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As part of this year’s Gold Humanism Honor Society, the induction ceremony was held at the Indiana Landmarks Center on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. The IU School of Medicine chapter inducted 36 students, six residents, and four faculty. 

IU School of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society chapter inducts 46 new members

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Since 2005, the IU School of Medicine chapter of the national Arnold P. Gold Foundation Gold Humanism Honor Society has continued to grow. With more than 180 chapters in both medical schools and residency programs across the United States, the organization has more than 45,000 members.

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) acknowledges students, resident physicians, and faculty for their commitment to patient-centered medical care, as well as their integrity, respect, compassion, excellence, altruism, and empathy. Peers nominate students during their third year of medical school, while the IU School of Medicine GHHS Selection Committee determines the final selections.

Resident inductee Chiamara Anokwute, MD, said it best during this year’s GHHS induction ceremony, “To embody humanism is to see the individual, see the group, and find common ground for improving patient care and the well-being of those doing the caring. For me, that means having a singular purpose: to always do right by the patient with kindness and compassion.”

As part of this year’s Gold Humanism Honor Society, the induction ceremony was held at the Indiana Landmarks Center on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. The IU School of Medicine chapter inducted 36 students, six residents, and four faculty. The keynote address was given by W. Graham Carlos II, MD and the student address was given by Aish Thamba. The faculty advisors for the GHHS chapter are Ruben Hernandez, MD; Jean Molleston, MD, and Clark Simmons, MD.

 

Faculty Inductees

Pictured left to right: Jean Molleston, MD, chapter advisor; Ivan Hadad, MD; Jodie Meara, MD; Amy Han, PhD; Paul Wallach, MD, Executive Associate Dean for Educational Affairs.
Ivan Hadad, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Amy W. Han, PhD, Director of Clinical Education, IUSM-Northwest; Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Jodie M. Meara, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Emily C. Walvoord, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics


Resident Physician Inductees

Pictured left to right: Jean Molleston, MD, chapter advisor; Shaney Pena, MD; Michele Howenstine, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Education; Fares Elgendy, MD; Chiamara Anokwute, MD.

Chiamara Anokwute, MD, Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics

Fares Elgendy, MD, Internal Medicine

Ryan Kramer, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ajay Patel, MD, Neurosurgery

Shaney Pena, MD, Neurology

Joel Schroering, MD, General Surgery


Class of 2024 Student Inductees

Front row left to right: Jean Molleston, MD  (Chapter Advisor), Aish Thamba, Emily Barron, Genaro DeLeon, Angela Johnson, Kaitlin Wendel, Molly Frank, Adaline Heitz, Sophie Pardo, Abhipri Mishra, Sierra Froehlich, Tanvi, Asthana, Hendrik Greve, PhD, Asif Hossain, Maggie Holohan, Paul Wallach, MD (Executive Associate Dean for Educational Affairs). Second row left to right: Ana Feliciano, Natalie Cox, Madelynne Wright, Juliet Hardesty, David Kronenberger, Samuel Zike, Joey Ballard, Meera Patel, Ife Bolujo, Hannah Kline, PhD, Austin Natalie, Antonia Bartlett.

Hayley Drozd Andrew

Tanvi Asthana*

Joseph Ballard*

Emily Barron

Antonia Bartlett

Ifeoluwa Bolujo

Aysha Chaudhary

Jay Chopra

Angela Collins

Natalie Cox

Genaro DeLeon

Nirupama Devanathan

Megan Eigsti

Mary Ann Etling

Anna Feliciano

Molly Frank

Rylee Friel

Sierra Froehlich

Kelsey Fulton

Hendrik Greve

Juliet Hardesty

Adaline Heitz

Maggie Holohan*

Asif Hossain

Hannah Kline

Sai Sripad Kodukula

David Kronenberger

Abhipri Mishra

Austin Natalie

Sophia Pardo

Meera Patel

Aish Thamba*

Kaitlin Wendel

Madelynne Wright

Cynthia Wu

Samuel Zike

*Chapter Officers

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Mallory Meyer

Mallory Meyer is an editorial assistant in Medical Student Education. She is attending IUPUI to get her bachelor’s in English, specifically Professional & Public Writing. While this is her first writing job, she hopes to strengthen her skills and ultimately work for a publishing company as a book editor.

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