Previous Meetings
2009 Annual Meeting Recap- Williamsburg, Virgina (Coming soon)
2008 Annual Meeting Recap- Anaheim, California
The 2008 AMWA Annual Meeting and educational conference in Anaheim, California was a great success. AMWA partnered with the Women's Health Care Forum (WHF) so that AMWA attendees were provided with high quality CME and extensive educational and exhibition programs. There were great opportunities to network with women physicians, medical students, and nurse practitioners from all over the country and participate in sessions with an outstanding panel of speakers.
Attendees heard from speakers such as Dr. Arlene Blum, Environmentalist, Mountaineer, and Author; Dr. Devra Davis, author of The Secret History of the War on Cancer; and Dr. Linda Hawes Clever, who presented a talk entitled "Walking the Tightrope: Career, Relationships and You". AMWA held book signings and jewelry sales from their exhibition booth with some of the proceeds going towards American Women's Hospitals Service. Members were able to talk with other meeting participants about the AMWA mission and vision and brought in 16 new AMWA members.
The AMWA Annual Awards Banquet honored and celebrated the organization and included the induction of new officers and board members. This high energy event concluded with a live performance by singer songwriter, teacher, and social change activist, Holly Near.
Dr. Claudia Morrissey began her term as the AMWA National President at the Annual Awards Banquet on March 8th. Her vivacious address to the membership raised the already high energy in the room with her opening remarks:
This is the 94th time a woman physician has stood before you, asking for your support for AMWA and for her presidency. The organization we love is nearly one hundred years old; an organization that has literally changed the face of medicine as well as given so much to each of us. I am honored, humbled, and ready to assume this responsibility.
President's Charge
As your President for 2008, I am looking forward to a year of focused initiatives that will increase AMWA's reach and influence, and to collaborating with other like-minded organizations to expand our impact. The theme for my presidency is "Countdown to a Century of Advocacy" with an emphasis on access: universal access to evidence-based preventive and curative care; expanded access to sexual and reproductive health information and services; and increased access to the halls of power for women providers...
We look forward to Dr. Morrissey's term of service to AMWA!
Click here to download Dr. Morrissey's Full President's Address
Congratulations to the AMWA Award Winners who were recognized at the 2008 Annual Awards Banquet:
Elizabeth Blackwell Award presented to: Elinor Christiansen, MD
Bertha Van Hoosen Award presented to: Omega C. Logan Silva, MD, MACP
Women in Science Award presented to: Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSC
Anne C. Carter Leadership Award presented to: Elmira Sadeghi-Razlighi
Presidential Recognition Award presented to: Clarita Herrera, MD
Young Women in Science Awards presented to:
1st place: Misty Richards
2nd place: Lorraine Liang
3rd place: AuTumn Davidson
Student Travel Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the following students who were recipients of an Anne C Carter Travel Award which provides scholarships to students attending AMWA's national meeting each year:
Jenny Banh, Danielle Barnes, Tiffany Blake-Lamb, AuTumn Davidson, Lauren Engelmann, Carrie Ann Fales, Heather Finlay-Morreale, Alexandra Golant, Rita Hamad, Nicole Johnson, Jesse Lee Kresak, Sara Lange, Lorraine Liang, Shayna Norman, Lealah Pollock, Misty Richards, Elmirah Sadeghi- Razlighi, Julia Switzer, Emily White, and Tiffany Williams
Thank You!
A special thank you goes out to the AMWA members that attended this year's Annual Meeting, and made it a great event. It was wonderful networking with everyone. Thank you also to the Program Committee that helped make it all possible, especially Dr. Eliza Lo Chin who chaired the Program Committee and was seen at the AMWA booth selling jewelry and books and giving directions. Action Central!
