
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award for Practicing Physicians
- Demonstrate significant patient advocacy
- Demonstrate compassion and empathy in the delivery of patient care
- Display competence in scientific endeavors
- Show respect for patients, families and co-workers
- Demonstrate cultural sensitivity in working with patient and family members of diverse backgrounds
- Display effective, empathic communication and listening skills
- Understand a patient’s need for interpretation of complex medical diagnoses and treatments and make an effort to ensure patient comprehension
- Understand and show respect for the patient’s viewpoint
- Be sensitive to the patient’s psychological well-being and identify emotional concerns of patients and family members
- Engender trust and confidence
The award is from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
Each nomination must include
- A letter of nomination
- The nominee’s curriculum vitae and a summary of accomplishments in the field of patient care in reproductive medicine.
- Each nomination must be accompanied by letters of support from at least two additional members of the Society. ASRM members may nominate themselves. A candidate must have been a member of ASRM for at least one year prior to nomination for the award.
Selection of the award recipient will be made by the Executive Committee of the ASRM based on the candidate’s record of achievement and recognition as an outstanding empathic physician.
The recipient will be notified and will be recognized as the recipient of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award by presentation of a plaque.
Recipients of this prestigious award automatically become members of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), a national society with over 200 established chapters at medical schools throughout the country and growing rapidly, providing access to attend conferences and events and to meet and exchange ideas with like-minded colleagues and members from other institutions.
The recipient will also be provided with free registration for the Scientific Congress.
Supported by a gift from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
Congratulations to the 2024 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award for Practicing Physicians Recipient

Serena H. Chen MD
Serena H. Chen, MD, graduated from Brown University and earned her MD at Duke University School of Medicine. She trained in Gynecology, Obstetrics, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and served as Director for the Division of Reproductive Medicine at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science for over 21 years. She is currently the Director of Advocacy at CCRM New Jersey. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at Rutgers NJ Medical School and Rutgers RWJ Medical School. She has been voted a Top Doctor for many years in reproductive medicine and cancer by publications including US News and World Report, Inside Jersey Magazine, NJ Monthly, and NY Magazine. She has served on the ASRM Technology Committee and on the editorial staff of the ASRM journal Fertility and Sterility as an Interactive Associate on the Media Team. She is a founding member of the ASRM Social Media SIG and works to promote physician use of social media for awareness, patient education, and advocacy.Dr. Chen strongly supports her patients’ right to be informed and involved in their own care. She is passionate about access to treatment for infertility and fertility preservation for all. She is proud, honored, and privileged to have played a role in obtaining better access to IVF and egg freezing for the people of NJ. She won the RESOLVE Hope Award for Advocacy in 2020 for this work.
Dr. Chen helped to found DoctorsforFertility.org – DFF – and the DFF PAC because access to IVF continues to be very poor in the United States, and is threatened by the current legal climate. DFF PAC will work to elect candidates that will protect access to IVF and access to reproductive healthcare so physicians in America can continue to help people who struggle with infertility build their families. DFF will raise awareness, educate, and lobby for the protection of IVF and better access to the treatment of infertility without bias and discrimination. Please connect with Dr. Chen on Instagram and LinkedIn @DrSerenaHChen.
Previous Recipients of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award for Practicing Physicians:
2024 Serena H. Chen MD2023 Sigal Klipstein, MD
2022 Samuel C. Pang, MD
2021 Gloria Richard-Davis, MD
2020 Alicia Y. Christy, MD and William E Gibbons, MD
2019 Mark D. Hornstein, MD
2018 Eve C. Feinberg, MD
2017 Gilbert L. Mottla, MD
2016 Selwyn Oskowitz, MD
2015 Jason S. Griffith, MD
2014 Richard Dickey, MD, PhD
Endowed Awards

ASRM Distinguished Researcher Award
This award acknowledges a member who made significant clinical or basic research contributions to reproduction published in the past 10 years, with a long-term commitment to advancing research in reproductive sciences and educating future scholars in the field.
ASRM Lifetime Achievement Award
This award honors a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine who has made exemplary contributions to the field of reproduction during their career. The recipient will have demonstrated innovation, leadership, and other scholarly accomplishments that have a lasting impact on advancing clinical care, the frontiers of research in reproductive sciences, and the education of the scientific community.
Carlos Simón Excellence in Translational Research Award
The Carlos Simón Excellence in Translational Research Award honors an individual who has demonstrated originality and creativity through discovery and made a substantial contribution to the field of Reproductive Medicine resulting in changes or improved clinical practice.

Ira And Ester Rosenwaks New Investigator Award
This award recognizes exceptional clinical/basic research contributions in reproductive sciences published within 10 years post residency/postdoc/fellowship. It requires original, independent and impactful research contributions, considering conceptual breakthroughs, impact on allied fields, and development of new methodologies.
Kavoussi Family Outstanding Teacher Award
The Kavoussi Family Outstanding Teacher Award honors an ASRM member who is recognized as an outstanding educator in undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, professional or patient education in the area of basic and/or clinical reproductive biology and medicine.