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Meet the 2024 GHHS Nominees

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Meet the 2024 GHHS Nominees

May 30, 2024
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2024 GHHS ceremony inductees posing for picture.
Nineteen BU medical student inductees at the May 23, 2024 GHH Induction Ceremony (standing) along with three resident inductees (sitting). Also in front row (sitting, starting second from left) Karen Symes, PhD, Ken Grundfast, MD, and Charles Tifft, MD

Twenty-nine members of the Class of 2025 were inducted into the Robert F. Russell, MD, ’46, Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. GHHS is a national society recognizing and supporting humanistic exemplars in medicine. This special recognition will be part of each student’s residency application. They are:

Ali Aijaz
Michael Batista
Neil Singh Bedi
Micaiah Bully
Jessica Chern
Matthew DePamphilis
Jillian Chen
Anna Cheng
Sherry Ershadi
Sanil Gandhi
David Hou
Melissa Hwang
Rohith Kariveda
Sara Khattab
James Kim
William Lau
Michelle Lazar
Brandon Li
Kendra Lujan
Nisha Mathur
Elyse Olesinski
Guadalupe Ramirez
Omar Rana
Anvitha Sathya
Nimish Saxena
Soobin Song
Noelle Wojciechowski
Nikki Zangenah
Melani Zuckerman

Additionally, medical students nominated the following six BMC residents into GHHS. Each resident also received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, based on their commitment to teaching and compassionate treatment of patients, families, students, and colleagues. This year’s resident inductees include:

  • Philip D. Hewes, MD, MPH
  • Karan Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD
  • Brenda Lin, MD
  • Paolo Mauricio, MD
  • Carly Taylor, MD, MPH
  • Lillian Zerihun, MD

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