AWS Foundation Awards Dinner & Gala

Sunday, September 27  | 7:30-10:00pm

Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel

Constitution Level (3B) in the Constitution Ballroom

We are excited to invite you to the AWS Foundation Awards Dinner & Gala! This inspiring event will take place on Sunday, September 27, from 7:30-10:00 pm at the beautiful Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington D.C. Join us to recognize the outstanding contributions that surgeons, surgeons-in-training, mentors, and allies have made to the advancement of women in surgery. Cocktail attire is recommended! 

Gala Tickets & Tables 

• Individual Ticket: $325
• Half Table: $2000
• Full Table: $4000

Purchase Tickets & Tables

Thank You to Our 2026 Gala Table Sponsors:

Full Table Sponsors

• Nancy Gantt, MD, FACS / Raymond Boniface, MD
• Marion Henry, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP
• Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS American Board of Surgery
• Duke Department of Surgery - Peter Allen, MD, FACS
• Friends and Mentees of Dr. Laura Witherspoon
• MedStar Georgetown University Hospital - Steven D Wexner, MD, PhD, FACS and Thomas Fishbein MD, FACS
• OHSU Department of Surgery - Kenneth Azarow, MD, FACS, FAAP
• The University of Toledo - Eric T. Kimchi, MD, MBA, FACS
• Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences - Annesley “AJ” Copeland, MD, FACS
• University of Kentucky Department of Surgery - William B. Inabnet III, MD, MHA, FACS
• University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Surgery - Ryan C. Fields, MD, FACS
• University of Utah Department of Surgery - Cindy B. Matsen, MD, MSCI, FACS
• University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery - Timothy Billiar, MD
• UTHealth Houston: Lillian Kao, MD, MS, FACS
• Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Surgery - Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS

Half Table Sponsors

• Simone Betchen, MD, MBA, FACS
• Gayle DiLalla, MD, FACS
• Christine Laronga, MD, FACS
• Dixie Mills, MD, FACS
• Elizabeth Shaughnessy, MD, PhD, FACS
• Duke Department of Surgery - Peter Allen, MD, FACS
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School - Susan E. Pories, MD, FACS
• University of Florida Department of Surgery - Gilbert R Upchurch, Jr., MD
• The University of Toledo - Eric T. Kimchi, MD, MBA, FACS
• UCSF Department of Surgery - Julie Ann Sosa, MD MA FACS
• University of Chicago, Department of Surgery - Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, FACS
• Yale Department of Surgery - Benjamin L. Judson, MD, MBA

 AWS Foundation Awards

Congratulations to the 2026 AWSF Awardees! The award winners will be honored at the AWSF Awards Dinner and Gala on Sunday, September 27,  held in conjunction with the AWS 2026 Annual Conference.