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Dr. Olapeju Simoyan awarded the National Humanism in Medicine Medal by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
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n Thursday, June 9th, the Arnold P. Gold Foundation honored Dr. Olapeju Simoyan, the Founding Executive Director of Research at Caron Treatment Centers, along with 10 other extraordinary Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) members with the National Humanism in Medicine Medal. The event took place at the at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. These GHHS members are representative of the thousands of committed leaders who have helped to make the honor society what it is today. In 2022, on its 20th anniversary, GHHS now encompasses 181 chapters around the world, nearly 45,000 members, and millions of moments of humanistic connection in the care of patients. Olapeju Simoyan, MD, MPH, BDS, FASAM, FAAFP, is the Founding Executive Director of Research at the Fran and Doug Tieman Center for Research at Caron Treatment Centers. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine and holds an adjunct faculty position
at Penn State University College of Medicine. Dr. Simoyan’s commitment to bridging the gap between the arts and sciences led her to become a strong advocate for the inclusion of the arts and humanities in medical education. She incorporates her artistic passions of music and writing into her professional work and serves as editor of the New Voices column of Pulse - Voices from the Heart of Medicine. With seed funding from the Gold Foundation, she led the establishment of a literary journal, Black Diamonds, serving as its Editor in Chief for several years. She has represented the GHHS proudly ever since her days as a student and resident. A 2006 recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award, she was also a Gold Student Summer Fellow and a Gold Humanism Scholar at the Harvard Macy Institute, in addition to being a GHHS faculty advisor. A former Fulbright scholar and recipient of the Herbert Nickens Faculty Fellowship, Dr. Simoyan continues to support the ideals of the GHHS through her work as a clinician, researcher, and medical educator.
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