World Association of Medical Editors
| Abbreviation | WAME |
|---|---|
| Formation | March 16, 1995 |
| Founded at | Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Medical Education |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
Region | International |
| Membership | 1,830 (2017) |
President | Jose Florencio F. Lapeña |
Vice President | Rajeev Kumar |
Secretary | Jagdish Khubchandani |
Treasurer | Murad Alam |
| Omid Beiki, Edsel Ing | |
Key people | Margaret Winker, Lorraine Ferris, Ana Marušić, Peush Sahni |
| Volunteers | 15 |
| Website | wame |
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.