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by: Shelbey Lang
Category: Opportunities
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May
08

Calls for Entry & Opportunities:

  • May 23: AWSF Award nominations due
  • May 30: AWS Starr Medical Student & Resident Research Forum abstracts due
  • May 30: AWS/ACS Governor Position applications due
  • May 31: SAAS-AWS Resident Travel Award applications due
  • June 3: SBAS & AWS Visiting Professorship applications due
  • June 13: Shining Star Leadership Program applications due

Programs:

  • May 8 at 7:30pm ET: AWS Publications Webinar - Using Pens Not Knives (register here)
  • May 9 at 8:00pm ET: AWS Journal Club (register here)
  • June 11 at 7:00pm ET: AWS Cross Mentorship Workshop - Race and Ethnicity Differences (register here)
  • June 11 at 8:00pm ET: AWS Resident & Fellow Virtual Meeting (register here)
  • August 14 at 7:30pm ET: AWS Publications Webinar - Finding Your Job (register here)
  • October 18 & 19: 2024 AWS Annual Conference in San Francisco, California (mark your calendar)
  • October 20: The 2024 AWS Foundation Annual Dinner & Gala (mark your calendar)

Partner Organization Updates:

  • AAS: The Association for Academic Surgery seeks to inspire and develop young academic surgeons. Learn more on their website.
  • ACS: Apply by May 10 for the ACS Women in Surgery Committee Mentorship Program for Women Surgeons.
  • AWMA: Members of AWS can get a complimentary affiliate membership in the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)! Learn more here.
  • AOSA: The Association of Out Surgeons & Allies is an organization of LGBTQ+ Surgeons and allies which promotes acceptance, inclusion, and equity in the surgical specialties to further learner engagement, support individual clinicians and researchers, and build a community. Learn more here.
  • ASA: Applications for the 2025-2027 American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship Research Awards are open through June 15.
  • LSS: The Latino Surgical Society is hosting the LSS Symposium on Latino Health 2024 from May 17-19 at the University of Washington in Seattle.
  • SAAS: Applications are being accepted for the first annual SAAS Stories Essay Competition through May 13.
  • SBAS: The Society of Black Academic Surgeons is partnering with AWS to offer a 2024 Visiting Professor program. Learn more and apply by June 3 here.

Call for ACS Governor to AWS

by: Shelbey Lang
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May
05
Please join us in thanking Susan Pories, MD, FACS for her years of service to ACS and AWS!
As Dr. Pories is nearing the end of her final term, AWS is requesting interest in the ACS Governor position.  Per the AWS Policy and Procedures:
The AWS Governor to the College serves a three-year term, which may be renewed for one additional three-year term. Reappointment of the AWS Governor will be made and approved by vote of the Council. AWS selects a primary and secondary candidate and submits this recommendation to the College who will make the final decision on the Governor position.
 
Nominees for AWS Governor must:
· be clinically active.
· be a current member of AWS.
· be a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in good standing.
· have served on the AWS Council for a minimum of three years.  Current members of the AWS council who have served a minimum of three years on the Council are eligible.
· be able to attend all AWS Council meetings and Executive Committee meetings (approximately 6-8 per year with one meeting occurring at the October ACS meeting and one other face-to-face meeting in January, February or March.  All other meetings are via conference call.)
· provide a report at each Council and Executive Committee meeting on issues relevant to AWS and our membership
· be able to attend all Governor meetings and adequately represent AWS and our issues.
 
If you are interested in self-nominating or nominating another AWS member, please share name, email address, and updated CV  by email to [email protected].  This same posting will go out to all AWS members next week.  All nominations are due before Thursday, May 30, 2024.
Submit Nomination

SAAS-AWS Resident Research Travel Award

by: Shelbey Lang
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May
05

SAAS-AWS RESIDENT RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARD

The Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS)-Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Resident Travel Award is a $1000 travel grant supporting attendance of a surgical resident trainee at the SAAS Annual Meeting. The meeting this year will be hosted by Tulane University, Department of Surgery, from Sept 5-6, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisana.

Deadline for applications: May 31, 2024
Notification of award by: July 12, 2024

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Call for Applications: SBAS & AWS Visiting Professorship

by: Shelbey Lang
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Apr
22

The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) and the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Visiting Professorship

Call for Applications

Application Deadline: June 3, 2024

 

Description:
To provide active SBAS and AWS members who are faculty members at the rank of Associate Professor and within 15 years of their faculty appointment the opportunity to serve as a Visiting Professor for the Department of Surgery at a host institution. The host site application will open soon.

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