The World Association of Medical Editors (abbreviated WAME, pronounced "whammy") is an international, virtual organization of editors of medical journals. 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". 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. One of those in attendance was Iain Chalmers. Any editor of a peer-reviewed biomedical journal is eligible to join WAME.
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
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