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The humanistic side of medicine is continuing to flourish at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The TCOM chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation inducted 34 students and two faculty members into the Gold Humanism Honor Society during a recent ceremony on the UNTHSC campus.

The students, all members of the Class of 2026, were chosen for their outstanding humanistic behaviors shown during medical school. The students represent no greater than 15% of their class and were nominated by their peers.

“It is an absolute privilege to stand before you today,” said Dr. Sajid Surve, TCOM’s interim senior associate dean of the Office of Educational Programs. “It has been a unique opportunity to see the impact that humanism has had on health care. Patients remember the hope you make them feel, the compassion that you show them because that doesn’t show up on a lab report. Compassion is contagious, be the kind of physician the world desperately needs right now, courageously and deeply unapologetic and human. I’m so honored to welcome you into the society.”

Along with the students, TCOM faculty members Dr. Stuart Williams and Dr. Brittany Love were inducted into the honor society.

The Gold Foundation champions humanism in health care, which they define as “compassionate, collaborative and scientifically excellent care.” The non-profit organization at TCOM was founded to recognize students, residents and faculty exemplars of compassionate patient care and to serve as role models, mentors and leaders in medicine.

The students receive a gold and black cord to wear at graduation, along with a gold pin, for their representation in the Honor Society. In keeping with a TCOM tradition, the first action they will take as members is an act of service to others, so each inductee gave the cord they just received to a fellow Honor Society member.

Dr. Arnold P. Gold, a pediatric neurologist, began the foundation in 1988. His belief in the importance of an empathic bedside manner led him and his wife Sandra to create the foundation to inspire young physicians to practice compassionate patient care.

There are more than 180 chapters of the Gold Foundation across the United States and over 45,000 honor society members.

TCOM student inductees
• Amin Aboutai
• Omar Alkhabbaz
• Samin Arianpour
• Shubhangi Awasthi
• Emma Brilleslyper
• Elizabeth Brownell
• Pranavi Chamarti
• Forrest Cruse
• Sahar Elchehabi
• Bianca Garcia
• Lauren Gardner
• Ashley Gi
• Amelia Gillespie
• Allison Hendon
• Jimin Hwang
• Salman Isa
• Shehrezade Jafry
• Irene Jayesh
• Gabriel Kupovics
• Kevin Lal
• Manav Lamichhane
• Paige Loux
• Rebecca Modisette
• Tracy Nguyen
• Navya Peddireddy
• Theresa Pham
• Marisa Rao
• Priyanka Reddy
• Krishti Sabloak
• Jessica Sachs
• Megana Sundar
• Alan Tran
• Brittany Uebbing
• Ko-Lin Wu

TCOM faculty inductees
• Dr. Stuart Williams
• Dr. Brittany Love

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