AMWA Member Spotlight — Martha Boone, MD
Thriving in Medicine: The Power of Boundaries, Focus, and Self-Care in a Demanding Profession Tell Us About Your Career Path I was one of the first 100 women board certified […]
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Today’s the Day to Mentor Women in Medicine
by Barbara Edelheit, MD, AMWA Mentorship Chair January is National Mentoring Month, so I’d like to share my mentorship journey. During medical school, I was fortunate to connect to my […]
Navigating Managed Care Contracts and Provider Participation
By Maria Todd, PhD, MHA Preview of 2024 AMWA Annual Meeting Plenary Presentation As a consulting doctor of health administration with 47 years of experience working side by side with […]
AMWA-PATH Celebrates 10 years in Anti-Trafficking Education & Advocacy
By Traci Kurtzer, MD In honor of Human Trafficking Awareness month, I wanted to review the important work that AMWA’s Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans (PATH) has done over […]
AMWA Offers a Place for Women Leaders to Grow
by Theresa M. Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD Professor of Medicine at Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership and President Emeritus of AMWA Sometimes being naïve about barriers is a blessing! As a […]
Engaging Women Physicians on Boards
by Eliza Lo Chin, MD, MPH Earlier this year, I attended an awards luncheon hosted by Blue Shield of California in honor of their achieving success on board diversity and […]
Perspectives from a CHEF Fellow
L-R: Dr. Mona Sarfaty, Dr. Brianna Clark, Dr. Roberta Gebhard by Brianna Clark, DO The Climate Health Equity Fellowship Program ( CHEF Program) is supported by The Medical Society Consortium […]
Understanding and Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Health Care
by Leana Pande and Courtney Chau (Medical Student Co-chairs of AMWA’s Domestic Violence Committee) October is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States. According to the National […]
Riderwood Village Apt. PV-402, Tuesday October 24, 2023
By Karen L. Jerome, MD I arrived at the apartment toting 4 bags of provisions—Ensure, Depends, vanilla pudding, and some groceries for my dad. I’d been there 3 days before, […]
Member Spotlight – Leah Houston, MD
Leah Houston, MD Founder & CEO, HPEC What is it that you are currently doing professionally? Building a company and creating a movement to save medicine. Tell us about your […]