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Mentor Spotlight: Dr. Gail Rosseau

This month's eConnections features Dr. Gail Rosseau, a board-certified neurosurgeon with tremendous experience in global health and policy as a leader of several national and international...

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Photos from Dr. Crandall's Trip to China

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Article from 2018 AWS Foundation Grant Winner

I first heard about the AWS Foundation Grant through my good friend and mentor Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD while I was still in training at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She received the grant in...

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NIH ORWH-Sponsored NASEM Symposium on Underrepresentation of Women in STEMM

Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine: A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Symposium Highlighting Evidence-Based Interventions Monday, March 11 in...

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Nominations Open for 2019 Awards

The call for nominations for the Association of Women Surgeons Foundation Awards is now open. Winners will be honored at the Awards Dinner, October 28, 2019, held in conjunction with the AWS Annual...

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Mentor Spotlight: Dr. Stephanie Pannell

Dr. Stephanie Pannell is board certified in General Surgery & Colorectal Surgery. She received her MD from Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA and completed her general surgery...

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Book Review: This Won't Hurt a Bit

Book Review: This Won't Hurt A Bit (And Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood by Michelle Au, MD In her book This Won't Hurt A Bit (And Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine...

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The Dr. Sally Abston AWS Distinguished Member Award

  The AWS Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of an award in honor of Dr. Sally Abston (1934-2008). This award has been created by her colleagues at University of Texas Medical Branch...

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Dr. Kim Ephgrave Visiting Professorship 2018

It is my distinct pleasure to write this report regarding my recent visit to the Dell-Seton Medical Center and Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin as the AWS Dr. Kim Ephgrave...

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Your Path to Surgery

Your Path to Surgery: A Roundtable with Medical Students from the Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student Committee Camila R. Guetter is a sixth year medical student at Universidade...

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Apply for the ASA Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant

Have you always wondered what it was like to be a chair or have a major leadership position at a hospital or medical school? Are you holding back applying for these high-level leadership positions...

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Mentor Spotlight: Dr. Mary T. Killackey

Mary Killackey, MD is the Robert & Viola Chair of Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Tulane University Medical Center. She was recruited to New Orleans in 2006 to join the...

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Book Review: Women Don't Ask

Book Review: Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation?and Positive Strategies for Change by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever In Women Don't Ask, Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever delve...

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Medical Student Roundtable Part 2

Read part one of the Medical Student Roundtable here. What are the successful strategies for maintaining a work-life balance during medical school? It is hard to find a recipe or a checklist to keep a...

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Call for Nominations: Executive Committee, ACS Advisory Council and AJS Editor

The AWS Nominating Committee is seeking self-nominations to serve as officers on the Executive Committee beginning in October 2019. The officer positions to be elected this fall include:...

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2019 AWSF Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Association of Women Surgeons Foundation Awards. Winners will be honored at the AWS Foundation Awards Dinner, October 28, 2019, held in conjunction with the...

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Dr. Kristen Carter Wins 2019 AAST/AWS Scholarship

For the fifth year, The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and AWS have partnered to award a scholarship to one of the association's members. The recipient of the 2019 joint...

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Mentor Spotlight: Dr. Jennifer Lawton

This past January, I was fortunate to be paired with Dr. Jennifer Lawton through the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Looking to the Future (LTTF) Scholarship. The scholarship offers complimentary...

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Book Review: In Shock

Book Review: In Shock by Rana Awdish I had been hearing rumblings about the book In Shock by Dr. Rana Awdish, for a few months, so I finally ordered it online late one night while studying for Step2. I...

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Welcoming the 2019-2020 AWS National Medical Student Committee

Comprised of medical students, AWS Medical Student Committee works on student programs and issues. Here are the members of the 2019-2020 committee. Learn more about AWS committees. AWS NATIONAL MEDICAL...

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