The call for nominations for the 2024 AWSF Awards is now open! Help AWSF recognize exceptional women surgeons and supporters by nominating a deserving individual. Selected awardees will be honored at the AWSF Gala on 10/20 in San Francisco.

Nominations: womensurgeons.org/awards

AWS is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 class of Signature Speakers! Browse our directory of speakers to review their specialties and book them for your next panel, conference, or scientific event.

SPEAKER DIRECTORY: womensurgeons.org/signature-spea…

Don't forget to submit your designs for the Association of Out Surgeons and Allies (AOSA) and AWSF sock contest by this Friday, April 12!

womensurg.memberclicks.net/aosa-aws-sock-…

💻 WEBINAR💻

Surgeons can help others with more than a scalpel; we can pick up pens and microphones and use our transferrable skills to change the world.

Join Dr. Amy Vertrees for the webinar, 'Using Pens Not Knives,' on 5/8 at 7:30pm ET.

Register: bit.ly/3TTkPhG

Attention community and university training institutions: Apply by April 25 for a chance to host the 2024 AWS Foundation Visiting Professor, Dr. Jennifer Plichta!

Learn more and apply at womensurgeons.org/visiting-profe…

Review upcoming opportunities and programs at AWS for women surgeons and surgeons-in-training!

womensurgeons.org/announcements

From March 13-14, AWSF Visiting Professor Dr. Kimberly M. Lumpkins visited the University of New Mexico Department of Surgery to share her presentation, 'Envisioning Your Future: Your Personal Mission Statement.' Read reflections on the experience at womensurgeons.org/generosity-in-…

Discover reshaping leadership paradigms for #WomensHistoryMonth in this blog by Dr. Amanda Fazzalari & Dr. Kavitha Ranganathan. Let's focus on opportunities and creating more diverse and inclusive leadership.
Kavitha Ranganathan Surgeons Against Poverty | Harvard Medical School
#WomenInLeadership #DiversityInMedicine

Have you read the AWS Blog lately? There are incredible recent posts you shouldn't miss, on topics ranging from mindfulness and imposter syndrome to science policy, AI, life during residency, and more.

blog.womensurgeons.org

Are you a retiring surgeon? AWS is working with a reporter who would like to interview a surgeon retiring in the next month (by the end of April) and photograph their last day of work. If you fit this description and are interested, please email [email protected].

'Now that it’s post-match day... I wanted to write a blog post focused on people who may or may not have felt as celebratory...as someone who similarly did not match into a categorical position.'

From the AWS blog archive, a post by Dr. Broecker: bit.ly/3JWbBgI

On this #FoundationFriday , we are thrilled to announce this fun collaboration with our partners Association of Out Surgeons and Allies (AOSA)! Submit a design by April 12 to bit.ly/PrideSockConte….

Dr Susan Pories talks self-regulation - “by controlling feelings and impulses, you create an environment of trust and fairness” Women in Surgery WomenSurgeons #WIS24 #EmotionalIntelligence

Dr Sharon Stein talks about what a good coach does - listens, reflects, asks questions! WomenSurgeons Women in Surgery #WIS24

Wonderful WomenSurgeons session at #WIS24 Danielle Henry, MD Susan Pories Sharon Stein Marion Henry 🟧 Dr. Phumudzo #womeninsurgery

So proud of everything this year’s board accomplished!!!

Charlotte B. Smith Gopika SenthilKumar, PhD Jillian Schneidman Tami Vasanthakumaran Klea Agollari, MS Maria Fonseca Denise Nemeth Cheryl K. Zogg, PhD Mackenzie Donoho Ariana S. Ginsberg Ryann Maciejewski Nazanin Rebecca Lozano-Franco Preetha D S Beatriz Laus P. Lima Taraf S. Jaro

Applications due Friday!

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We are thrilled to announce the theme for the 2024 AWS Annual Conference, taking place in San Francisco on 10/18 and 10/19: Be Brave, Be Bold, Become!

Save the date and stay tuned for conference details coming soon.

Interested in joining the AWS National Medical Student Committee!? Applications for the 2024-2025 board positions are due Friday. Deadline: March 22, 2024

Excited for my next chapter! Matched general surgery at Northwell Health ✅ Thank you everyone for your support🥰 CUNY School of Medicine WomenSurgeons #Match2024