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"The Einstein of Emotional Intelligence"

Jewish StandardFebruary 9, 2018
Photo by Debra Classen

"The Gold Standard"
Humility, Compassion, and Grace

Child Neurology Society, ConnectionsWinter 2018
Photo by Rene Perez

"Made Compassionate Care a Cause"

NY TimesFebruary 2, 2018

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Remembering Dr. Arnold Gold of Englewood, advocate of science and humanism in medicine.

Jewish Standard, February 9, 2018

If Superman were to live in the community, you – as in we, the rest of us – wouldn’t always recognize him. He could live as Dr. Clark Kent most of the time. If his super gifts were not running faster than a bullet or being stronger than a locomotive, but instead being able to combine high-level analytic skills and the clear-eyed practice of high-level medicine with the emotional intelligence not generally attributed to data-driven doctors – which are less flashy but really far more useful gifts – he could hide them fairly easily when he’s out in the community. But when people – family, students, patients, patients’ families – would talk about him, there would be a giveaway. They’d often use the word “love”. It’s not a word often associated with doctors, at least when they’re at work.

In Memoriam: Arnold P. Gold, MD (1925-2018)

Child Neurology Society Connections, Winter 2018

Dr. Arnold P. Gold, one of the true giants in child neurology and American medicine, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the age of 92. Gold was a founder of modern child neurology and a longtime colleague, collaborator and mentor of many who worked and trained at the Columbia University Medical Center and the Neurological Institute of New York. Much has changed in medicine since Dr. Gold began his career, but his ideals and teachings have not, and now live on in many, if not all, practicing child neurologists.

Dr. Arnold Gold, 92, Dies; Made Compassionate Care a Cause

The New York Times, February 2, 2018

Dr. Arnold Gold, a pediatric neurologist whose belief in the importance of an empathetic bedside manner led him and his wife to create a foundation to inspire young doctors to practice compassionate patient care, died on Jan. 23 in Manhattan. He was 92. His wife, Sandra Gold, confirmed his death.

“You’re only half a physician if you’re just good at your craft,” Dr. Gold said in an interview in 2016 for the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. “Unless it’s coupled with patient-centered care and humanism, it’s suboptimal care.”

Dr. Gold, who treated patients and taught for more than 50 years at theVagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, part of Columbia University Medical Center, had a cheerful but authoritative demeanor. On rounds, he wanted to know about the life of the patient, not just his vital signs. He talked face to face with his young patients, often sitting on the floor and playing with them.