World Association of Medical Editors

World Association of Medical EditorsAbbreviation| WAME

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Formation| March 16, 1995; 31 years ago (1995-03-16)
Founded at| Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy
Type| Nonprofit
Purpose| Medical Education
Headquarters| Chicago

Region

| International

Membership (2017[1])

| 1,830

President

| Jose Florencio F. Lapeña

Vice President

| Rajeev Kumar

Secretary

| Jagdish Khubchandani

Treasurer

| Murad Alam

Board of directors

| Omid Beiki, Edsel Ing

Key people

| Margaret Winker, Lorraine Ferris, Ana Marušić, Peush Sahni

Volunteers

| 15
Website| wame.org

The World Association of Medical Editors (abbreviated WAME, pronounced "whammy") is an international, virtual organization of editors of medical journals.[2][3] It was originally founded in 1995 by a group of members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), who had grown concerned that the ICMJE had become "too small, self-serving, and exclusive".[2][4] It was launched on March 16, 1995 in Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy, after a three-day conference to discuss ways to enable greater international cooperation between editors of medical journals. The conference was attended by twenty-two editors from thirteen countries, all funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.[5] One of those in attendance was Iain Chalmers.[6] Any editor of a peer-reviewed biomedical journal is eligible to join WAME.[7]

#### Past Presidents

* Richard Horton (United Kingdom) March 1995 - Nov 1996
* Drummond Rennie (USA) Dec 1997 - Dec 1999
* Fiona Godlee (United Kingdom) Jan 2000 - Dec 2001
* Ana Marusic (Croatia) Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
* Peush Sahni (India) Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
* Michael Callaham (USA) Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
* Margaret Winker (USA) Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
* John Overbeke (Netherlands) Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
* Farrokh Habibzadeh (Iran) Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
* Lorraine Ferris (Canada) Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
* Rod Rohrich (USA) Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
* Christine Laine (USA) Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
* Rob Siebers (New Zealand) Jan 2020 - June 2022
* Rakesh Aggarwal (India) July 2022 - June 2024
* Chris Zielenski (UK) July 2024- January 2026 [8]

## References

1. ↑ "About Us". https://wame.org/aboutus.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Squires, Bruce; Fletcher, Suzanne (January–February 2005). "The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME): Thriving in Its First Decade". Science Editor 28 (1): 13–16. https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/wp-content/uploads/v28n1p013-016.pdf. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
3. ↑ Wager, Elizabeth (2005) (in en). Getting Research Published: An A to Z of Publication Strategy. Radcliffe Publishing. pp. 113. ISBN 9781857756876. https://books.google.com/books?id=QzpSjgsIZLUC&pg=PA113.
4. ↑ Weller, Ann C. (2001) (in en). Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses. Information Today, Inc.. pp. 14. ISBN 9781573871006. https://books.google.com/books?id=lH3DVnkbTFsC&pg=PA14.
5. ↑ "Launch of the World Association of Medical Editors" (in en). JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 273 (13): 981. 1995-04-05. doi:10.1001/jama.1995.03520370019006. ISSN 0098-7484.
6. ↑ Smith, R. (1995-03-25). "World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) launched" (in en). BMJ 310 (6982): 761–762. doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6982.761a. ISSN 0959-8138.
7. ↑ Ferris, Lorraine E.; Fletcher, Robert H. (2012-05-09). "Conflict of interest in Peer-Reviewed medical journals: The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) position on a challenging problem" (in en). Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy 2 (3): 188–191–191. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.07.03. ISSN 2223-3660. PMID 24282716.
8. ↑ "WAME History || WAME". https://www.wame.org/wame-history.

## External links

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