Christian R. Matthews, a third-year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine, was inducted into the Robert R. Russell, MD ’46, Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Matthews, of Irving, attended SUNY Buffalo for his undergraduate degrees and currently plans to pursue a career as a sports medicine physician.

The mission of the Society is to recognize individuals who are exemplars of humanistic patient care and who can serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. The Society currently has over 24,000 members in training and practice.

The power of the Society lies in bringing together like-minded individuals to sustain their own humanism and to inspire and nurture humanism in others. The Society honors medical students, residents, fellows, role-model physician teachers and others who demonstrate excellence in humanistic clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.