Have you heard the exciting news? LatinoSurgSociety & AWS are co-sponsoring a visiting professorship that will heighten the visibility of Latino surgeons and provide a positive role model for medical students and trainees of LatinX heritage!

Apply by 5/4: womensurg.memberclicks.net/awslssvp2024

This is so exciting, Sophie Gerber! We'd love to have you join The Association of Women Surgeons so that we can support your dream through every stage of your career!

So many opportunities, so little time! View upcoming projects and programs at AWS for women surgeons and surgeons-in-training.

womensurgeons.org/current-opport…

Strong work ! Welcome to our new members!

Proof I worked my WomenSurgeons scheduled hour AND we have 2 new members!!! #AWSatSAGES
SAGES Is In Cleveland 2024!
#SAGES2024

On this #FoundationFriday , we would like to thank AWSF supporters who provide a recurring donation every month! AWSF is dedicated to the advancement of women in surgery, and your support makes our work possible. Thank you!

womensurgeons.org/monthly-donors

Don't forget to register for the webinar, 'Building an Academic Foundation: Family Planning for Early Career Academic Surgeons' taking place on Monday, April 22 at 7pm ET!

This program is sponsored by a grant from Intuitive.

Details: womensurgeons.org/virtual-worksh…

We are pleased to announce the #2024AWS conference will be hosted at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis! This luxury hotel channels the vibrant cultures of the SoMA neighborhood and reflects the creative energies of the City by the Bay.

Details: womensurgeons.org/annual-confere…

We want to hear from YOU! If you are a current AWS member, please complete the below survey by 4/22 and tell us about challenges you face, topics you want to learn about, benefits you like, and more.

Survey: womensurg.memberclicks.net/aws-membership…
(must log in as a member)

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