Women Advancing & Achieving in Medicine (WAAM) is an organization of Baystate Health's women physicians and mid-level providers that was formed in September 2005 with the goals of refining its members' skills in the areas of:

• leadership

• mentorship

• scholarship

• networking.

WAAM memmbership has since grown to 900 women providers.

Join Us for Our Networking Breakfasts

AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) 

The mission of the GWIMS is to advance the full and successful participation of women in all roles within academic medicine. The GWIMS will serve as a national forum to advance women's success in medicine and science by addressing

• gender equity

• recruitment and retention

• awards and recognition

• career advancement.

Baystate Medical Center has two institutional representatives to GWIMS: Lisa A. Patterson, MD, and Barbara A. Greco, MD

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WAAM 2009-10 Schedule

October 26, 2009

Annual WAAM Dinner
(download flyer)

Contact

Toni Bruso at 322-4243 or email WAAM@baystatehealth.org

WAAM Leadership Team

• Lauri Meade, Chair

• Lori Circeo, MD

• Kristin Dardano, MD

• Susan DeJoy, CNM, MSN

• Barbara Greco, MD

• Sherry Taylor, MD

• Grace Makari-Judson, MD

• Gerda Maissel, MD

• Lisa Patterson, MD

• Barbara Stechenberg, MD

• Jeannette Wolfe, MD

Resources

• AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS)