By Sharon Stein When did being ambitious become a bad thing? When I was growing up, my three favorite heroes were JFK, Martin Luther King and Mother Theresa. I remember my early reader book ser...
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Dream Audaciously
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Oct 2019
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Remember: You’re Strong enough!
05
Jun 2019
The AWS blog is thrilled to recognize the experience and accomplishments of women surgeons around the world. While women surgeons share many common experiences, we differ in our cultural norms,...
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A Glimpse Behind the Scenes: What Really Goes on at a Residency Selection Committee
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Jan 2019
By Sarah Armenia On a crisp Boston morning during the AWS annual meeting this fall, sixty medical students gradually filed into a ballroom and chatted nervously as they sipped coffee and looked at ...
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Dealing with Bullying
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Jan 2019
By Hilary Sanfey MB. BCh. MHPE, FACS, FRCSEd (hon) Bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment that includes verbal, nonverbal, psychological, or physical abuse and humiliation. The behavior i...
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Interview with Dr. Monica Vera, President of Bolivian Surgical Society
30
Dec 2018
The link to their page is : http://circruz.com/directiva-actual/ Interview by Dr. Mecker G. Möller . Translation by Dr. Luz María Rodriguez. Editing by Drs. Mecker G. Möller, Luz María Rodr...
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Michigan Conference 2018: You Don’t Always Have To Be Perfect or Successful To Lead from Your Best Self
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Dec 2018
By Andrea Merrill In residency, we had a nightly event called “9 o’clock meal”. Born out of a former surgery resident threatening to expose our measly salary to the local newspaper, every nig...
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Happy Five Year Anniversary, AWS Blog!
15
Nov 2018
By Jane Zhao It has been FIVE years since we launched the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS): Inspiring & Encouraging Women Surgeons Blog. AWS launched the blog during a time when there were Z...
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Finding the Leader Within
12
Nov 2018
By Jennifer A. Villwock When I think about the development of leadership during my medical training, I immediately recall residency, where my faculty was 100% male. I learned many lessons from thes...
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Do you dare to be you?
10
Oct 2018
By Dr. Jaime D. Lewis Do you dare to be you? Have you taken a chance on yourself to live out your dreams? To be true to the voices inside your heart? When was the last time you trul...
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Succession is the key for change
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Aug 2018
By Susana Vargas-Pinto I recently had a casual conversation about fellowship with one of our Chief residents who matched into cardiothoracic surgery, which lit up my curiosity and expectation. “I...