A Visit with AMWA Past President Dr. Lila Wallis
A Visit with AMWA Past President Dr. Lila Wallis By Dr. Eliza Chin, AMWA Executive Director This week, while on our way to the Mayo GRIT for Women in Medicine […]
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AMWA Partners with CORD for National Physician Suicide Awareness Day
National Physician Suicide Awareness Day Activities – September 17 AMWA is a participant of National Physician Suicide Awareness (NPSA) Day, an initiative founded by the Council of Residency Directors (CORD) in […]
UTOR Wealth Offering Financial Wellness Webinars
I’m so thrilled to join an organization whose purpose is to advance women in medicine! AMWA knows that there’s still a lot of work to be done to achieve gender […]
CMU + AMWA = CAREER IMPACT
In spite of the half and half gender distribution in medical schools, women remain sorely underrepresented in health care leadership. Approximately 11% of health care CEO roles are filled by […]
Complete the Parental Leave Survey to Share Experiences
The following survey is from William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, regarding a research project on parental leave across various professions. Responses to this survey will help lay the groundwork […]
AMWA Joins National Obesity Care Week 2019 to Support Access to Care for Everyone Living with Obesity
Today, more than 93 million adult Americans are living with obesity. Many do not know obesity is a disease and that their healthcare provider can help them with weight-loss and […]
AMWA Leader Dr. Saralyn Mark (founder of iGIANT) to speak at National Space Council
August 20, 9:30 EDT (C-SPAN, NASA-TV) On Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. EDT, Vice President Mike Pence will chair the sixth meeting of the National Space Council at […]
American Medical Women’s Association Speaks Out on Need for Gun Violence Prevention
Schaumburg — Gun violence is a public health issue. Time and time again, the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) as an organization stands to decrease the burden of gun-related fatalities […]
MWIA Centennial Congress Report
Submitted by Dr. Eliza Chin, AMWA Executive Director The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) was honored to host the Centennial Congress of the Medical Women’s International Association at the […]
AMWA Member Spotlight — Michael Sinha
Tell us about your work. Lately I’ve been engaged in a lot of gender equity work, both scholarship and policy. At the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society, […]