By Sareh Parangi A few months ago we had the pleasure of having Julie Freischlag (Vice Chancellor of Human Health Sciences and Dean at UC Davis School of Medicine and an AWS member) come and speak ...

By Dr. Marissa Boek The #ILookLikeASurgeon movement aims to celebrate diversity in surgery to show that a surgeon, in fact, can look like anyone. The response has been overwhelming, awe-inspiring, ...

This is a blog you'll want to follow. Dr. Nikki Stamp's August 8th blog post was: Why women in surgery need other women in surgery – #thisiswhatwelooklike and #ilooklikeasurgeon Read it, share it,...

By: Janet Bickel “We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”—Mary Catherine Bateson “Success comes to people who know themselves, learn how to manage and develop themselv...

by: Dr. Angela Neville, MD and Medical Student Katherine Jeffress, MA, MPH How have mentors positively impacted your career? Mentors have probably most impacted my career by being examples - go...

by: Marie-Christine Wright, JD “I’m discovering that women can have it all, just not all at the same time.” If we can’t have it all at the same time, is there always room for wellness, and...

by: Betzy Childers When brainstorming about the role mentoring has played in my life, I realized it provided the answer to a question I have asked myself at various overwhelming and wonderful point...

by Jane Zhao, MD Preeti John, MBBS, MPH, FACS, is the editor of Being a Woman Surgeon: Sixty Women Share Their Stories, an anthology of stories and poetry from 60 women surgeons around the country....

By Hilary Sanfey MB. BCh. MHPE. FACS. FRCSI Chair, AWS Foundation Board I have been approached on a number of occasions by young surgeons who begin a conversation with “You won’t remember me B...

by: Kathryn Hughes, MD, FACS Mentorship in medicine and surgery was not always formally acknowledged and promoted. Today not only is it acknowledged and promoted, but also the importance of mentors...