The AMWA Mission
The American Medical Women's Association is an organization which functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women's health. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.
Member Benefits:
No matter where you are in your career, there are many reasons to join AMWA. Here’s a sampling of just a few membership benefits.
Career Development
Create your legacy with the support of the AMWA community.
Networking
A powerful local and national network for personal and professional growth.
Mentoring
Connect young leaders with AMWA physicians in 125 academic medical centers across the U.S.
Global Opportunities
Explore your interest in global health and international outreach.
Funding
Fellowships, grants and scholarships recognizing leadership, achievement and potential.
Education
National, regional and local conferences, lectures webinars, and skills training workshops.
Recent AMWA News / View All News
Women now account for an increasingly large percentage of medical school students and practicing physicians, yet there is still a scarcity of research on how gender-related differences can affect clinician…
The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) installed Roberta E. Gebhard, DO as President and Nicole P. Sandhu, MD, PhD as President-Elect at its meeting on March 30, 2019. In addition,…
Global Initiative Against HPV and Cervical Cancer (GIAHC) has partnered with Dr. Patricia Garcia, former health minister of Peru and Cayetano Heredia University on the Hope Project. They have recently…
AMWA joined the Voices for Non-Opioid Choices Coalition Launch Program on May 16, 2019, in Washington, DC. The coalition “is a nonpartisan coalition dedicated to preventing opioid addiction before it…
