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Humanism in Medicine Award

Recent Humanism in Medicine Award Recipients

2008

Yolanda Hill Wimberly, M.D.
Medical Director and Professor of Pediatrics
Morehouse School of Medicine

2007

Yasmin S. Meah, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Medicine
The Mount Sinai Visting Doctors Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Previous Humanism in Medicine Award Recipients

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The AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award annually honors a medical school faculty physician (M.D. or DO degree) who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students. The nominee must also possess the desirable personal qualities necessary to the practice of patient-centered medicine by. teaching ethics, empathy, and service by example.

The goal of the award is to emphasize, reinforce, and enhance the importance of humanistic qualities among medical school students and faculty. The presence of a caring, compassionate, and collaborative learning environment serves as positive reinforcement to prospective physicians of the desirability of such qualities in the doctor-patient relationship.

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Denine Hales
Administrative Specialist
Student Affairs and Programs
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1127

202-828-0681

Previous Humanism in Medicine Award Recipients

2006
Robert J. Paeglow, M.D.
Albany Medical College

2005
Melissa A. Warfield, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School

2004
Sharad Jain, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Assistant Chief, Medical Service
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

2003
Samuel LeBaron, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Director, Center of Education in Family and Community Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine

2002
Edward Bell, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Neonatology
Children's Hospital of Iowa at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

2001
Coleen Kivlahan, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Assistant to the Dean for Health Policy
Associate Chief of Staff for Clinical Outcomes
Director, Office of Clinical Effectiveness
University of Missouri-Columbia

2000
Richard P. Usatine, M.D.
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA School of Medicine

1999
Andrew Hsi, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director of General Pediatrics
University of New Mexico School of Medicine