Foundation: Awards
Nina Starr Braunwald Award
Established through an endowment, the AWS Foundation recognizes service by giving this award to a member or non-member surgeon in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of women in surgery. Nominations closed for this year.
Past Award Winners:
- Susan Miller Briggs, MD, MPH, FACS (2009)
- M. Margaret Kemeny, MD, FACS (2008)
- Nancy Ascher, MD, FACS (2007)
- The American College of Surgeons (2006)
- Karin Muraszko, MD, FACS (2005)
- Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS (2004)
- Mary C. McCarthy, MD, FACS (2003)
- Susan M. Love, MD, FACS (2002)
- Linda G. Phillips, MD, FACS (2001)
- Anna Marie Ledgerwood, MD, FACS (2000)
- Patricia Numann, MD, FACS (1998)
- Leslie J. Kohman, MD, FACS (1997)
- Patricia K. Donahoe, MD, FACS (1996)
- Kathryn D. Anderson, MD, FACS (1995)
- Olga Jonasson, MD, FACS (1994)
- Claude Organ, MD, FACS (1993)
Olga Jonasson Distinguished Member Award
This award is named in memory of Olga Jonasson, MD, who was the first female chair of an academic department of surgery and a leader in the American College of Surgeons. The award is given to a member surgeon who exemplifies the ideals and mission of the assocation. Nominations closed for this year.
Past Award Winners:
- Kimberly Ephgrave, MD, FACS (2009)
- Dixie Mills, MD, FACS (2008)
- Myriam Curet, MD, FACS (2007)
- Leigh Neumayer, MD, FACS (2006)
Distinguished Member Award
A part of the AWS Foundation awards since 1990, the Distinguished Member Award was given to a member surgeon who exemplified the ideals and mission of the assocation. It was renamed in 2006 to the Olga Jonasson Distinguished Member Award.
Past Award Winners:
Patricia Lowery, MD, FACS (2005)
Linda Brodsky, MD, FACS (2004)
Adrienne Krausz, MD (2003)
Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FACS (2002)
Margaret Dunn, MD, FACS (2002)
Mary McCarthy, MD, FACS (2001)
Sylvia Ramos, MD, FACS (2001)
Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS (2000)
Karen S. Guice, MD, FACS (1999)
Joyce Majure, MD, FACS (1998)
Gloria Sarto, MD, PhD (1998)
Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS (1997)
Carol Scott-Connor, MD, FACS (1997)
Maria Allo, MD, FACS (1996)
Barbara Kinder, MD, FACS (1996)
Frances K. Conley, MD, FACS (1995)
Sally Abston, MD, FACS (1994)
Tamar Earnest, MD, FACS (1994)
Jessie Ternberg, MD, FACS (1994)
Hughenna Gauntlett, MD, FACS (1993)
Nina Starr Braunwald, MD, FACS (1992)
Olga Jonasson, MD, FACS (1992)
Alma Dea Morani, MD, FACS (1992)
Patricia Numann, MD, FACS (1991)
Christine Haycock, MD, FACS (1990)
Claude Organ Honorary Member Award
Formerly the Honorary Member Award, this is given to individuals supportive of the goals of the association. It was renamed in 2007 in honor of Claude Organ, MD, FACS, who was an avid supporter of AWS and the proud recipient of our first Nina Starr Braunwald Award. Nominations closed for this year.
Past Award Winners:
- John Davis, MD (2009)
- Carlos Pellegrini, MD (2009)
- Michael Zinner, MD, FACS (2008)
- Frank Lewis, MD (2007)
Honorary Member Award
Another AWS Foundation award which started in 1990, the Honorary Member Award was given to individuals supportive of the goals of the association. It was renamed in 2007 in honor of Claude Organ, MD, FACS.
Past Award Winners:
- Professor Averil Mansfield, CBE, FRCS, FACS (2006)
- Morris Kerstein, MD, FACS (2005)
- Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, FACS (2004)
- Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS (2003)
- Karen Licitra (2002)
- Monica Maillet, PhD (2001)
- John T. Preskitt, Sr., MD, FACS (2000)
- David Majure (1999)
- Debra A. DaRosa, PhD (1998)
- Judith K. Keel (1997)
- Linn Meyer (1995)
- Marlys Witte, MD (1994)
- Janet Bickel, MA (1992)
- Ellen More (1992)
- Judith Briles, PhD (1990)
Hilary Sanfey Outstanding Resident Award
Formerly the AWS Outstanding Resident Award, it was recently renamed to reflect the generous endowment established by Dr. Sanfey to support the award's annual funding. Nominees will be surgical trainees who are in primary residency training in either general surgery or a surgical specialty at the time of nomination, and who demonstrate potential as future leaders in surgery. Nominations closed for this year.
Past Award Winners:
- Nancy Cho, MD (2009)
- Lesly Dossett, MD (2009)
- Traci Hedrick, MD (2009)
- Amy Vertrees, MD (2009)
- Jennifer Waljee, MD (2009)
- Jennifer LaFemina, MD (2008)
- Erika Adams Newman, MD (2007)
- Louisa L. Pecchioni, MD (2006)
- Leora Balsam, MD (2005)
- Gretchen P. Purcell, MD, PhD (2004)
- Patricia Turner (2003)
- Melina Kibbe (2002)
- Anna Santos-Quinones (2001)
- Carol Sawmiller (2000)
- Janice Cormier (1999)
Patricia Numann Medical Student Award
Named in honor of the founder of AWS, this award was established to encourage and support female medical students pursuing a career in surgery. The winner is chosen based on her expressed interest in surgery, potential leadership qualities or research contributions to the field of surgery, response in a personal statement, and letter of recommendation. Nominees should be in the clinical years of medical school at the time of receiving the award in October. Nominations closed for this year.
Past Award Winners:
- Juliet Emamaulee (2009)
- Aminata Sallah (2008)
- Rebecca Snyder (2007)
- Ann Vaughters (2006)
- Erika Manning (2005)
- Kelley Hutcheson (2004)
- Sudha Jayaraman (2003)
Medical Student and Resident Poster Competition
The Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) offers an annual Medical Student and Resident Poster
Competition. The poster competition is for female medical students
interested in surgery and surgical residents. It is designed to
facilitate an interaction and idea exchange between students,
residents and faculty members of various institutions. Selected
student and resident authors will have an opportunity to meet and
answer questions regarding their research at the AWS meeting held in
October each year in conjunction with the American
College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. Authors selected to
participate in the poster contest are asked to register for the
AWS conference. Judging is done by a panel with prizes awarded
for the top student and resident posters. The top student and
resident poster winner each receive a $500 cash award.
The 2009 Medical Student winner was
Stephanie Chang.
Click here for a copy of the winning poster.
The 2009 Resident Winner was Dr. Jennifer Steiman. Click
here to view the winning poster.
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