Thank You Donors

Thank you to our Founders Circle donors from 2015-2024.

The Association of Women Surgeons Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of women in surgery. Our mission to provide opportunities for the educational and professional growth of women in surgery relies on the gracious support of benefactors. We thank you on behalf of the many women who have directly benefited from your gift.

Special thanks to the following organizations, companies, and individuals for their contributions.

$55,000 - $59,999

Myriam Curet
Hilary Sanfey

$50,000 - $54,999

$40,000 - $49,999

Leigh Neumayer

$35,000 - $39,999

$30,000 - $34,999

$25,000 - $29,999

Eugene Braunwald

Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee

$20,000 - $24,999

AJ Copeland

Margaret Dunn

Nancy Gantt

Patricia Numann
Elizabeth Shaughnessy

$15,000 - $19,999

Celeste Hollands

Joyce Majure

Dixie Mills

Pon Satitpunwaycha

Beth Sutton

Amy Vertrees

$10,000 - $14,999

Mark Hansen
Vicki Klimberg

Marilyn Marx

Sharon Stein
Courtney and Mary Townsend
Marshia Witting

$5,000 - $9,999

Hiba Abdel Aziz
Barbara Bass
Meredith Duke

Marion Henry
Mary Hooks
Marybeth Hughes
Shelley Hwang

Laura Johnson
R. Scott Jones

Christine Laronga
Nina McLemore

Anne Mosenthal

Pauline Park
Linda Phillips
Sara Rasmussen
Chantal Reyna
Betsy Tuttle-Newhall

Robin Williams

$1,000 - $4,999

Sasha Adams
Adnan Alseidi
AZ College of Osteopathic
Medicine Chapter

John and Patty Atkinson

Janet Bickel
Stephanie Bonne
Mary Brandt

Kenneth Burchard
John Cameron
Candace Castro
Amalia Cochran
Donna Coulombe

Marie Crandall
Carla Devlin

Emilia Diego
Gayle DiLalla
Tamar Earnest
Lillian Erdahl

Diana Farmer
Sally & Jay Fish

Shannon Foster
Julie Freischlag

Betts Galrielsen Mayer

Kristalyn Gallagher

Melissa Gibbs

Baiba Grube
David Herndon
Jo Carol Hiatt
Kimberley Joseph

Danielle Katz
Barbara Kinder
Rosemary Kozar
Geeta Lal
Keith Lillemoe
Virginia Litle

Yuk Ming Liu
Ronald Maier
Jeffrey and Joan Matthews
Mary McCarthy

Kandace McGuire

Jean Miner
Ken Mealy
Lena Mosenthal

Lena Napolitano

Lauren Nosanov

Joan Palomaki

Sareh Parangi

Mayur Patel

Susan Pories
Joan Richardson

Patricia Roberts
Danny Robinette
Carrie Sims
Southern Illinois University
Department of Surgery
Kimberly Stolba

Susan Stuart

Sonia Sugg
Barbara Thompson
Susan Tsai

Omaida Velazquez
Danielle Walsh

Grace Ward
Michaela West
Sherry Wren

Charles Yeo
Cheng Har Yip

$500 - $999

Elizabeth Acquista
Charles Balch
Nicole Baril

Linda Barney

Arun Baskara
Simone Betchen

Kelly Braniff

Akia Caine

Lisa Cannada
Camilla Carroll
Kathleen Casey
Herb Chen
Jennifer Choi
Maryanne Doker
Christopher Ellison
Heather Evans
Vivian Gahtan

Luis Garcia
Diane Gillum
Amy Goldberg

Nicole Goulet

Kimberley Hendershot
Eunice Huang
Emina Huang
Elena James
Christian Jones

D'Andrea Jospeh
Susan Kaiser
Stephanie Kapfer
Denise Kenna

Helen Krontiras

Jaime Lewis
Lauren Licata

Ann Lowry

John Mellinger

Salewa Oseni

Nell Maloney Patel
Lori Pounds
Syliva Ramos
Luz Maria Rodriguez
Valerie Rusch
Maheswari Senthil
Rachel Slotcavage
Lygia Stewart
Megan Tracci
Vassiliki Tsikitis
Thomas Varghese
J. Patrick Walker
Jane Wey
Sandra Wong
Heather Yeo
Esther Yung
Michelle Zweifler

$100 - $499

Shannon Acker
Elizabeth Ackerman
Amani Alansari
Roxie Albrecht
Jo Ann Alley
Sabreen Alzamil
Amanda Amin
Amanda Arrington
Bernadette Aulivola
Richard Austin
Lizanne Avon
Sharon Bachman
Talia Baker
Jeanne Ballinger
Katie Bandt

Marguerite Barnett

Toni Beninato
Letitia Bradford
Kristy Broman
Ines Buccimazza
Lisa Cassileth
Ashley Cayo
Christy Chai
Tiffany Chao
Jeannie Chun
Katy Coan
Yolanda Colson
Brittney Culp
Jennifer Davids

James and Maureen Debritz
Catherine DeVries
Patricia Dey
Tara Dinitto

Heath Dorion
Jay Doucet
Jeff Drozen
Juliet Emamaullee
Brian Eule
Paula Ferrada
Abbey Fingeret
Jessica Folek
Vikisha Fripp
Sophia Fu
Nhu Thao Galvan
Erin Gilbert
Julia Glaser
Nina Glass
Loreto Glynn
Wendy Greene
Margaret Groban
Kristene Gugliuzza
Ellen Hagopian
Alex Haynes
Katherine Hein
Maryanne Helfrich
Danielle Henry

Callie Hlavin
Ashley Holder
Alexander Hollingsworth
Mary Ann Hopkins
Tjasa Hranjec
Shirley Hubbel

Monica Jain

Kainaat Javed

Kelly Kempe

Kathleen Kieran
K Marie King
Mary Klingensmith
Denise Klinker
Leslie Kohman
Meera Kotagel
Matthew Kutcher

Jeffrey Lee
Karyn Leigh
David Livingston

Ingrid Lizarrage

Rachel Lovano

Kaye Lu
Stephanie Lueckel
Sharon Lum
Keri Lunsford
Mary Maniscalco – Theberge
Kirsten Mansfield
Helen Markowski
Sylvia Martinez

Christina Maser

Holly Mason

Sarah Mathew
Douglas Mathisen
Lauren Matteini
Sophia McKinley
Faith Menken
Laura Merriman
Stacy Millan
Sarah Minasayan

Rebecca Minter
Cecylia Mizera
Alicia Mohr

Alexis Moren

Lilah Morris-Wiseman
Ellen Morrow
Deb Mueller
John Mullen

Nicholas Namias
Aparajit Naram
Katie Nason
Holly Neville

Lisa Newman

Valentine Nfonsam
Hope Nicely
Michelle Nyman
Ikenna Okereke
Jessica Okun
Lauren Ostling
Sheila Partridge
Jasmeet Paul

Carey Payne
PCOM AWS Chapter
Arielle Perez
Alexander Perez
Barbara Pettitt
Giao Phan
Melinda Piche
R.N. Pierson
Susan Pitt
Jennifer Plichta
Janey Pratt

Carla Pugh
Amy Quillo
Diane Radford
Marilyn Raffensperger
Heidi Rafferty
Lisa Reid

Susan Reid
Caroline Reinke

Maureen Remitz
Jessica Reynolds
Taylor Riall
J. David Richardson
Rosiane Roeder
Peter Rojas
Minerva Romero Arenas

Lauren Rosenblum
Sharona Ross
Gail Rousseau

MArk Rubin
Kimberley Ruscher
Arghavan Salles

Amanda Saltzman
Mary Santos

Heena Santry
Jayson Schaecher
Rebecca Schroll
Kristen Sell-Dottin
Shefali Shah
Robert Shamberger
Sheida Sharifi
Anton Sidawy

Kristen Sihler
Julia Sone
Sunita Srivastava
Antonio Stephen

Zoe Stewart Lewis
Debra Tarantino
Deborah Taylor
Maureen Tedesco
Jacqueline Thompson
Gary Timmerman
Yasuko Tomizawa
Gilbert Upchurch

University of Wisconsin
Catherine Velopulos
M. Therese Vives
Kelly Wagner
Sarah Walcott-Sapp
Dawn Wang
Irene Wapnir
Michael Warren
Anna Weiss
Cheryl Wesen
Allison Wilcox
Caren Wilkie
Jessica Williams

Laura Withers
Laura Witherspoon

Stephanie Wood
Stacey Woodruff
Moriah Wright