American Women's Medical Association

What American Women's Medical Association does

The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a U.S.-based nonprofit professional membership association founded in 1915 by Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen in Chicago. AMWA operates as the oldest multi-specialty organization dedicated to advancing women in medicine and improving women's health, serving a membership comprising practicing women physicians, medical residents, medical students, pre-medical students, allied health professionals, and supporters. The organization is headquartered at 230 Washington Avenue Extension, Suite 101, Albany, New York, and maintains nine U.S. regional branches with elected governors overseeing local engagement.

AMWA's product portfolio centers on membership programs and includes a Leadership Certification program, structured mentorship initiatives, an advocacy platform (Action Hub) for engaging policymakers, an AMWA Job Board, an awards program (Bertha Van Hoosen Award, Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, INSPIRE Award, Exceptional Mentor Award, Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award), Medical Humanities interest groups, and global health initiatives. The organization does not sell technology products and operates no disclosed API, software platform, or proprietary AI system; its primary 'platform' is the MemberClicks membership portal integrated with amwa-doc.org.

The business model is subscription-style membership dues across tiered categories (physician, resident, medical student, pre-medical student, supporter), supplemented by donations, fundraising events, and affiliate merchandise sales (Amazon Associates, Sewn for Good). All physician members are automatically enrolled in the Medical Women's International Association (MWIA), extending reach to women physicians in over 90 countries. AMWA holds representational status at the United Nations Department of Global Communications and the World Health Assembly and partners with organizations including Global CSR Foundation, KuCoin, Yayasan Srikandi Merah Putih, and Maha Medicare on humanitarian initiatives such as the 2026 Sumatra Relief Initiative delivering menstrual hygiene kits to disaster-affected communities.

Name

American Women's Medical Association

Legal name

American Medical Women's Association

Website

https://amwa-doc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1915

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AMWA is a 1915-founded U.S. nonprofit professional membership association advancing women in medicine. It serves physicians, residents, medical students, pre-medical students, and supporters through tiered membership dues, leadership certification, mentorship, advocacy, awards, and global health initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Schaumburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: AMWA generates revenue through membership dues from physicians, residents, medical students, pre-medical students, and supporters. All AMWA physician members (except affiliate members) are automatically added as members of the Medical Women's International Association (MWIA).
2. Merchandise Sales: AMWA sells merchandise through its shop, including apparel and accessories. Purchases from affiliated vendors (Amazon Associates Store, Sewn for Good Scarves, Book: The Unlocked Path) generate donations back to AMWA supporting programs, advocacy, and the next generation of women physicians.
3. Donations and Fundraising: AMWA accepts donations to advance its mission to empower women in medicine. The organization runs development initiatives and partnerships for fundraising.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

AMWA is a nonprofit professional membership organization that sells annual memberships to physicians, residents, medical students, pre-medical students, healthcare professionals, and supporters, granting access to leadership certification, mentorship, advocacy, networking, and continuing education. It complements membership with an online merchandise shop, an awards recognition program, and a job board for the medical profession.

Product overview

AMWA is a professional membership organization (not a technology product company) offering a unified portfolio of membership-based programs for women in medicine. The core offering is AMWA Membership Programs providing access to networking, mentorship, leadership certification, advocacy resources, and career development. Supporting programs include the AMWA Job Board, Mentorship Programs, Leadership Certification, Women's Health Education, Awards Recognition, Medical Humanities Interest Groups, Global Health Initiatives, and an AMWA Merchandise Shop. These programs work together to advance women physicians and improve women's health through advocacy, education, leadership development, and community building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AMWA Membership Programs Tiered annual professional membership for physicians, residents, medical students, pre-medical students, healthcare professionals, and supporters, providing access to networking, mentorship, leadership development, advocacy resources, and automatic Medical Women's International Association (MWIA) membership for physician members.
• Leadership Certification Programs Leadership certification program designed to advance the careers of women physicians, connecting members with mentors, sponsors, and coaches to support brand transformation and professional growth.
• AMWA Job Board Career opportunities platform featuring positions from leading healthcare organizations and institutions, available to AMWA members and job seekers in the medical field.
• AMWA Awards Program Annual awards program honoring women physicians and allies for outstanding contributions to medicine, including the Bertha Van Hoosen Award, Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, INSPIRE Award, Exceptional Mentor Award, and Janet M. Glasgow Memorial recognitions for top female medical students.
• AMWA Merchandise Shop Online merchandise store featuring AMWA-branded apparel and accessories; purchases through affiliated vendors (Amazon Associates, Sewn for Good Scarves, and the book "The Unlocked Path") generate donations back to AMWA supporting programs, advocacy, and the next generation of women physicians.

Quantifiable outcome

• AMWA has helped advance gender equity in medicine through advocacy that resulted in women receiving military commissions during WWII and policy reforms.
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Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• KuCoinminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 February 2026KuCoin, a cryptocurrency exchange, partnered with AMWA and Global CSR Foundation to support the 'A Matter of Dignity – Sumatra Relief Initiative', funding procurement and shipment of 5,000 menstrual hygiene kits to disaster-affected communities in Aceh and Medan, Sumatra.
• Global CSR FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026Global CSR Foundation is a key strategic partner in the humanitarian relief initiatives, collaborating with AMWA on the Menstrual Equity Project and the Sumatra Relief Initiative. The foundation has previously supported AMWA's Menstrual Equity Project in The Bahamas, Suriname, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital satellite clinics.
• Yayasan Srikandi Merah PutihcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026Indonesian foundation leading the 'A Matter of Dignity – Sumatra Relief Initiative', working with AMWA, Global CSR Foundation, and KuCoin to deliver menstrual hygiene kits and aid to disaster-affected communities in Aceh and Medan, Sumatra.
• Maha MedicarecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 11 February 2026On-the-ground distribution partner managing delivery of menstrual hygiene kits and aid to flood-affected communities in Medan since December 2025. Distribution scheduled to begin in early April 2026.
• Medical Women's International Association (MWIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational non-governmental organization representing women doctors from all six continents. All AMWA physician members (except affiliate members) are automatically added as MWIA members. AMWA Past President Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy helped found MWIA in 1919.
• Drexel University College of Medicine - Legacy CenterminorOthersHouses AMWA's historical documents, photographs, and artifacts in their Archives and Special Collections.
• United Nations Department of Global CommunicationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMWA serves as a representative to the UN Department of Global Communications. Dr. Eliza Chin and Dr. Roberta Gebhard serve as AMWA representatives to the UN.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Medical Association: The AMA is the largest U.S. physician professional association; AMWA regularly participates in the AMA House of Delegates and competes for physician membership and dues, but AMA serves all physicians rather than specializing in women-in-medicine issues.
• Association of American Medical Colleges: AAMC is the national association representing medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic medicine — a comparable institutional peer given AMWA's pipeline programs for pre-medical and medical students and its academic-affiliated leadership.
• American College of Physicians: ACP is a large specialty-society peer that competes for the same physician dues and provides CME/board prep content; AMWA's Immediate Past-President Dr. Eileen Barrett previously chaired ACP's Board of Regents, evidencing direct leadership overlap and competition for physician engagement.
• American Academy of Family Physicians: AAFP is a major primary-care specialty society whose member demographic overlaps significantly with AMWA's women-family-medicine physicians and competes for the same dues, CME, and advocacy relationships.

Others

• Endocrine Society: The Endocrine Society is a medical specialty society where AMWA's Deputy Director Jodi Godfrey previously served as executive editor — illustrating the overlapping pool of society management and editorial talent and offering a comparable dues-funded physician society peer.

Direct peers

• Medical Women's International Association: MWIA is the global parent federation in which every AMWA physician member is enrolled; it is the most direct functional peer since it operates a parallel membership-and-advocacy model for women physicians across 90+ countries.
• National Medical Association: The NMA is the oldest and largest national organization representing African American physicians — a structurally similar identity-based professional medical society that competes with AMWA for diverse-physician membership, leadership attention, and advocacy visibility.

Emerging players

• National Hispanic Medical Association: NHMA is an identity-based physician professional society analogous to AMWA but focused on Hispanic physicians; it competes in the same DEI-and-women's-health policy space, including federal advocacy and pipeline-building.
• WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease: WomenHeart is a patient-facing women's-health nonprofit; AMWA's Director of Partnerships Lisa Tate was previously its CEO, evidencing close organizational overlap and a peer on women's-health advocacy, fundraising, and donor cultivation.

Regional players

• American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists: ACOOG is an osteopathic OB-GYN specialty society whose former National President (Dr. Octavia Cannon) also serves as an AMWA Director — a tangible example of cross-organizational leadership that makes it a directly comparable women-led specialty association peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/85665171482
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/american-medical-women-s-association-amwa-
• Instagraminstagram.com/amwadoctors

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

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