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 […]
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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 […]
Serving Women
by Laurel Waters, MD Sometimes you find a gem right in your own backyard. As a physician in Northern California and current president of the AMWA San Francisco East Bay […]
In Memoriam – Fran DuRocher, MD
Fran DuRocher, M.D., passed away August 5 at home in Dumfries, Virginia, following a long illness. She was 80. Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 1943, Fran knew early in […]
A Reminder of Why I Became a Doctor
There are special communities within healthcare where the usual silos and barriers seem to vanish and all stakeholders are working together to save lives. That community is the rare disease […]
Abortion Bans May Limit Treatment for Pregnancy Complications
Lawsuits in Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma highlight significant gaps in the medical care of pregnant women where restrictive state abortion bans may limit treatment for a pregnancy complications, as practitioners […]
AMWA Member Remembers 9/11
These photos are from from the 9/11 Ceremony at Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad at noon on 9/11/23. A 9 foot beam from the World Trade Center anchors the […]