- Susan G. Kornstein, M.D., executive director of the Institute for Women's Health, is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Women's Health, which has been named the official journal of the American Medical Women's Association. The AMWA is devoted to the advancement of women in medicine and the improvement of women's health. The Journal of Women's Health is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that are prevalent among women, as well as diseases that present differently in women than in men. From School of Medicine news. Read more from the AMWA.