The medical school’s branch of the American Medical Women's Association - AMWA@WMed - and the AMWA student chapter bring together women physicians and medical students with a focus on promoting education and training on mental and physical health issues while also encouraging women to study and practice medicine, and ensuring them equal opportunity to do so. Additionally, faculty, residents, and students work to further AMWA objectives and support medical relief services. While AMWA is focused on women’s issues in medicine, membership in the national organization and the AMWA@WMed branch is open to all genders.
At 105 years old, AMWA is the oldest multispecialty organization dedicated to advancing women in medicine and improving women’s health. The organization empowers women to lead in improving health for all within a model that reflects the unique perspective of women. It functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health, through developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.
Chapter meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday in February, May, August, and November.
For more information, please contact Drs. Shama Tareen, Lisa Miller, or Jan Werbinski.
AMWA@WMed Events
- Upcoming Events
AMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 6:30-7:30 pm
Location To Be DeterminedAMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 6:30-7:30 pm
Location To Be DeterminedAMWA@WMed Event: Fertility Issues for Physicians
Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus Auditorium
Note: This is a hybrid event and will be held in-person and virtually.AMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Location To Be Determined - Past Events
Inaugural AMWA@WMED Meeting
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Meeting Minutes)
W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus, Classroom 111
WMed students at the MWIA Centennial Congress. Medical Women's International Association (MWIA) Centennial Congress
July 2019The MWIA Centennial Congress was attended by over 1,000 women doctors from all over the world. WMed was well-represented as students from the MD Class of 2021 - Jessica Sassic, Marie Tysman and Kristina Byers - presented posters. Additionally, Dr. Jan Werbinski was nominated as the president-elect for AMWA and moderated a panel discussion on sex and gender issues. Dr. Tareen served as a judge for the medical student poster session and Dr. Tareen won first place for her poster, "Mother's Mind Matters: Unique Attempt to Provide Urgent Psychiatric Care to Depressed Perinatal Women within an Psychiatry Residency Program."
Drs. Werbinski and Tareen participated in a special event held for AMWA a the United Nations.
AMWA@WMED Meeting
Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Meeting Minutes)
W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus, Classroom 111Confronting Violence: Improving Women's Lives
Friday, October 4, 2019
W.E. Upjohn M.D. CampusAMWA@WMED Meeting
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Meeting Minutes)
W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus, Classroom 111AMWA@WMED Meeting
Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Meeting Minutes)
W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus, Classroom 111AMWA@WMED Meeting
Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus, Classroom 111First Aid Fanatics with Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan
WMed Simulation Center, W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus
Webinar: Wealth Steps
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Tackling the debt monster. In this webinar, we will establish a healthy perspective on debt and discuss the steps to effetively use, reduce, or eliminate it from your life.AMWA Leadership Development Conference for Women Physicians
March 26-29, 2020, Indianapolis, INVirtual CME Event on Human Trafficking
Friday, October 23, 2020, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Via Microsoft TeamsAMWA@WMed Virtual Holiday Party
Friday, December 11, 2020
Via Microsoft TeamsAMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Via Microsoft Teams (Meeting Minutes)AMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (Meeting Minutes)
Via Microsoft TeamsAMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Via Microsoft TeamsAWMA@WMed Presents "Cleaning the Sticky Floor and Shattering the Glass Ceiling"
Presenter: Shikha Jain, MD, FACP
Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 5:30-7:30pm
Via Microsoft TeamsAMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Via Microsoft TeamsAMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Via Microsoft TeamsAMWA@WMed Meeting
Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Via Microsoft Teams - AMWA@WMed at the National and International Level
Dr. Jan Werbinski 
Medical Women's International Association (MWIA) Centennial Congress
July 2019Dr. Shama Tareen was named the first place poster winner in the Physician Division at the MWIA Centennial Congress for her poster “Mother’s Mind Matters: Unique Attempt to Provide Urgent Psychiatric Care to Depressed Perinatal Women within a Psychiatry Residency Program.”
AMWA for Medical Students
AMWA at the national level provides a great opportunity to medical students to get engaged in professional development and career building from early on. AMWA provides a broad platform for mentoring and networking at the national and international level that allows medical students to cultivate relationship from regional to global level. AMWA also provides funding opportunities and travel awards to medical students. AMWA also provides our future physicians a prominent outlet for advocacy for women in medicine in different ways.
The AMWA chapter at WMed includes a faculty mentorship program and first-and second-year students in AMWA work with a faculty advisor to promote networking, mentoring, community health events, fundraising, support and women's health issues.
The chapter at WMed leads a project called First Aid Fanatics, where Girl Scouts who are members of Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan are invited to the medical school's Simulation Center for a day to learn basic first aid techniques tailored to their age group, and learn about careers in healthcare. They earn a First Aid Fanatics badge. Scouts from all over Michigan and even Indiana have participated in this very popular event.