Dear Colleagues and Friends in AWS, I am truly honored to be this year's AWS President. I am motivated to serve our commu...

During Women in Medicine Month 2020, there was a new campaign recognizing the role of healthcare leaders, medical societie...

We’ve all heard about physician shortages in the United States – usually in vague terms; the unspoken implications that ce...

Miss Adeola Olaitan is a gynaecological oncologist at the University College London Hospital. She received her medical de...

Women in Surgery in Brazil  Fernanda Lage Lima Dantas 1 , Elizabeth G. Santos 2     - MD, MPH, T...

In his autobiography “Mis tropiezos hasta la sala 6” (Translation: "My stumbling blocks/setbacks to OR #6") Dr. Raúl Garcí...

In a brutally honest, witty handbook on the unwritten rules of medicine she has learned throughout her career, Dr. Sonya S...

Dr. J.E. “Betsy” Tuttle is an abdominal transplant surgeon at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in...

I first read The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care , by T.R. Reid, when I wa...

In Direct Red , Dr. Gabriel Weston writes about her own experiences as a medical student, resident, and, ultimately, an o...

Dr. Lori Pounds is a vascular surgeon at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University Health System, and M...

Dear AWS members, Last week, you should have received a very important email from Association of Women Surgeons. I am...

Book Review: After Kilimanjaro by Gayle Woodson, MD, FACS After Kilimanjaro describes the journey of Sara...

Dr. Giselle Hamad is a minimally invasive bariatric surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She received h...

I cannot express enough words of gratitude to have found Dr. Scott early in my second year of medical school. He has been...

Book Review: Small: Life and Death on the Front Lines of Pediatric Surgery by Catherine Musemeche Before he...

On November 11, the Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons (RAS-ACS) hosted an incredibly inte...

Book Review: The Real Life of a Surgeon by Arthur W. Perry, MD, FACS The Real Life of a Surgeon is a select...

Photo: Dr. Kristalyn Gallagher pictured here with her mentee Dr. Apoorve Nayyar during 2019 Academic Surgical Congress in...

Book Review: In Shock by Rana Awdish I had been hearing rumblings about the book In Shock by Dr. Rana Awdish,...

This past January, I was fortunate to be paired with Dr. Jennifer Lawton through the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)...

Read part one of the Medical Student Roundtable  here . What are the successful strategies for maintaining a wo...

Book Review: Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation—and Positive Strategies for Change by Linda Babcock...

Mary Killackey, MD is the Robert & Viola Chair of Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Tulane...

Your Path to Surgery: A Roundtable with Medical Students from the Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student C...

It is my distinct pleasure to write this report regarding my recent visit to the Dell-Seton Medical Center and Dell Medica...

  The AWS Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of an award in honor of Dr. Sally Abston (1934-2008)...

Book Review: This Won't Hurt A Bit (And Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood by Michelle Au, MD...

Dr. Stephanie Pannell is board certified in General Surgery & Colorectal Surgery. She received her MD from Mercer Uni...

I first heard about the AWS Foundation Grant through my good friend and mentor Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD while I was still...

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This month's eConnections features Dr. Gail Rosseau , a board-certified neurosurgeon with tremendous experience in global...

Review of The Woman in the Surgeon's Body by Joan Cassell In this book, Dr. Joan Cassell, an anthropologist,...

By Stephanie Bonne On a busy day in the ICU, I was back and forth between meetings, notes and patients, when my phone b...

Interview by Mecker Moller, MD. Translation by Luz Maria Rodriguez, MD, FACS. Edited by Mecker Moller, MD, Luz Maria Rod...