Arnold P. Gold, February 2005

Arnold P. Gold, MD, has been associated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University for the past 40 years, and is currently Professor of Clinical Neurology and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics.  He is also the Secretary of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation, serves on several professional advisory boards and is Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Myoclonus Research Foundation.

In November 1997, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation was awarded the prestigious Dean’s Award for Distinguished Service in Medicine from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  In 1999, Dr. Gold received the Physicians and Surgeons Distinguished Service Award at Commencement at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was awarded Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2001 and Sacred Heart University in Connecticut in 2003.

Dr. Gold is the author of more than 80 published articles and several books in the field of Pediatric Neurology and the recipient of many special awards, lectureships and professorships, including the National Brennerman Award in Pediatrics.  He was the 1992 recipient of the Practitioner of the Year award at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.  Listed in Who’s Who in Medicine, Healthcare, and Science and Engineering as well as Who’s Who in the World, Dr. Gold has been recognized as one of the “Best Doctors in America ” by American Health Magazine.