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Gold Humanism Honor Society Announces Class of 2023 Members and Essay Winners

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) Class of 2022 recently announced the Class of 2023's newest members of the LSUHSC Chapter of the Society.

GHHS recognizes students, residents and faculty who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. GHHS members are peer nominated and are the ones that others say they want taking care of their own family.

The following students were chosen by their classmates as role models of empathy, service, altruism, compassion, respect, and integrity, as well as valuing the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and social responsibility.

Congratulations to:
•    Ashwin Shetty 
•    Brock Williams 
•    Calvin Rome 
•    Caroline Bergeron 
•    Cindy P. Nguyen 
•    Daniel Jacob Langteau 
•    David Szarvas 
•    Elia El Hajj 
•    Emily Marie Noel 
•    Hailey Teachout 
•    Isabella (Izzy) Hermantin  
•    Jackson Fos 
•    Jackson Mierl 
•    Joseph Turner Vaughan 
•    Keionne Green  
•    Lamiya Tauhid 
•    Lea Marie Mascarenas 
•    Leon Sanders 
•    Madalyn Beyer 
•    Michael Brands 
•    Michael George Dubic 
•    Michael McMahon 
•    Nicholas Meyers 
•    Paul Edward Videau 
•    Peyton Hopkins 
•    Rachel Elise Landrum 
•    Seth Chauhan 
•    Shakira Harding 
•    Taylor Boudreaux St. Martin 
•    Ushma Bhandary 

The Gold Humanism Honor Society also recently announced Mallory Robichaux as the winner of this year's Humanism in Medicine essay contest. Her essay was titled “Reflections from Behind the Clipboard.” Two essays tied for second place: Seth Chauhan's “Diuresis of the Heart” and Caroline Bergeron's “The Best Medicine. Alexis Hernandez was awarded third place for her essay, "El Toque Humano."

As the first place winner, Ms. Robichaux will receive a monetary award from the School of Medicine and the honor of reading her essay at the Class of 2022 and 2023's GHHS Induction Ceremony and to the new first year class at their White Coat Ceremony.