AWS Foundation Awards Dinner & Gala
Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Chicago
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!
Thank you to everyone who attended our most highly-anticipated event of the year: The AWS Foundation Awards Dinner & Gala! This inspiring event took place on Sunday, October 5 from 7:30-10:00pm at the beautiful Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Chicago. Thank you for joining us to recognize the outstanding contributions that surgeons, surgeons-in-training, mentors, and allies have made to the advancement of women in surgery.
2025 AWS Foundation Award Recipients
Thank You to 2025 AWSF Gala Table Sponsors
Full Tables
- Nancy Gantt, MD, FACS
- Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS
- Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center: David Jacobs, MD, FACS
- George Washington University: Barbara Bass, MD, FACS
- Oregon Health Science University: Kenneth A. Azarow, MD, FACS, FAAP
- Rutgers University: Daniel Jones, MD, MS, FACS
- The Society of Black Academic Surgeons: John Stewart, MD, FACS
- The University of Toledo Medical Center: Jason Schroeder, MD, FAANS, FACS
- Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences: Annesley "AJ" Copeland, MD, FACS
- University of Chicago: Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, FACS
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Timothy Billiar, MD, FACS
- University of Rochester, Department of Surgery: Walter Pegoli, Jr., MD, FACS
- University of Texas Medical Branch: V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD, PhD, MSHCT, FACS, MAMSE and Linda Phillips, MD, FACS
- University of Utah Health: Fiemu Nwariaku, MD, FACS
- University of Washington: Doug Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
- Virginia Commonwealth University: Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD, MBBS FACS
- Weill Cornell Medicine: Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS
Half Tables
- Simone Betchen, MD, MBA, FACS
- Gayle DiLalla, MD, FACS
- Christine Laronga, MD, FACS
- Susan Pories, MD, FACS
- Thomas K. Varghese, Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE
- Case Western Reserve University Metro Health: Marie Crandall, MD, MPH, FACS
- Stanford University School of Medicine: Mary Hawn, MD, FACS
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: Celeste Hollands, MD, FACS, FAAP
- The University of New Mexico School of Medicine: Sharmila Dissanaike, MD, FACS, FCCM
- University of California - Davis School of Medicine: Diana Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS
- University of California, San Francisco: Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FSSO, FACS, MAMSE
- University of Cincinnati: Elizabeth Shaughnessy, MD, PhD, FACS
Thank You to 2025 AWSF Silent Auction Winners
- Dr. Christin Collins
- Dr. Christine Laronga
- Dr. Christine Leeper
- Dr. Cristina O'Donoghue
- Dr. Hilary Sanfey
- Dr. Kathryn Hughes
- Dr. Lauren Ramsey
- Dr. Leigh Neumayer
- Dr. Lillian Erdahl
- Dr. Lisa Reid
- Dr. Michaela West
- Dr. Nancy Gantt
- Dr. Vivian Gahtan
Support Future AWSF Awards Programs
The AWS Foundation Awards are made possible through the generous support of donors. Please consider contributing to the future of the awards program by making a donation to the Foundation today. AWSF is grateful for all supporters who make our programming possible!
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