What’s Women’s Professional Baseball Got To Do With AMWA?
By Eliza Lo Chin, MD, MPH Whoever would have thought that AMWA would be following baseball this summer. It so happens that the inaugural season of the Women’s Pro Baseball […]
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Remembering Mary Ellen Morrow
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Mary Ellen Morrow, longtime AMWA photographer, devoted member of the AMWA community, and daughter of AMWA Past President Dr. […]
Why Pre-Roe Abortion Stories Matter Again after Dobbs
Published on KevinMD and reprinted with permission. by Dr. Laurel Waters History has a way of repeating itself. In the years leading up to the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, […]
What Becoming a Chief Medical Officer Taught a Shy Doctor
Originally published in KevinMD. By Dr. Vidhya Prakash I never sought out leadership. It found me. We met when I clumsily stumbled into it as a junior faculty. Razor-focused on […]
Four Years After Dobbs, the Untold Stories Still Matter
By Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber and Dr. Lara Hart Originally published on KevinMD. Last month marked the fourth anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court decision that […]
105th Anniversary of the Discovery of Insulin
By Eliza Lo Chin, MD, MPH This month marks the 105th Anniversary of the discovery of insulin. It was in 1921 at the University of Toronto that a team of […]
AMWA Past President Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber Amplifies the Voice of Physician Advocacy Through National Education and Public Engagement
AMWA Past President Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber has recently been featured in two national public education initiatives focused on physician advocacy, vaccine confidence, and the importance of trusted medical voices. Helping […]
AMWA Member Dr. Lyndsay Hoy Named a Semifinalist in the 2026 Health Hero Challenge
The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) is proud to celebrate one of our own. AMWA member Dr. Lyndsay Hoy has been named a semifinalist in the 2026 Be Well Philly […]
Who Controls Care? Reproductive Health in a Global Context
Authors: Rhea Manohar, MPH; Meghan Etsey, MD; Yun Weisholtz, MD-PhD on behalf of AMWA’s Gender Equity Task Force and American Women’s Hospitals Service In one country, a woman can schedule […]
Book Review: Layers of the Heart
Layers of the Heart is a newly published memoir by Dr. Catherine O’Riordan about her mother, Dr. Anna Connor O’Riordan, a pioneering pediatric cardiologist. At first glance, this book is […]