Continue your professional development, obtaining CME credits and getting "hands-on" training, at Association of Women Surgeons' fall conferences. The AWS Fall Conference is held annually in conjunction with the American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congress.

The fall meeting began in 1981, when Patricia Numann, MD, invited as many women surgeons as she could identify for breakfast at the ACS meeting in San Francisco. The attendees found they had the same experiences, interests, and concerns. Each year attendance increased until it became apparent that a more formal program was needed to address professional issues. The fall conference now includes a three-hour program with a featured educational presentation (normally taking place the Sunday before the start of the ACS Clinical Congress.) An annual business meeting follows this program, and a reception and dinner at a local restaurant are planned the following evening to honor award recipients. We hold the networking breakfast midweek.

2008 AWS Fall Conference -
October 12-14, 2008
San Francisco, CA

Click here for a brochure.

This year’s AWS Awards Dinner will be held on October 13th:
Roe Restaurant
651 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA
(3 blocks from the Marriott Hotel)

Members and non-members are invited to a complimentary networking breakfast. The breakfast will be held at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel on October 14, 2008.

Housing reservations for the San Francisco Marriott Hotel can be made through the ACS housing bureau: http://www.tphousing.com/r/startres.asp?EIcode=1663&attcode=72

Past Conferences:

2007 AWS Conference

• October 7-9, 2007: New Orleans, LA
• Special Complimentary Networking Breakfast Program
  Tuesday, October 9, 2007
  7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
  InterContinental Hotel, New Orleans
  presented by AWS in partnership with Genomic Health

2006 AWS Fall Conference - October 6 – 7, 2006
Chicago, Illinois

AWS celebrated 25 years of inspiring, encouraging, and enabling women surgeons to realize their professional and personal goals.

Click here for photos from the 2006 Conference.
Click here for the brochure.
Click here to view a list of our sponsors.
Click here to view a list of the 2006 AWS Patrons.

2005 AWS Fall Conference - Changing Paradigms: Defining and Redefining Success

This conference was held October 16th-20th in San Francisco. Click here for a brochure. (Note: 4+MB)

Click here for coverage of the event in the January 2006 Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons.

Click here for a photo montage from the 2005 conference.

We'd like to thank Stryker, Genomic Health, Inc. and Roche Laboratories for their generous support of the AWS 2005 Fall Conference.

2004 AWS Fall Conference - Transitions in a Surgical Career

Last year's conference was held October 10th, 11th and 13th in New Orleans, in conjunction with the American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congress. Attendees learned about the kinds of changes surgical careers involve and how to negotiate those changes. Click here for a brochure.

• October 19 & 23, 2003, AWS Fall Conference   
  Chicago, IL in conjunction with ACS Clinical Congress.
   
• October  6 & 9, 2002, AWS Fall Conference 
  San Francisco, CA in conjunction with ACS Clinical Congress. 
   
• October 7 & 10, 2001, AWS Fall Conference 
  New Orleans, LA in conjunction with ACS Clinical Congress.