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of specialties, with the last panel in-
cluding orthopedic surgery,
OB/GYN, family medicine, vascular
surgery, pediatrics and dermatology.

The Future of the AMWA
In a society still grappling with
several women’s issues, AMWA
seeks to provide a space for female
medical students and physicians to
connect with each other and lift
each other up. While the COVID-
19 pandemic has provided con-
straints and challenges to usual
events, AMWA has still been able
to be an active presence on campus
and within the community. The
mentality of AMWA lives on in
every member of the medical school
class and has provided an amazing
In addition to supporting the female students at the Long School of network of future women physicians that will continue to endure for
Medicine, AMWA also works to support the members of our commu- years to come.
nity. The Thrivewell Cancer Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure
for breast cancer and supporting patients and survivors throughout References
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way AMWA supports Thrivewell and interacts with the San Antonio Anna Tomotaki and Sofia Russo are medical students at the UT Health
community at large is through the Women in Medicine and Law Din- Long School of Medicine.
ner. This dinner is a festive night celebrating the women in the Diva
Program while enjoying good food and meeting female physicians and Karen Barcenas-Villarreal is a second-year DO/MPH stu-
lawyers in San Antonio. dent at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteo-
One of the final events of the academic year is the multi-specialty match pathic Medicine.
panel where fourth year students who have matched into a residency pro-
gram have the opportunity to speak about their experience throughout Sarah Slaton, a native of Friendswood, TX, is a second-year
medical school, choosing a specialty and the residency match process. DO/MPH student at the University of the Incarnate Word
Every year, the panel hosts women who have matched into a wide range School of Osteopathic Medicine.

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