The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine at New Jersey Medical School

The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine at New Jersey Medical School was founded in 2004 with a generous grant from the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey. The Center promotes dignity and respect for the individual, commitment to the relief of suffering and the delivery of care that is kind, just and humble.
In 2003, the first HFNJ gift of $3.2 million arrived at NJMS.  Of that initial amount, $2 million was used to establish an endowed fund to operate the Center. Then, the Foundation of UMDNJ contributed $400,000 more to the endowment. The remaining $1.2 million from the Healthcare Foundation was set aside to provide scholarships for a select group of incoming NJMS students who would soon become known as the humanism scholars.
A Humanism Advisory Board (HAB) was formed in 2004 to define the Center. Humanism had to be tangible, with a vision, values, and a mission statement. But first of all, it had to have a passionate leader. In August 2004, NJMS found such a person in Dorian J. Wilson, MD, a 1982 graduate of NJMS and Professor of Surgery in the Division of Liver Transplantation.
An office for the Center was dedicated in 2005 in the NJMS Medical Science Building (MSB-C698) to serve as "home" and to house the books, tapes, journals and other resources that have become essential in this very special medical and educational journey. Dr. Wilson retired  in June 2020, and Dr. Manasa Ayyala  has been named the new Director of the Humanism Center.  Ms. Tanya Norment serves as the program administrator for the Center.
http://njms.rutgers.edu/education/humanism/