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Join us for the 2012 Annual AWS Conference 9/30 - 10/2, in conjunction with ACS Clinical Congress in Chicago.

We will have another great event lined up with informative sessions and networking opportunities. Save the date - it's a little earlier next year. More details to come as they are developed. Click here for photos of the 2011 Conference.

AWS Council and Past Presidents celebrating Dr. Patricia Numann, AWS Founder and ACS President.
AWS Council and Past Presidents celebrating Dr. Patricia Numann,
AWS Founder and ACS President.

AWS hopes to bring down barriers that remain for women in surgery

The Association of Women Surgeons is committed to supporting the professional and personal needs of female surgeons at various stages in their careers - from residency through retirement. Since our founding in 1981, AWS has set up many programs with the specific objective of promoting the professional growth and advancement of our members. Truly an international organization, AWS has members in 15 countries, including: Australia, Beirut, Canada, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the Unites States of America.

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The AWS Foundation Annual Fund seeks contributions from AWS members and others in support of innovative programs that have the power to impact the future of the field of surgery. Support the AWS Foundation's important work. Donate online or download a contribution form today.

Learn more about the AWS Foundation's Mission and Purpose, Foundation Programs, various Awards, our Honor/Memorial Program, or to Make a Contribution and support our efforts. Feel free to Contact the AWS Foundation Office if you have any questions.

"Were it not for the undaunted spirit of a few exceptional women, many barriers would still exist to discourage women from becoming surgeons. What we do today to support the AWS Foundation can create real change for women surgeons tomorrow."
- Tamar Earnest, MD, FACS

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AWS News & Updates

Announcing a New Opportunity from AWS to Grow Your Practice. Would you like to build your surgical practice? Would you like to help patients looking for a woman surgeon? Would you like to be contacted about speaking or consulting? Click here to sign up for this program.

Save the Date for the 3rd Annual International Women in Surgery Career Symposium - May 31-June 2, 2012.

We congratulate Mary Klingensmith, who is one of the 2012 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award recipients.

Congratulations to all the women surgeons with new American College of Surgeons leadership roles and awards.

The American Surgical Association was founded in 1880 and is the nation's oldest and most prestigious surgical organization. The 2013 ASA Proposal for Membership is now open and must be initiated online by an ASA member. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2012. Click here for more information.

Erin W. Gilbert, MD, a Surgery Fellow at Oregon Health and Science University has been awarded the 2012 AWSF/Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. $25,000 Grant for her project entitled "Optical Fiber Spectroscopy (OFS) and its Applications in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy."

Emory University in Atlanta has been selected to host Mary Hooks, MD, MBA, FACS, of ETSU College of Medicine, as a Visiting Professor for a two-day visit prior to July 31, 2012.

AWS announces the recipients of the 2011 AWS Foundation Awards. See attached press release for a full list of award recipients.

New research is available entitled Women in Surgery Residency Programs: Evolving Trends from a National Perspective.

Up to 40 percent of practicing surgeons experience considerable stress and subsequent burnout during their careers. Click here for an article on Surgeon Burnout from the August 2011 Bulletin of The American College of Surgeons.

TTS Women in Transplantation has launched the TTS Women in Transplantation International Mentoring Scheme. The aim of this unique programme is to provide one to one mentoring by women professionals working in the field of transplantation to members of the TTS WIT initiative. The programme provides mentees with both a national and international mentor -- to enable mentees to discuss issues and receive support and guidance on both a local and international level that is independent from their place of work. Full details of the scheme and how to apply are available on the WIT pages on the TTS Website: www.tts.org/wit/

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