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Association of Women Surgeons

Inspiring and encouraging women surgeons Connect aspiring female surgeons with mentors and peers to capacitate the next generation of women surgeons.

09/09/2025

Attention AWS residents & fellows! Don't miss out on upcoming events, opportunities, and announcements just for you.

💜9/9 at 8pm ET - R&F Webinar: Contract Negotiation
tinyurl.com/awsrfwebinar
💜9/19 - Extended due date for Coachees! Applications open through 9/19 or until the program is full.
womensurgeons.org/aws-coaching-program
💜9/25 - R&F Leadership Applications Due for Vice Chair and Executive Committee. womensurgeons.org/resfellapp2025
💜Congrats to the 2025-2026 AWS Resident Travel Awardees!

womensurgeons.org/current-opportunities

09/08/2025

It’s ! And today we celebrate all the incredibly talented surgeon moms who balance the demands of the operating room with the joys and challenges of motherhood💪🤰👩‍🍼

Your strength, resilience and dedication inspire us all. Not only do you care for patients and push the boundaries of surgical excellence, but also nurture, guide and empower the next generation!

To every surgeon mom in our community, we see you, we admire yoou and we honor you today and every day!

Drop a 💐and below to celebrate a surgeon mom who inspires you and tag them too!

Any surgeon moms who’d like to be featured on our posts please feel free to fill out the form - link in bio!

09/07/2025

✨ Today on our Self-Care Sunday ✨ we want you to release what isn’t yours to carry

09/06/2025

We invite you to apply to present a journal club article! Deadline to apply for Fall Journal Club is September 12. Applications are accepted on a rolling, quarterly basis!

Apply to present landmark research in the field of general surgery on a national platform: https://forms.gle/6FBLd8Puw7nvAc9T7

The AWS National Journal Club is a peer to peer teaching 2-year-curriculum that is focused on landmark papers in the field of general surgery with which all students and residents should be familiar. Student members of AWS have the opportunity to apply to present one of the landmark papers chosen for the journal club curriculum. Student presenters receive mentorship from general surgery residents and attendings. The presentations will take place as a Zoom event hosted by AWS, available nationally to all members and non-members of AWS.

09/05/2025

✨ The AWS Foundation Awards Dinner and Gala is ONE MONTH AWAY!✨

Tickets & Tables: https://www.womensurgeons.org/2025-awsf-gala

Celebrate excellence and allyship with the AWSF on Sunday, October 5 from 7:30-10:00pm at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Chicago. Our most highly-anticipated event of the year, this spectacular evening will recognize the outstanding contributions that surgeons, surgeons-in-training, mentors, and allies have made to the advancement of women in surgery.

2025 AWSF Awardees:

✨ Dr. Nina Starr Braunwald Award: Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE, Stanford University, Department of Surgery
✨ Dr. Charles W. Putnam Distinguished Mentor Award: Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, FRCSI(HON), FRCS(HON), FRSCED(HON), FWACS(HON), University of Washington, School of Medicine
✨ Dr. Sally Abston AWS Distinguished Member Award: V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD, PhD, MSHCT, FACS, MAMSE, The University of Texas Medical Branch
✨ Dr. Olga Jonasson Distinguished Member Award: Susan E. Pories, MD, FACS, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Breast Center at University Hospital
✨ AWS Past President Honorary Member Award: Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE, University of Utah
✨ Dr. Hilary Sanfey Outstanding Resident Award: Ava C. Yap, MD, University of California San Francisco, Department of Surgery
✨ Dr. Patricia Numann Medical Student Award, Isabella Gomes, MD, MPH, MA, Washington University School of Medicine

Tickets & Tables: https://www.womensurgeons.org/2025-awsf-gala

09/04/2025

The 2025 AWS Annual Conference is ONE MONTH AWAY!

REGISTER by Sept 8 for current rates: womensurgeons.org/annual-conference

Forge lasting connections, network with surgical leaders from all subspecialties, and advance your career goals by meeting us in Chicago from October 3-4. The 2025 AWS conference program is inspired by the theme, "Women Surgeon Pioneers: Shaping the Future of Surgery." Highlights include educational presentations, professional development workshops, social engagements, and much more.

If you missed the regular registration deadline, you're in luck! It has been extended through September 8. Head to womensurgeons.org/annual-conference (linked in our bio) and register before rates increase.

09/03/2025

💜Celebrate Women in Medicine Month with AWS!💜
We’re honoring the incredible women shaping the future of surgery with a special September prize giveaway campaign. Whether you’re new to AWS, returning, or a longtime supporter, we’ve got a contest for you to enter! Winners will be selected at the end of October.

💜 Current AWS Members
You are the heartbeat of the AWS community! Participate in our social media giveaway for a chance to win an AWS t-shirt, AWS travel mug, and a Starbucks gift card to fuel your day.

💜 New AWS Members
Join AWS in September and be entered to win a cozy AWS hoodie to wear this fall and winter.

💜 Returning AWS Members
Reignite your connection with AWS! Renew or reactivate your membership in September and you could win an AWS gym bag.

Questions? Email us at info@womensurgeons.org!

https://womensurg.memberclicks.net/join-aws

09/01/2025

Have you listened to the AWS Podcast lately? Two new episodes launched recently!

https://www.womensurgeons.org/podcast

🟣Mentor Moments: Dr. Mohammad-Mohsen Shabahang
Organized by the AWS Outreach Committee, Mentor Moments is designed to help listeners learn from those who have been in a position to act as advocates or allies for women in surgery. Episode 1 features Dr. Mohammad-Mohsen Shabahang, interviewed by Dr. Christie Buonpane.

🟣Knots & Thoughts: Conference Conversations
The AWS Knots and Thoughts podcast series, produced by the AWS Medical Student Committee, is intended to help trainees succeed in surgery clerkship. In this episode, host Vikita Patel revisits inspiring advice from women surgeons at the 2024 AWS Annual Conference.

https://www.womensurgeons.org/podcast

08/31/2025

✨ Today on our Self-Care Sunday ✨ we want to give your mind a break by clearing out all that mental clutter

08/27/2025

💜Rebecca Lee Crumpler High School Outreach Program💜
October 4 from 8am-2pm | FREE | Chicago

Seeking Volunteers & Participants!

The Rebecca Crumpler High School Outreach Program is a free program aimed at introducing high school students to careers in medicine and surgery through mentorship, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities. This free event will take place on October 4 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago during the 2025 AWS Annual Conference weekend.

AWS and our partners at the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) are seeking surgeon and college-level medical student volunteers, as well as high school participants, to take part in this important educational program.

https://womensurg.memberclicks.net/conference-high-school

08/26/2025

✨Regular Registration Rates END August 30!✨

womensurgeons.org/annual-conference

Join us in Chicago from October 3–4 for the 2025 AWS Annual Conference. All programming will be inspired by the theme "Women Surgeon Pioneers: Shaping the Future of Surgery." Don't miss a weekend full of networking, growth, and inspiration.

Register for before this weekend to lock in the regular rates! Conference pass pricing will increase on August 31.

08/24/2025

✨ Today on our Self-Care Sunday ✨ we want you to say something kind to the person in the mirror, because she deserves to hear it from you too.

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