Students, Residents and Faculty Named to USA Chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society

Every year, eight senior medical students, three residents and one faculty member are selected by their classmates to be named to the University of South Alabama Chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society.


The rising senior class at USA selects those who have demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.

Recently, the following USA students, residents and faculty were selected:

Tom Montgomery, MD - professor of internal medicine
Thomas Elliott Foster, MD - neurology resident
Phillip Kurt Henderson, DO - internal medicine resident
Melanie K. Rose, MD - surgery resident
Daniel M. Bonnici - student
Kimberly R. Bryan - student
John N. Meriwether - student
Jasmine T. Phillips - student
Melissa J. Reimer - student
Carson H. Rowell - student
Helena Maurine Speake - student
Joseph Grant Zarzour - student

The honorees will be recognized at this year's White Coat Ceremony on June 26. During the ceremony, rising third-year medical students will be cloaked with their first white coats, the traditional dress of physicians for more than 100 years.

For more information on the White Coat Ceremony, follow this link: http://medschoolwatercooler.blogspot.com/2010/06/usa-medical-students-to-receive-white.html.