World Association of Medical Editors

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]

World Association of Medical Editors

Abbreviation	WAME
Formation	March 16, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-03-16)
Founded at	Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy
Region	International
Membership	1,830 (2017[1])
President	Rakesh Aggarwal
Vice President	Chris Zielinski
Secretary	José Florencio F. Lapeña
Website	wame.org