AWS Chapters
AWS chapters serve as a resource at the local level for women surgeons, providing professional growth and networking opportunities. Chapters are a recent initiative of AWS, and two chapters have already been established. Contact them directly for ways to get involved.
AWS Virginia Chapter - President:
Rebecca Britt, MD
Click here for more
information on the Virginia
Chapter.
AWS Washington
Metropolitan Chapter - Chair: Norma Smalls, MD, FACS, FCCM
Women in Surgery Program - Howard University
Hospital Grand Rounds Seminar
(November 17,
2008)
Click here for information on their
December 2007 Meeting.
Interested in starting a chapter in your area? Click here for a chapter startup guide. Contact the AWS office for more information.
ACS Chapter Representatives
The following AWS members are on the councils of their local American College of Surgeons chapters.
| Connecticut
Chapter Kristen Zarfos, MD, FACS |
Delaware Chapter
Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD, FACS |
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Florida Chapter
Elisabeth Dupont, MD, FACS |
Hawaii Chapter
Nancy Furumoto, MD, FACS |
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Illinois Chapter
Lynne Jalovec, MD, FACS Deborah Loeff, MD, FACS (Chicago) |
Iowa Chapter
Kimberly Ephgrave, MD, FACS |
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Kentucky Chapter
Mary Fallat, MD, FACS |
Louisiana Chapter
Margaret Longo, MD, FACS |
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Maine Chapter
Marsha O'Rourke, MD, FACS |
Maryland Chapter
Debra Anne Vachon, MD, FACS |
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Metropolitan Washington Chapter
Shawna Willey, MD, FACS |
Massachusetts Chapter
Kristin Stueber, MD, FACS |
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Missouri Chapter
Debra Koivunen, MD, FACS |
Montana/Wyoming Chapter
Sara Hartsaw, MD, FACS |
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New Hampshire Chapter
Clare Wilmot, MD, FACS |
New Jersey Chapter
Catherine Schneider, MD, FACS |
| New
Mexico Chapter Susan Stuart, MD, FACS |
New York Chapter (Upstate)
Donna Pietrocola, MD, FACS |
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New York Chapter (Western)
Nedra Harrison, MD, FACS |
North Carolina Chapter
Beth Foil, MD, FACS |
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Ohio Chapter
Amy Reed MD, FACS |
Pennsylvania Chapter (Central)
Mary Jane Reed, MD, FACS |
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Pennsylvania Chapter (Eastern)
Linda Lapos, MD, FACS |
South Carolina Chapter Karin Klove, MD, FACS |
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South Dakota Chapter
Mary Milroy, MD, FACS |
Texas Chapter (North)
Lynn Canavan, MD, FACS |
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Texas Chapter (South)
Mary Brandt, MD, FACS |
Tennessee Chapter
Gayle Minard, MD, FACS |
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Virginia Chapter
Therese Duane, MD, FACS |
Washington State Chapter
Leslie Cagle, MD, FACS |
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American College of Surgeons Governor
Hilary Sanfey, MCh, FRCSI, FACS |