VCOM - Auburn 2018 Yearbook

AMWA American Medical Women’s Association

Taylor Davis, President; Whitney Brinkley, Vice President; Janet Chen, Secretary; Sandy Trevizo, Treasurer

T he American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) is dedicated to supporting women in medicine by improving and advocating for women’s health issues. AMWA is a nationally recognized membership comprised of physicians, residents, medical students, pre-medical students, health care professionals and supporters. AMWA’s advisors, R. Kraig Smith, MD, and Kenneth L. Harris, MD, Discipline Co- Chairs for OB-GYN at VCOM-

This year, AMWA hosted a community yard sale, where a portion of the funds raised were donated to a local shelter. AMWA also created Mother’s Day cards, distributed them to all VCOM-Auburn mothers and delivered cards to new and expecting mothers at local hospitals. AMWA also collaborated with CMDA for the Human Trafficking Awareness event. AMWA members were extremely passionate about this event as they wanted to be the voice for the women who are silenced by trafficking and wished to bring awareness to this issue.

Auburn, also work at the Women’s Health Clinic, located in Auburn. Both Smith and Harris advocate for women

by providing the VCOM-Auburn family with educational case presentations.

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