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      • About Us
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    • Residents
      • RAS-ACS
      • Travel Grant Program
      • 2025 Virtual Posters
      • Poster Session
      • RAS Community Engagement
    • Advocacy
      • The Issues
      • Stop the Bleed
      • Lobby Day
      • ACS Hill Day
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      • Committee on Trauma
      • Commission on Cancer
      • Military Committee
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      • Issues Committee
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  • About Us
    • About Us
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    • VA-ACS Membership
  • EVENTS
    • 2025 Annual Meeting
    • 2025 Virtual Posters
    • Product Theaters
    • Past meetings
  • Residents
    • RAS-ACS
    • Travel Grant Program
    • 2025 Virtual Posters
    • Poster Session
    • RAS Community Engagement
  • Advocacy
    • The Issues
    • Stop the Bleed
    • Lobby Day
    • ACS Hill Day
  • Committees
    • Committee on Trauma
    • Commission on Cancer
    • Military Committee
    • Global & Humanitarian
    • Issues Committee
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Association of Women Surgeons

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AWS members are intelligent, hard-working, energetic women and men committed to be the best they can be in all facets of their lives. With diverse interests and lifestyles, each member shares a commitment to excellence in surgery. 

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Why the Association of Women Surgeons is important.

The definition of success is different for every individual. Family and parenting responsibilities are as important as academic growth for surgeons and surgeons in the making.  


Our chapter mission is to provide with venues of discussion to achieve success in the professional and personal arena. We aim to support the leaders of the future, and fostering a benign work environment in surgery.  


Our Goals: 

  • Promote supportive environment for women in surgical programs at all career stages 
  • Provide opportunities for collaboration and networking 
  • Stimulate discussions about successfully accomplishing goals professionally and personally  

 

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Through various networking forums, we support the exchange of experiences, advice, and strategies among female surgeons around the world. Many of us remain isolated from our female colleagues in spite of the rising number of women in surgery. AWS addresses the unique challenges faced by women surgeons like:


  • Balancing family issues with the demands of a surgical career, including when to have children;
  • Pay and promotion equity issues; and
  • The lack of women in academic leadership positions.

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