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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Gold Humanism Honor Society

The University of Nebraska School of Medicine Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society was founded in 2015 with support from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The UNMC chapter is part of the national Gold Humanism Honor Society that recognizes and supports humanistic exemplars in medicine. The inaugural class of medical students, residents, and faculty was elected and inducted in Spring 2015 and all joined together with the common aim of instilling a culture of respect, dignity, and compassion for patients and professionals at UNMC.

Being a member of the honor society is a significant honor and this status is recognized [by residency Program Directors as comparable to selection into other medical honor societies such as Alpha Omega Alpha.

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Chapter Activities

Arts in Medicine

Emotionally supporting a patient during their most difficult of times will always be an aspect of being a physician. This is an enormous honor, but can also take a toll on health care providers. On the other hand, experiencing powerful and uplifting moments in the hospital or clinic is also an aspect of being a physician. In order to help improve resiliency, we host a weekly journal club. These sessions start with a prompt given by Dr. Bud Shaw. Students take some time to write a response then share their writing with a group of students that may be dealing with similar situations. These sessions are a safe place for students to share burdens or difficulties they may face. It is our hope that through writing we can learn to better take care of our patients and ourselves. If interested or for more information, email the UNMC chapter.

Pen Pal Program

Members of the UNMC chapter sought ways to remain helpful in the medical field and in our local community during the COVID-19 pandemic and a Pen Pal Program for patients at Nebraska Medicine. The students write their well wishes to patients who may be facing difficulties and have them delivered every month. Patients have the option to write back to the students if they wish to keep the conversation going. We hope that these letters will help bring some joy into patients’ lives. Email for more information.

Resiliency Dinners

Several times a year, we organize dinners hosted by interested faculty for students. We aim to bring together medical students, residents and faculty in an effort to combat the compassion-fatigue that can develop in the process of our education, training, and careers. It is our hope that these dinners will be a forum through which we can discuss our experiences, give and receive advice, and support our fellow students and colleagues in every level of professional training. By supporting and growing with each other, we also mold each other into positive, compassionate people who prioritize advocacy for patients. Groups will be limited in size in order to preserve a sense of camaraderie and familiarity amongst attendees. Email for more information..

Sunday Rounds

The hospital is filled with a diverse array of patients. Some rooms are filled with family and friends, cards and pictures, balloons and flowers. Other rooms, unfortunately, remain empty. The goal of Sunday Rounds is to tend to these patients. We gather a group of volunteers to visit these patients, whether virtually or in person, twice monthly. This gives us the opportunity to listen, talk and support patients. Our hope is that a short visit from us will bring them some joy. One of the goals of the honor society is to foster compassionate, patient-centered care; we believe that visiting patients for the sole purpose of hearing how they are doing is a large step towards this goal. This project also gives students the opportunity to experience patient interaction early in their medical careers while providing patients with a much needed respite from the constant discussion of only their medical woes. Students from all four years of medical school are welcome and encouraged to participate in this project whenever they are able.Email for more information.

White Coat Ceremony

Each year, a member of our group gives a speech at the White Coat Ceremony for incoming first-year medical students emphasizing the importance of being compassionate when caring for patients. Each student also receives a letter written by us and a Gold Humanism pin for their white coats. This will serve as a reminder to continue to practice patient-centered care. Our goal is to instill the importance of patient-centered care early on in order to keep pushing students to be the best they can be for their patients.

Leadership

  • President: Kaitlyn Thompson
  • Vice President: Grace Kelly
  • Treasurer: Logan Baumberger
  • Secretary: Anna Dorhout

Membership

Medical Students

  • Nick Amendola
  • Joe Levey
  • Molly Antonson
  • Mikayla McKee
  • Jay Byrd
  • Kim Nguyen
  • Laura Ebers
  • Nam Nguyen
  • Jess Hack
  • Max Regester
  • Madison Han
  • Luke Siedhoff
  • Joe Kleinsmith
  • Jainaha Srikumar
  • Kennedy Kluthe
  • Currey Zalman

Residents

  • Anna Adamson, MD
  • Jennifer Luedders, MD
  • Rees Adomako, DO
  • Maxwell Lydiatt, MD
  • Geoffrey Allison, MD
  • Hannah Artz, MD
  • Kelli Mans, MD
  • Jared Baxter, MD
  • Haley Mathews, MD
  • Katie Berky, MD
  • Philip McCarthy, DO
  • Jana Binkley, MD
  • Samantha McGirr, MD
  • Mollie Brittan, MD
  • Frank Mezzacappa, MD
  • Justin Burr, MD
  • Andrew Nguyen, MD
  • Caleb Cave, MD
  • P. Jeremy Nguyen-Lee, MD
  • Michael Choi, MD
  • Joe Pachunka, MD
  • Cason Christensen, MD
  • Elsa Parr, MD
  • Dallin Christensen, MD
  • Jeremy Payne, MD
  • Madeline Cloonan, MD
  • Abby Riese, MD
  • Matthew Dorwart, MD
  • Evan Ryan, MD
  • Amy Dreessen, MD
  • RemyGrace Sass, MD
  • James Fagerland, MD
  • Blaine Schlawin, DO
  • Matthew Freeman, MD
  • Sophia Schneider, MD
  • Kassondra Frith, DO
  • Hannah Siel, MD
  • Natasha Gallett, MD
  • Alexandra Sorrick, MD
  • Jacob Givens, MD
  • Morgan Steffen, DO
  • Katelyn Haiar, MD
  • Jeffrey Wallman, MD
  • Kurtis Johnson, MD
  • Landon Withrow, MD
  • Matthew Kelly, MD
  • Brett Van Briggle, MD
  • Nora Kovar, MD
  • Nathan Van Winkle, MD
  • Terrance Kumar, MD
  • Debra Wekesa, MD
  • Joshua Lallman, MD
  • Nicholas Yeutter, MD
  • Raquel Lamarche, MD
  • Shelby Liesemeyer, MD

Faculty

  • Allison Ashford, MD, faculty adviser
  • Trek Langenhan, MD, faculty adviser
  • Riley Machal, MD
  • Lynn Mack, MD
  • Nate Anderson, MD
  • Arun (Chetaj) Mahabir, MD
  • Alёna Balasanova, MD
  • Elizabeth Mahal, MD
  • Sara Bares, MD
  • Katie Maliszewski, MD
  • Cody Bonk, MD
  • Jasmine Marcelin, MD
  • Stephen Brannan, MD
  • David Mercer, MD, PhD
  • Kelsie Cabrera, DO
  • Ryan Mullane, MD
  • Erin Cameron-Smith, MD
  • Alisha Nabower, MD
  • Amy Cannella, MD
  • Ramzy Nakad, MD
  • Don Coulter, MD
  • Chelsea Navarrette, MD
  • Laura Cudzilo-Kelsey, MD
  • Amy Neumeister, MD
  • Robert Cusick, MD
  • David O’Dell, MD
  • Mathew Day, MD
  • Prasanth Ravipati, MD
  • Hannah Donaldson, MD
  • Adam Reinhardt, MD
  • Kilie Donovan, MD
  • Sarah Richards, MD
  • Steven Ebers, MD
  • Kerry Rodabaugh, MD
  • Bryant England, MD, PhD
  • Deb Romberger, MD
  • Charity Evans, MD
  • Khalid Sahak, MD
  • Nada Fadul, MBBS
  • Ashish Sharma, MD
  • Wendy Grant, MD
  • Byers (Bud) W. Shaw, Jr., MD
  • Karisa Hajek, MD
  • Stephanie Sutton, MD
  • Cynthia Hernandez, MD
  • Diego Torres-Russotto, MD
  • Rachel Johnson, MD
  • TJ Welniak, MD
  • Andrea Jones, MD
  • Rae Witt, MD
  • William Lyons, MD
  • Jill Zabih, MD