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American Medical Women's Association: The Vision and Voice of Women in Medicine since 1915.

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Awards Grants & Recognition

Over the past 150 years, women physicians have blazed new trails, opened closed minds, lifted downcast spirits, and profoundly impacted medicine in countless ways. Through our awards and recognition programs, AMWA celebrates the contributions and accomplishments of these remarkable American Medical Women.

AMWA honors the pioneering medical women of yesterday-

From Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive an M.D. degree from an American medical school, to Bertha Van Hoosen, founder and first president of the American Medical Women's Association.

AMWA champions the determined and talented medical women of today-

From Antonia Novello, the first woman, and the first Hispanic, to become Surgeon General of the United States, to Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, the first woman, and the first African American, to be president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

AMWA encourages the promising young medical women of tomorrow-

To the next generation of physicians, like Ashley Styczynski, AMWA Student President and 2010 winner of the Anne C. Carter Leadership Award.

View a full list of our awards and here

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Medicine: A Woman's Career

When AMWA was founded in 1915, women represented 5-6% of all physicians in the U.S. The organization's statement of purpose was, "to bring Medical Women into communication with each other for their mutual advantage, and to encourage social and harmonious relations within and without the profession."

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Journal of Women's Health

Journal of Women's Health is an essential reference providing a multidisciplinary approach, and complete coverage of all the latest advancements in the full purview of women's healthcare issues. The Journal has been cited by: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, and MSNBC.com

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Health Care Advocacy

A leading advocate for women's health and women in medicine, AMWA is an active participant in setting national health care policy and influencing legislation on women's health issues.

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