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AWS Foundation/Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Visiting Professor Program

In 1998 the AWS Foundation conducted a strategic planning session and established several key goals. In response to one of those goals, we sponsor the AWS Foundation/Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Visiting Professor Program, which allows women surgeons to share their expertise with medical students.

This program provides medical schools with the opportunity to request top women surgeons as speakers and receive funding from the AWS Foundation and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Opportunities to lecture heighten the visibility of women surgeons while encouraging women medical students to pursue similar careers. In addition, the Visiting Professorship Program promotes dialogue between practicing surgeons and the academic community.

If you would like to be considered to be an AWS Foundation/Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Visiting Professor please complete the application and return it electronically to the AWS office at by June 10, 2008.

Past Visiting Professors and Hosts:

2007 - Linda Phillips, MD, FACS
host: New York Presbyterian Hospital

2006 - Mary McCarthy, MD, FACS
host: University of Texas, Houston

2005 - Nancy Harthun, MD, FACS
host: The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

2005 - Kathryn Spanknebel, MD
host: Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA

2004 - Amy Friedman, MD
host: Medical College of Georgia
2004 - Rosemary Duda, MD, MPH
host: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
2003 - Leslie Kohman, MD
host - University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
2003 - Myriam Curet, MD, FACS
host - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2002 - Susan Mackinnon, MD, FACS
host - Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine
2002 - Margaret Kemeny, MD, FACS
host - Duke University Medical Center
2001 - Julie Ann Freischlag, MD
host - University of Louisville

AWS Foundation Fellowships

Since 1996, the AWSF/Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Fellowship has supported a number of women surgeons by funding original research in topics of flexible GI endoscopy, laparoscopy, minimal access techniques or related emerging technology.

A $25,000 FELLOWSHIP grant from Genomic Health was established in 2007. The fellowship is awarded for topics in the area of breast cancer research.

Click here for the 2009 Fellowship Grant Instructions and Application for both fellowships. Note: Letter of intent deadline is April 15, 2008.

Click here for a list of past Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Fellowship recipients.

Click here for a list of past Genomic Health Fellowship recipients.

Mentoring and Networking Programs

Mentoring and Networking Programs are supported by the AWS Foundation to provide forums for young women surgeons to meet with peers, attend educational programs, and enhance their professional and personal lives. A searchable mentor database has been developed for members and AWS supports networking breakfasts throughout the year.

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phone: 630-655-0392 • info@womensurgeons.org