Physician Awards, Grants & Fellowship

Awarded by the incumbent national AMWA President for excellence that may be in any of the following categories: Science, Medicine, Clinical Practice, Leadership, Humanitarianism, or Philanthropy.

2026 Award Recipients

Jessi Gold, MD, MS
Caitlin Bernard, MD, MSCI, FACOG

Previous Recipients

2025
Women’s Wellbeing through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Program
Charlene M. Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP
Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP, FAAFP & PurpLE Health Foundation
IEC (Institute for Exceptional Care)

2024
Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM)
Jamie White, MS
Dr. med. Maike Scharp, MScPH
Lucy Pérez, PhD

2023
Janine Clayton, MD

2022
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Khawaja Shams

2021
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (posthumous)
Uché Blackstock, MD
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (Feb 8, 1831 – March 9, 1895)
Barbara Ross-Lee, DO, FACOFP

2020
Jennifer Hunt, MD

2019
Sandra O. Gold, MS, EdD
Jessica Posner Odede
TIME’S UP Healthcare

2018
Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina
Students Activists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

2017
Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH
Londa Schiebinger, PhD
Laura L. Helfman, MD

2016
Norma Jo Waxman, MD
Farzanna Haffizulla, MD, FACP, FAMWA
Molly Carnes, MD, MS
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH

2015
VADM Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA
Dr. Cecelia Richards
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl Wu
Laurel Bellows
Dr. Deborah German

2014
Arianna Huffington
Patricia Allen, MD
Gayatri Devi, MD

2013
Michelle Bachelet, MD

2012
Eliza Chin, MD, MPH
Gayatri Devi, MD

2011
Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, Surgeon General, Vice Admiral USPHS
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs

The Dr. Linda Brodsky Memorial Fund honors Dr. Brodsky’s memory by endorsing her passions for gender equity, medical student success, clinical research and the advancement of women physicians. Funds will be used to support the Brodsky Memorial Scholarship and related initiatives promoting gender equity in medicine including but not limited to medical student projects, relevant research and quality of care.

The goal of this grant is to honor Dr. Brodsky’s memory by endorsing her passion for gender equity, medical student success, clinical research and the advancement of women physicians. The program provides funding up to $10,000 to members who submit a project that addresses these initiatives. The project may be oriented to research, education, political advocacy or a medical endeavor that speaks to the mission of the Linda Brodsky Fund. Learn more and apply

Honoring Excellence in Medicine and Science

The American Medical Women’s Association Fellowship Program serves to recognize and honor distinguished members of AMWA who have accomplished outstanding achievements in science, medicine, or academia. AMWA’s first class of fellows was inducted at AMWA’s Centennial Meeting in 2015. Maintenance of FAMWA requires continued national membership in AMWA. Learn more and apply or nominate a fellow.

The Elizabeth Blackwell Women in Medicine Career Achievement Award, created as a lasting tribute to the first woman awarded an M.D. degree from an American medical school, is granted to a woman physician who has made the most outstanding contributions to the cause of women in the field of medicine.

The award was initiated in 1949 by Elise S. L’Esperance, MD. Prior to 1993, the award was a member award but is now open to both members and  non-members.

Criteria

• Woman physician either working or having worked in the U.S.
• Influenced the ever-expanding role of women in medicine
• Demonstrated commitment, originality, innovation, or creativity in her field of medicine
• Made pathways for other women in medicine
• Made exceptional contribution to the image of women in medicine
• Overcame adversity in medicine
• Achieved recognition as a leader in women’s health in the area of public policy, health care delivery, research, medical education, patient care, application of basic sciences to health care.

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH

Previous Recipients – View the Blackwell Exhibit

• 2025 Reshma Jagsi, MD DPhil
• 2024 Marty Polan
• 2023 Nancy D. Spector, MD
• 2022 Julie K. Silver, MD
• 2021 Susan Thompson Hingle, MD, MACP, FRCP, FAMWA
• 2020 Darilyn Moyer, MD, FACP, FRCP, FIDS
• 2019 Alma Littles, MD
• 2018 Michele Barry, MD, FACP
• 2017 Marjorie R. Jenkins, MD, MEdHP, FACP
• 2016 Padmini Murthy, MD MPH, MS
• 2015 Mae Jemison, MD
• 2014 Mary Guinan, MD. PhD
• 2013 Kimberly Templeton, MD
• 2012 Luanne Thorndyke, MD
• 2011 Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
• 2010 Linda Clever,MD, MACP
• 2009 Nancy Nielson, MD
• 2008 Elinor Christiansen, MD
• 2007 Debra R. Judelson, MD
• 2006 Patricia Joy Numann, MD
• 2005 Sarah S. Donaldson, M.D., FACR
• 2004 Mary Jane England, M.D.
• 2003 Joanne Lynn, M.D.
• 2002 Olga Jonasson, M.D.
• 2001 No Annual Meeting, no selection
• 2000 Nanette Kass Wenger, M.D., and Jeanne Spurlock, M.D., posthumously
• 1999 Lila Stein Kroser, M.D.
• 1998 Leah J. Dickstein, M.D., and Tina Strobos, M.D.
• 1997 LeClair Bissell, M.D.
• 1996 Elizabeth W. Karlin, M.D.
• 1995 Vivian W. Pinn, M.D.
• 1994 Anne H. Flitcraft, M.D.
• 1993 Yoshiye Togasaki, M.D.
• 1992 Roselyn Payne Epps, M.D., and Jane E. Hodgson, M.D.
• 1991 Anne L. Barlow, M.D.
• 1990 Lila A. Wallis, M.D.
• 1989 Helen O. Dickens, M.D.
• 1988 Claudine M. Gay, M.D.
• 1987 A. Lois Scully, M.D.
• 1986 Luella Klein, M.D.
• 1985 Carol C. Nadelson, M.D.
• 1984 Charlotte H. Kerr, M.D., and Helen M. Caldicott, M.D.
• 1983 Clara Raven, M.D.
• 1982 Helen B. Taussig, M.D.
• 1981 Mathilda R. Vaschak, M.D.
• 1980 Ann P.D. Manton, M.D.
• 1979 Bernice C. Sachs, M.D.
• 1978 Minerva S. Buerk, M.D.
• 1977 Eva F. Dodge, M.D., and Edith P. Brown, M.D.
• 1976 Claire F. Ryder, M.D.
• 1975 Ruth Hartgraves, M.D.
• 1974 Laura E. Morrow, M.D.
• 1973 Alice Drew Chenoweth, M.D.
• 1972 Alma Dea Morani, M.D.
• 1971 Frieda Bauman, M.D.
• 1970 Rosa Lee Nemir, M.D.
• 1969 Katharine W. Wright, M.D.
• 1968 Margaret J. Schneider, M.D.
• 1967 Amey Chappell, M.D.
• 1966 Esther C. Marting, M.D.
• 1965 Camille Mermod, M.D.
• 1964 Helena T. Ratterman, M.D.
• 1963 Elizabeth S. Waugh, M.D.
• 1962 Judith Emmelia Ahlem, M.D.
• 1961 Elizabeth Kittredge, M.D.
• 1960 Nelle Sparks Noble, M.D.
• 1959 Helen F. Schrack, M.D.
• 1958 Ada Chree Reid, M.D.
• 1957 Esther Pohl Lovejoy, M.D.
• 1956 Evangeline S. Stenhouse, M.D.
• 1955 Elise S. L’Esperance, M.D.
• 1954 Mabel E. Gardner, M.D.
• 1953 Elizabeth Bass, M.D.
• 1952 Catharine Macfarlane, M.D.
• 1951 Esther Pohl Lovejoy, M.D.
• 1950 Bertha Van Hoosen, M.D.
• 1949 Mary Riggs Noble, M.D.

The Bertha Van Hoosen Award for Leadership and Service to AMWA, named in honor of the Founder and first President of AMWA, honors a woman physician who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and service to AMWA, and has been an active member for at least five years. Awardees must be present at the Awards Presentation Ceremony at AMWA’s Annual Meeting in order to be eligible to receive an award.

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Bisi Alli, DO, MS

Previous Recipients

• 2025 Susan Thompson Hingle, MD,
• 2024 Monica D. Ormeno, DO
• 2023 Nicole P. Sandhu, MD, PhD
• 2022 Laurel Waters, MD
• 2021 Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH
• 2020 Connie Newman, MD,
• 2019 Kimberly Templeton, MD
• 2018 Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD
• 2017 Farzanna Haffizulla, MD, FACP, FAMWA, and Gayatri Devi, MD, MS, FAAN
• 2016 Eliza Lo Chin, MD, MPH
• 2015 Roberta Gebhard, DO
• 2014 Linda Brodsky, MD
• 2013 Diane Galindo, MD
• 2012 Clarita Herrera, MD
• 2011 Beatrice Sachs, MD
• 2010 Anne Barlow Ramsay, MD and Claudia S. Morrissey, MD, MPH
• 2009 Roberta Rubin, MD
• 2008 Omega C. Logan Silva, MD, MACP
• 2007 Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA
• 2006 Satty Gill Keswani, MD
• 2005 Lesly T. Mega, M.D.
• 2004 Clair M. Callan, MD
• 2004 Anne E. Bernstein, MD
• 2003 Wendy Chavkin, MD
• 2002 Estherina Shems, MD
• 2001 No Annual Meeting, no selection
• 2000 Michele H. Bloch, MD
• 1999 Anita Johnson, MD
• 1998 Elinor T. Christiansen, MD
• 1997 Christine E. Haycock, MD
• 1996 Suzanne Allen Widrow, D, and Marjorie Braude, MD
• 1995 Janet Rose Osuch, MD
• 1994 Kathryn E. McGoldrick, MD
• 1993 Mary Ann Cromer, MD
• 1992 Rita R. Newman, MD
• 1991 Susan C. Stewart, MD
• 1990 Constance U. Battle, MD

The Woman in Science Award is given to a physician who identifies as a woman, significantly advanced in career, who has had a lasting impact through exceptional contributions to medical science, especially in women’s health, through basic and /or clinical research, publications and through leadership in their field.

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Melissa A. Simon, MD, MBA, MPH

Previous Winners

• 2025 Hoda Anton-Culver, PhD and Martha K. Terris, MD
• 2024 Louis McCullough, MD
• 2023   Betty S. Pace, MD
• 2022   Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH
• 2021   Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
• 2020   No award presented
• 2019   Natalie Afshari, MD
• 2018   Pauline Maki, PhD
• 2017   Tamara A. Scerpella, MD
• 2016   Neelum Aggarwal, MD
• 2015   Myra Hurt, Ph.D.
• 2014   Claudia Baquet, MD, MPH
• 2012   Pamela Lipsett, MD, MHPE
• 2011   Katherine Wisner, MD, MS
• 2010   Carolyn Westhoff, MD
• 2009   Mary Guinan, MD, MPH
• 2008   Linda C.Giudice, MD
• 2007   Lori Jean Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD
• 2006   Denise L. Faustman, MD, PhD
• 2005   Etta Pisano, M.D., FACR
• 2004   Saroja Bharati, MD
• 2003   Jo Ann Manson, M.D.
• 2002   Marianne J. Legato, M.D., FACP
• 2000   Judith Lewis Herman, M.D.
• 1999   Bernadine Healy, M.D.
• 1998   Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D.
• 1997   Olga Jonasson, M.D.
• 1996   Florence Haseltine, M.D.
• 1995   Not Awarded
• 1994   Suzanne W. Fletcher, M.D.
• 1993   Nanette Wenger, M.D.

The Lila A. Wallis Lifetime Achievement Award for Advancing Women’s Health is given in the name of one of AMWA’s most beloved Past Presidents.  Each year, the award is given to an individual whose lifetime achievements, accomplishments, motivation, mentorship, energy and enthusiasm for women’s health, education, and research reflect the trailblazing achievements and influences in women’s health exemplified by Dr. Lila A. Wallis.

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Sharonne N. Hayes, MD

Previous Recipients

2025 Jennifer H. Mieres, MD and Stacey E. Rosen, MD
2024 Traci Kurtzer, MD
2023 Sandra Milligan, MD, JD
2022 Donnica Moore, MD
2021 Alyson J. McGregor MD
2020 Janice L. Werbinski, MD
2019 Susan G. Kornstein, MD
2018 Wendy Klein, MD, MACP
2017 Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS
2016 Norma Jo Waxman, MD
2015 Janine Clayton, MD
2014 Florence Haseltine, MD, PhD
2012 Nawal Nour, MD
2011 Saralyn Mark, MD
2010 Natalie Rasgon, MD, PhD
2009 Holly L. Thacker, MD
2008 Not awarded
2007 Patricia P. Barry, MD, MPH
2006 Nada Stotland, MD, MPH
2005 Donald Lindberg, MD
2004 Susan M. Love, MD, MBA
2003 Sheila Blume, M.
2002 Vicki L. Seltzer, MD
2000 Gloria Elizabeth Sarto, MD
1999 Janet Rose Osuch, MD
1998 Adaline Satterthwaite, MD

The AMWA Award for Advocacy in Advancing Women Physicians and the Health of Women honors individuals or organizations whose advocacy has advanced women in medicine and improved the health of women. This award recognizes work that drives systemic change, promotes gender equity, and aligns with AMWA’s mission to support women physicians and address women’s unique health needs through policy, practice, education, or leadership.

Eligibility: Open to individuals, groups, or organizations significantly advancing women physicians or women’s health, including healthcare professionals, advocates, policy leaders, and organizations shaping the field.

Award Criteria (Must meet at least one of criteria 1, 2, and/or 3. All nominations must address criteria 4)

1. Advocacy for Women Physicians
   1. Advances opportunities and leadership for women in medicine.
   2. Reduces barriers in education, career growth, and leadership roles.
   3. Supports equity in pay, work-life balance, and professional well-being.
2. Improving Women’s Health
   1. Advocates for better women’s health outcomes through care, research, or policy.
   2. Addresses disparities in maternal health, reproductive health, and access to care.
3. Mentorship and Empowerment
   1. Mentors or empowers future women physicians.
   2. Creates programs or networks fostering leadership and well-being.
4. Impact and Sustainability
   1. Influences organizations or policies to prioritize gender equity.
   2. Demonstrates long-term impact and commitment to systemic reforms.

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS

Past Recipients: This awards was first conferred in 2026.

In 1968, the American Women’s Hospitals Service created the Esther Pohl Lovejoy Award.  This recognition was conceived to honor the name of Dr. Lovejoy and create a tribute in her name because the Directors of the American Women’s Hospitals Service felt that Esther Pohl Lovejoy was the outstanding example of great international humanitarian involvement of women physicians.  It was decided that the Esther Pohl Lovejoy Award should be given to a woman physician who had demonstrated her interest and dedication to the promotion of international relations through improvement in international health. (View Historical background on Award)

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Eleanor Reid, MD, PhD

Past Recipients

• 2025 Gloria A Bachmann, MD, MMS
• 2024 Nehkonti Adams, MD
• 2023 Satty Gill Keswani, MD
• 2022 Shelley Ross, MD, CCFP, FCFP, ICD.D
• 2021 Claudia Morrissey Conlon, MD, MPH, FAMWA
• 2020 Shobha S. Krishnan, MD, FAAFP
• 2019 No award presented
• 2018 Ellen Einterz, MD, CM, MPH&TM
• 2017 Stephanie Van Dyke, MD, MPH (posthumous)
• 2016 Holly Atkinson, MD

This award is presented annually to a a man who has been a champion and supporter of women in medicine.  Dr. Larry Zaroff was a mentor to generations of physicians, medical students, and pre-medical students.  A retired cardiac surgeon and later humanities professor at Stanford, he was an avid supporter of women in medicine at all stages of their career.  His well-known courses always presented a special session devoted to the issues and challenges faced by women in medicine.  Dr. Eliza Lo Chin, a longtime colleague and guest speaker at these sessions, established this award to honor Dr. Zaroff’s commitment to the advancement of women in medicine.

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2026 AMWA Award Winners – Terence R. Flotte, MD

Previous Recipients

• 2025 Jerry Kruse, MD
• 2024 Mark Shapiro, MD, FHM, FACP
• 2023 David L. Coleman, MD and Ted Johnson, MD, MPH
• 2022 Douglas DeLong, MD, MACP
• 2021 Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD, MBA MACP, FRCP
• 2020 Paul Kirchgraber, MD, MBA
• 2019 Johannes W. Vieweg, MD, FACS
• 2018 Marshall A. Wolf, MD
• 2017 Bernard Lo, MD, and David M. Gaba, MD

The award recognizes outstanding achievement by an AMWA physician member who is within 16 years of graduating medical school and who is not an AMWA Medical Student Member or Resident/Fellow Member. Nominees must meet these qualifications as of June 30th of each year considered. Areas of achievement may include leadership; academics; clinical care, including but not limited to publishing, teaching, and mentoring; and/or volunteerism.

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Melissa Swee, MD, MME

Previous Recipients

• 2025 Tiffani Bell Washington MD, MPH
• 2024 Christina LaCroix, MD
• 2023 Chung-Sang Tse, MD

Initiated in 1969 by Josephine E. Renshaw, M.D., this award is given to a non-physician who has rendered exceptional service to the association. It need not be awarded every year, but only when it is justly deserved. On rare occasions, the award is presented to a physician whose exceptional service to the Association is unrelated to her capacity as a physician.

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2026 AMWA Award Winner – Mark Linzer, MD

Previous Recipients

• 2025 Not awarded
• 2024 Hugh Webster, JD
• 2023 Katherine Jeffreys, BA
• 2022 Mary K. Rojek, PhD
• 2021 Emily Chen and Kayla Li, MSc
• 2020 Michelle Benedict
• 2019 Danielle K. Carrier
• 2018 The Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine
• 2017 Dyani Loo, MD, and Laura Roebuck, MD
• 2016 Amanda Xi, MD, MSE
• 2015 Stuart Culpepper
• 2014 Katherine He
• 2013 Mary Ellen Morrow
• 2012 Ryan Smith Medical Student & Online Community Director, AMWA
• 2011 Sarah Hagy, AMWA Associate Director
• 2010 Not Awarded
• 2009 Shawn P. Fowler, Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
• 2008 Not Awarded
• 2007 Peter Bernhard
• 2006 A. Michael Gellman, CPA, Rubino & McGeehin, AMWA’s Accountant
• 2005 Ruby Edmondson, AMWA Receptionist
• 2004 Carol L. Jane, Wyeth
• 2003 Susan Eisendrath, MPH, RHI Project Director
• 2002 Ellen Morgenstern, AMWA/AMWA Foundation Consultant
• 2000 Jannine Jordan, Exec. Asst. to Executive Dir. and Board of Directors
• 1999 Jean L. Fourcroy, M.D., PhD, Expertise in Information Systems Technology, Debra R. Judelson, M.Angela Tiberio, M.D.
• 1998 Edel Hondl, M.D., Fundraising for Student Loan Program
• 1997 Marie P. Glanz, AMWA Special Programs Director
• 1996 Eileen McGrath, JD, CAE, AMWA Executive Director
• 1995 Roberta G. Rubin, M.D., Financial Advisor
• 1994 Nancy E. Cahill, Esquire, AMWA Foundation Board Member and Marilyn North Arnold Medical Relations Manager – Upjohn
• 1993 Laurie R. Rockett, Esquire, Attorney
• 1992 Joyce Kline Puletti, M.D. (posthumously), Benefactor
• 1991 Not Awarded
• 1990 Leonard I. Melman, C.P.A., AMWA Auditor
• 1989 Jane Williamson, Managing Editor, JAMWA
• 1987 Ruth J. Abram, President, Paraphrase, Inc. creator, “Send Us a Lady Physician” 1988 Carol Davis-Grossman, Executive Director
• 1986 Dorothy Darling, M.D., In her capacity as financial advisor to AMWA
• 1985 Sandra Chaff, Archivist, Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine, Med. Col. of PA
• 1985 Paula Hughes (posthumously), AMWA’s Financial Advisor, Vice President,Thomson McKinnon
• 1984 Not Awarded
• 1983 Albert Kroser, D.O. ,FAMWA
• 1982 Donald DeBona, Waverly Press – JAMWA Printer
• 1981 Not Awarded
• 1980 Samuel White, Insurance Agent
• 1979 Winston Cochran, M.D., FAMWA
• 1978 Mary Roth Walsh, Author – Doctors Wanted – No Women Need Apply
• 1977 Marion P. Crocker, Benefactor
• 1976 Not Awarded
• 1975 Mary Dublin Keyserling ,Program – The Fuller Utilization of Women Physicians
• 1974 C. Ruby Sears , Benefactor
• 1973 Eleanor R. Belmont, Benefactor
• 1972 Charles Golub, Auditor
• 1971 L. Robert Oaks, Publicity and P.R. – FAMWA
• 1970 Robert Maloney, Attorney
• 1969 Gertrude Conroy, Executive Director, AMWA

Exceptional mentorship is one of the most enduring forces shaping the future of medicine, fostering professional growth, confidence, resilience, and a commitment to excellence in others. This award recognizes individuals whose extraordinary dedication to mentoring has meaningfully influenced the careers, leadership development, and personal growth of colleagues, trainees, or peers, creating a lasting impact that extends far beyond a single generation.

Self nominations are not accepted and current AMWA staff and members of the AMWA Board of Directors may not be nominated. If more than five nomination forms are submitted per nominator, only the first five will be considered. Please note AMWA awards are highly competitive, and it is not recommended that the nominee knows about their nomination. Recipients will be recognized during the AMWA Annual Meeting.

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2026 Exceptional Mentors

• Leslie F. Algase, MD, FACP
• Madelyn Bahr, MSW
• Saritha Beauchamp, MD, MPH
• Melanie Cree, MD, PhD
• Wendi Wills El-Amin, MD
• Cherie P. Erkmen, MD
• Marina Frimer, MD
• Tracey L. Henry, MD, MPH, MS
• Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA
• Angela C. Johnson, MD, FACP
• Joanna G. Katzman, MD, MSPH
• Mark Linzer, MD, MACP
• Geraldine E. Ménard, MD, FACP, FHM
• Gail E. Mizner, MD, FACP, AAHIVMS
• Darilyn Moyer, MD, MACP, FAMWA
• Natalie Nokoff, MD, PhD
• Cynthia S. Samra, MD
• Sara Sar, DO
• Tina Simpson, MD, MPH
• Caroline E. Sloan, MD, MPH
• Kizer Stovall, MD,
• Shenifa M. Taite, Ed.D
• Katharine Elizabeth Zuckerman, MD, MPH, FAAP

The INSPIRE Awards, given by the AMWA Leadership Council, recognize women physicians who provide inspiration to other physicians or students through expert and compassionate patient-oriented medical care, or through mentorship, or service to the community. We welcome you to nominate a woman physician who has made an impact on you or others personally or professionally, and exemplifies vision, integrity, collaboration, and service.

• Nominators must be AMWA members. Nominees do not need to be AMWA members.
• The nominees must have completed residency training (fellows are eligible).
• Prior winners are not eligible
• Nominees must identify as women to be eligible for this award.
• Each AMWA member may submit 1 nomination.

Learn more about nominations and past awardees.