Dr. Gordon Tobin , Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery, received the 2011 Leonard Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine from the Arnold Gold Foundation on May 13, 2011. Dr. Tobin has led many medical missions to third world countries and focuses on burn care education and establishing burn units in hospitals of undeveloped countries. Dr. Tobin is President of the Kentucky Medical Association and is active in improving access to care in medically under served regions of Kentucky.