Students – CT Campus)  
  • Karen George, MD, MPH (Associate Dean for Students)
  • Jonathan Rosen, MD (Associate Dean for Medical Education – CT Campus, GHHS Member)
  • Kiersten Tavares, M.Ed. (GHHS Admin Support)
  • Christa Zehle, MD (Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, GHHS Member)

Class of 2025 GHHS Members

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  • Anupama Balasubramanian
  • Ty Bever
  • Jack Braidt
  • Max Breidenstein
  • Charlotte Evans
  • Michelle Falcone
  • Callan Gravel-Pucillo, Vice President
  • Justin Henningsen
  • Ana Homick
  • Elizabeth Kelley, President
  • Heather Kettlewell
  • Casey Krueger
  • Tyler McGuire
  • Karena Nguyen
  • Neeki Parsa
  • Javier Rincon, Secretary
  • Faith Robinson
  • Ashwini Sarathy
  • Paige Song, Treasurer
  • Jared Stone

Class of 2026 GHHS Members

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  • Adama Aja
  • Tucker Angier
  • Haley Bayne
  • Julia Bernier
  • Jeyna Doshi
  • Jenna Eaton
  • Callan Gravel-Pucillo*
  • Ana Homick*
  • Molly Hurd
  • Christopher Kruglik
  • Jasmine Liu
  • Henry Mitchell
  • Neeki Parsa*
  • Shrey Patel
  • Kara Pflaster
  • Surya Radhakrishnan
  • Krystal Ramos Barrera
  • John Rustad
  • Shruthi Santhanakrishnan
  • Susanna Schuler
  • Katie Waeldner
  • Meron Yishak
  • Cole Zweber
  • Heather Kettlewell*
  • Javier Rincon*
  • * = Inducted in 2024, with Class of 2025

Award Criteria

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  • Previous Tow faculty awardees become eligible for selection 5 years after previous award.
  • House staff and residents are not eligible for the award.
  • Posthumous awards are not permitted.
  • Self-nomination is not permitted.
  • It is highly likely that the student Tow awardee will be a member of GHHS, since the Tow Award recognizes the premier exemplars of humanism in medicine. However, a fair and equitable nomination and selection process should draw from the entire body of graduating medical students, regardless of GHHS membership.
  • Faculty Tow awardees are expected to be available to support local GHHS chapter activities.

Prior Faculty Recipients

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  • Heather A. Bradeen, MD (2024)
  • Jeremiah E. Dickerson, MD (2023)
  • Timothy Patrick Lahey, MD, MMSC (2022)
  • Devika Singh, MD (2021)
  • Anya S. Koutras, MD (2020)
  • Lauren K. MacAfee, MD (2019)
  • Anne Dougherty, MD (2018)
  • Marvin Klikunas, MD (2017)
  • Candace Fraser, MD (2016)
  • Alicia Veit, MD, F.A.A.P. (2015)
  • Evan Eyler, MD (2014)
  • Ursula McVeigh, MD (2013)
  • Christa Zehle, MD (2012)
  • David Mooney, MD (2011)
  • Peter Cataldo, MD (2010)
  • Florian Foerg, MD (2009)
  • Allan Ramsay, MD (2008)  
  • Steven Grant, MD (2007)
  • Robert Macauley, MD (2006)
  • Richard Pinckney, MD (2005)
  • Geoffrey Tabin, MD (2004)
  • John Saia, MD (2003)
  • Neil Hyman, MD (2002)
  • Barbara Grant, MD (2001)
  • Alan Rubin, MD (2000)
  • Tania Bertsch, MD (1999)

Prior Student Recipients

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  • Nathaniel “Than” Peterson Moore, MD (2024), Emergency Medicine Resident, University of Vermont Medical Center
  • Sean Muniz, MD (2023), Pediatric Medicine Resident, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Noorin Ali Damji, MD (2022), Psychiatry Resident, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
  • Christina Alexandria Dawson, MD (2021), Pediatrics Resident, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Eli Goldberg, MD (2020), Family Medicine Resident, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
  • Caroline Krumholz Linehan, MD (2019), Family Medicine Resident, Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, WA
  • Kelley Collier, M.D. (2018), Family Medicine, U Colorado SOM-Denver, Aurora, CO
  • Robin Leopold, MD (2017), Anesthesiology, U North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Mutlay Sayan, MD (2016), Preliminary Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT & Radiation Oncology, Rutgers-R W Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Jessie Evangelista, MD (2015), Pediatrics, NYP Hospital-Weill Cornell Med Ctr, New York, NY
  • Peter Cooch, MD (2014), Pediatrics – Primary, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • Idil Aktan, MD (2013), Internal Medicine, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • Melissa Marotta Houser, M.D. (2012)
  • Casey B. Johnson (2011)
  • Yana R. Wirengard (2010)
  • Ginny Van Duyne, M.D. (2009)
  • Whitney N. Casares (2008)
  • Sahir Kalim (2007)
  • Jason Heiner (2006)
  • Deb Gargiulo (2005)
  • Gelareh Abedi (2004)
  • Omar A. Khan (2003)

Gold Humanism Honor Society Advisor

Andrea Green, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont • UVM Larner College of Medicine GHHS Chapter Faculty Advisor