Ryan Chippendale, MD, Receives Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

Ryan Chippendale, MD, has been chosen the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. This award is presented to faculty who best demonstrate the foundation’s ideals of outstanding compassion in the delivery of care, respect for patients, their families and health-care colleagues, as well as clinical excellence.

A graduate of the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Dr. Chippendale completed her internal medicine residency, chief medical residency and geriatric medicine fellowship at Boston Medical Center (BMC). She serves as assistant professor of medicine, director for the Advanced Internal Medicine Clerkship, and course director for the Internal Medicine Bootcamp Elective at BUSM.

An attending physician in the section of geriatrics at Boston Medical Center (BMC), she provides care to vulnerable older adult patients in home, clinic and geriatrics inpatient service settings. She also is a core faculty member for the Primary Care Training Program and the geriatrics subspecialty education coordinator for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at BMC.

Her educational research focuses on advanced communication skills training for medical students and residents, and in optimizing transitions from medical school to residency training. She has received multiple Excellence in Teaching awards from BMC’s Internal Medicine Residency Program and earlier this year was awarded the Junior Faculty Mentorship Award by the Department of Medicine in recognition of her dedication to mentoring students, residents and faculty peers.

One of her colleagues wrote: “Dr. Chippendale is a fantastic educator whose compassion is contagious.”

Another said, “She is extremely supportive of students and involved students in decision-making around patient care.”

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is a public, nonprofit organization founded by Drs. Arnold and Sandra Gold to perpetuate the tradition of the caring doctor by emphasizing the importance of the relationship between the practitioner and the patient. Our objective is to help physicians-in-training become doctors who combine the high tech skills of cutting edge medicine with the high touch skills of effective communication, empathy and compassion.