RECENT CHAPTER EVENT

Real Life Experiences in Medical Writing

San Juan Capistrano, Saturday, September 8

UPCOMING EVENT

Pacific Regional Conference at Asilomar

April 28 to May 1, 2013. Registration is now open!

Download the registration form and the housing form for the Conference.

NEW FOR 2013 PCC! The 2013 Asilomar Conference Frances Larson Memorial Award. Links to the submission form and necessary materials are available on the Announcements page of this Web site.

AMWA Annual Conference 2013

Not too soon to think about a proposal for the 73nd National Conference, Columbus, OH
November 6–9, 2013.More...

Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.

American Medical Writers Association Pacific Southwest Chapter


The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) is a nonprofit professional organization for people in the medical communications field. The group provides medical writers and editors with chances for professional growth in a social and supportive atmosphere. Services and activities include meetings and conferences, a job posting exchange, seminars and workshops, publications, and a core curriculum program in biomedical communications.


AMWA serves the US and Canada.


Our chapter has nearly 400 members and covers more than 200,000 square miles, encompassing Southern California (zipcodes < 94000), Arizona and Southern Nevada (zipcodes 889xx, 890xx, and 991xx). Our chapter also has a satellite group centered in Phoenix, Arizona. We have several lunch meetings every year in various Southern California and Arizona locations.


If you live within our geographic area, you are automatically added to our chapter membership when you join the national organization. If you would like to learn more about our chapter, please contact Jenny Grodberg.


AMWA National offers an award for the Best Published Research and an award for Student Research in medical communication.