The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation champions humanism in healthcare, which we define as clinically excellent care that is kind, safe, and trustworthy. Founded in 1988 by Dr. Arnold P. Gold and Dr. Sandra Gold, the Gold Foundation is a nonprofit focused on empowering experts, learners, and leaders to together create humanistic systems and cultures. Our most well-known program is the White Coat Ceremony, an iconic ritual that welcomes future clinicians into healthcare and places the oath to compassionate patient care at the beginning of training. More than 50,000 medical and nursing students participate in a Gold-supported White Coat Ceremony each year. The Gold Foundation is also home to the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a group of nearly 50,000 physicians and medical students who are leaders in kind, safe, trustworthy care. We offer many resources to support humanism, including the Tell Me More® communications tool and the Medallia Gold Humanism Trust Tool. We also host the Gold Humanism Summit, a national conference that will next be held in Baltimore, Sept. 17-20, 2025. Two councils are key partners: the Gold Corporate Council, made up of leading healthcare companies, and the Gold Partners Council, made up of leading medical schools, hospitals, and health systems. Kind, safe, trustworthy care benefits patients and clinicians alike. We invite you to learn more at www.gold-foundation.org and join us in our mission to keep healthcare human.