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.
[6] Any editor of a peer-reviewed biomedical journal is eligible to join WAME.