Carol Gilbert wins Arnold P. Gold Foundation's Humanism in Medicine Award

Carol Gilbert with members of AAMC's leadership and board at the organization's annual awards dinner. — Top row: Bruce Johnson, associate dean for faculty affairs; Silpa Thaivalappil, fourth-year medical student and OSR representative; Cynda Johnson, dean. Bottom row: Cody Roberts, second-year medical student and OSR representative; Aubrey Knight, associate dean for student affairs; and Carol Gilbert, associate professor of surgery and Humanism and Medicine award recipient.

Carol Gilbert, associate professor of surgery at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, won the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award.

The prestigious award “honors a medical school faculty physician who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students.”

The Association of American Medical College (AAMC) gives out the award at their annual conference at an awards dinner, held on Nov. 13, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. An awards luncheon was also held at the conference on Friday, Nov. 11.

Carol Gilbert receives her award, the Arnold P. Gold Foundation's Humanism in Medicine Award, from Robert Laskowski, immediate past chair of the AAMC Board of Directors, at the awards dinner.

Carol Gilbert with Robert Laskowski, immediate past chair of the AAMC Board of Directors, at the awards dinner.

Group photo Carol Gilbert Award Dinner 2016 — Carol Gilbert with members of AAMC's leadership and board at the organization's annual awards dinner.

The awards program during the AAMC's Awards Dinner and Reception held on Sunday, Nov. 13, in Seattle.

The AAMC put together a video about Carol Gilbert and why she was honored with the prestigious Arnold P. Gold Foundation's Humanism in Medicine Award.