Calls for Entry & Opportunities:

• April 25: Call for AJS abstract reviewers closes. Must be an AWS member - join today.
• May 2: Submit an abstract for the AWS Edition of The American Journal of Surgery. At least one author must be an AWS member - join today.
• May 2: Deadline to apply for the Breaking the Glass Ceiling Leadership Education program. Must be an AWS member - join today.
• May 4: LSS & AWS Visiting Professorship application due. Must be an AWS and LSS member - join today.
• May 23: AWSF Award nominations due.
• June 3: SBAS & AWS Visiting Professorship application due. Must be an AWS or SBAS member - join today.

Programs:

• April 29 at 7pm ET: AWS Medical Student Data Mania (register)
• May 6 at 6pm ET: AWS Reviewer Academy (invitation only)
• May 8 at 7:30pm ET: AWS Publications Webinar - Using Pens, Not Knives (register)
• May 9 at 8pm ET: AWS Journal Club (register)
• June 11 at 7pm ET: AWS Cross Mentorship Workshop - Race and Ethnicity Differences (register)
• July 2 at 7pm ET: AWS Cross Mentorship Workshop - Gender Differences (register)
• August 6 at 7pm ET: AWS Cross Mentorship Workshop - Sexuality Differences (register)
• 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.
• 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 partnering with AWS to offer a Visiting Professor program in 2024. Apply by May 4.
• SAAS: Deadline extended! Submit an abstract by April 29 for the 9th Annual SAAS Meeting. 
• SBAS: The Society of Black Academic Surgeons is partnering with AWS to offer a 2024 Visiting Professor program. Learn more here.

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

Call for Applications

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.