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VIRTUAL PROGRAMS

  • February 6 at 8:30pm ET: AWS Resident & Fellow Virtual Meeting (members only - register here)
  • Feb 7 at 8pm ET: Webinar - "How to Apply to VSLO/USCE: The National and the IMG Experience" - Register
  • Feb 8 at 8am ET: AWS New England Regional Conference  - Register
  • Feb 9 at 9am CT: AWS Southwest Regional Conference - Register
  • February 13 at 7pm ET: AWS Building an Academic Foundation: Maximizing Your Conference Experience (register)
  • Feb 15 at 9am ET: AWS South Regional Conference - Register
  • February 19 at 8pm ET: AWS Surgical Mentorship (invitation only)
  • February 20 at 7pm ET: AWS Publications Webinar - How to Teach Effectively in the OR (register)

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Celebrate Your Mentor

Highlight Your Mentor's Impact with AWSF

Submit a Gift & Note of Gratitude this January

A great mentor has the power to shape careers and transform lives. Through their guidance, they provide wisdom, open doors, and foster valuable connections that create lasting opportunities. For women in surgery, mentors play an essential role in driving both educational and professional growth.

This January, in honor of National Mentoring Month, we’re celebrating outstanding mentors who inspire and empower others. Share your gratitude with a special gift and note of recognition, and look out for featured mentors on AWSF social media platforms and in an upcoming email.

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January 2025 Mentor Spotlight

MENTOR SPOTLIGHT: Stacey Darwish

Ms. Stacey Darwish (MBChB, FRCS) is a Consultant Spine Surgeon based in the National Spine Injuries Unit (NSIU @nsiuresearchgroup), Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, and Mater Private Network in Dublin, Ireland. She was awarded an MBChB from the University of Glasgow and continued her medical training by earning her FRCS in Trauma and Orthopaedics from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. She then furthered her training and expertise by embarking on fellowships in both paediatric & adult deformity (Scottish National Deformity Service, Edinburgh) and complex adult spine surgery (National Spine Injuries Unit, Dublin), focusing on evolving technologies including navigation and robotics. As both a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, Ms. Darwish is currently interested in research topics revolving around trauma, frailty, and evolving surgical technology. Most recently she was integral in the commencement of mixed reality navigation in Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

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Book Review: January 2025

Book Review: Take Care of Them Like My Own: Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon’s Fight for Health Justice

By Dr. Ala Stanford, M.D.

Review by Sophie Hockran

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Call for ACS Governor to AWS

Please join us in thanking Susan Pories, MD, FACS for her years of service to ACS and AWS!
As Dr. Pories is nearing the end of her final term, AWS is requesting interest in the ACS Governor position.  Per the AWS Policy and Procedures:
The AWS Governor to the College serves a three-year term, which may be renewed for one additional three-year term. Reappointment of the AWS Governor will be made and approved by vote of the Council. AWS selects a primary and secondary candidate and submits this recommendation to the College who will make the final decision on the Governor position.
 
Nominees for AWS Governor must:
· be clinically active.
· be a current member of AWS.
· be a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in good standing.
· have served on the AWS Council for a minimum of three years.  Current members of the AWS council who have served a minimum of three years on the Council are eligible.
· be able to attend all AWS Council meetings and Executive Committee meetings (approximately 6-8 per year with one meeting occurring at the October ACS meeting and one other face-to-face meeting in January, February or March.  All other meetings are via conference call.)
· provide a report at each Council and Executive Committee meeting on issues relevant to AWS and our membership
· be able to attend all Governor meetings and adequately represent AWS and our issues.
 
If you are interested in self-nominating or nominating another AWS member, please share name, email address, and updated CV  by email to [email protected].  This same posting will go out to all AWS members next week.  All nominations are due before Thursday, May 30, 2024.
Submit Nomination

SAAS-AWS Resident Research Travel Award

SAAS-AWS RESIDENT RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARD

Congratulations to the 2024 Awardee: Dr. Priyanka V. Chugh

We are thrilled to announce that the recipient of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) and Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Resident Research Travel Award is Priyanka V. Chugh MD, MS! Dr. Chugh is a general surgery resident at Boston Medical College and completed her research years at Boston Children's Hospital. Congratulations, Dr. Chugh!

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Call for Applications: SBAS & AWS Visiting Professorship

The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) and the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Visiting Professorship

Call for Host Institutions

Application Deadline: August 12, 2024

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