Gold Humanism Honor Society Inducts 31 New Members
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Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) at Old Dominion University inducted 31 new members to the EVMS Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) on April 24 during a special ceremony in Lester Hall.
GHHS recognizes individuals for practicing patient-centered medical care by modeling the qualities of integrity, excellence, compassion, altruism, respect and empathy.
Members may be selected as third-year medical students. Residents, faculty and administrators may also be recognized for humanistic practice at various stages in their career.
Humanism in medicine describes relationships between physicians and their patients that are respectful and compassionate. It is reflected in attitudes and behaviors that are sensitive to the values, autonomy, and cultural and ethnic backgrounds of others.
MD Class of 2026 Inductees:
Mia Achitoov
Aryn Alanizi
Aracelia Aldrete
Brendon Carnell
Cameron Dean
Luke Ekdahl
Michael Foley
Gwendolyn George
Mackenzie Kelley
Christiana King
Jared Lausen
Trevor Lyford
Kaitlin McCarthy
Clara Nachmanoff
Alexandra Nigro
Margaret Smith
Senah Stephens
Pavan Suryadevara
Lauren Tucker
Gear Vincent
Madison Wagner
Resident & Fellow Inductees:
Sean Bademian, MD (M.S. ’14, MD '18, Internal Medicine Residency ’21, Internal Medicine Fellowship ‘24), Medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow
Leann Hu, MD, U.S. Navy Internal Medicine Resident
Yuliya Levkiavska, MD, Medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow
Miles Reese, MD, Surgery Resident
Paolo Rigo, MD, Urology Resident
Julia Worley, MD (MD ’23), Pediatrics Resident
Faculty Inductees:
Elizabeth Batchelor, MD, M.M.E., Assistant Professor of Medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care
Ami Mehta, MD (Pediatrics Residency '16), Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Renee Morales, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Carl St. Remy, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics/Orthopaedics Surgery
Award Winners:
Thomas Pellegrino, MD Gold Reflex Hammer Award: Renee Morales, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award: Sahira Humadi, MD (Family Medicine Residency ’03), Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Student Award: Elizabeth Blackwell Graham, MD (MD ‘25)