Awards
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Practitioner of the Year
Awarded each year to an individual for exemplary service as a practitioner of dermatology.
- 1977 Sam Aakon, MD
- 1978 Albert Slepyan, MD*
- 1979 Theodor Combleet, MD
- 1980 Irene Neuhauser, MD
- 1981 Louis Rugin, MD
- 1982 Sidney Kaplan, MD
- 1983 Silas Wallk, MD
- 1984 Milton Robin, MD
- 1985 Alex Bucholz, MD
- 1986 Hyman Burstein, MD
- 1987 Eugene Lorant, MD
- 1988 Frank Dunlap, MD
- 1989 Irving Distelheim, MD
- 1990 Alan E. Lasser, MD
- 1991 James Ertle, MD
- 1992 John Weiss, MD
- 1993 Paul Lazar, MD+
- 1994 Roland S. Medansky, MD
- 1995 Emanuel C. Liss, MD
- 1996 Samuel S. Solomon, MD
- 1997 Raymond M. Handler, MD
- 1998 Morton D. Barnett, MD
- 1999 Thomas Andrews, MD
- 2000 Nancy O. Furey, MD
- 2001 George H. Engle, MD
- 2002 Mark Gordon, MD
- 2003 David Lorber, MD
- 2004 Arthur Altman, MD
- 2005 Elizabeth LaVoo, MD
- 2006 Arnold Gombiner, MD
- 2007 Marjorie Mintz Rosenbaum, MD
- 2008 Harry M. Goldin, MD
- 2009 Carl W. Soderstrom, MD
- 2010 John B. Kalis, MD
- 2011 Stephen P. Stone, MD
- 2012 Andrew J. Scheman, MD
- 2013 Julie Moore, MD
- 2014 Kathleen A. Remlinger, MD
- 2015 Joaquin C. Brieva, MD
- 2016 Shelley Helper; MD
- 2017 Benjamin A. Dubin, MD
- 2018 Jeffrey Altman, MD
- 2019 Lawrence L. Johnson, MD
Founders Award
Awarded each year to an individual who has devoted extraordinary time and talent as a teacher and clinician.
- 1982 Edward Peterka, MD
- 1983 Sidney Barsky, MD
- 1984 Samuel Bluefarb, MD
- 1985 Stefan Bielinski, MD
- 1986 Melville Hartman, MD
- 1987 Frederick Szymanski, MD
- 1988 Stanley Huff, MD
- 1989 Arthur Shapiro, MD
- 1990 M. Barry Kirschenbaum, MD
- 1991 Fred Levit, MD
- 1992 William Caro, MD
- 1993 David F. Fretzin, MD
- 1994 Marshall L. Blankenship, MD*
- 1995 Marianne O’Donoghue, MD
- 1996 James B. Pinski, MD
- 1997 Mark D. Gendleman, MD
- 1998 Ana M. Eng, MD
- 1999 Salve Ronan, MD
- 2000 Taraneh S. Firoozi, MD
- 2001 Maria Medinica, MD
- 2003 Bruce Bennin, MD
- 2003 Keyoumars Soltani, MD
- 2004 Virginia Fiedler, MD
- 2005 Sophie Worobec, MD
- 2006 James Ertle, MD
- 2007 Tony S. Fu, MD
- 2008 Jerome M. Garden, MD
- 2009 Neill T. Peters, MD
- 2010 James W. Swan, MD
- 2011 Iris K. Aronson, MD
- 2012 Anne E. Laumann, MB ChB
- 2013 Arthur R. Rhodes, MD MPH
- 2014 Amy S. Paller, MD
- 2015 Michael D. Tharp, MD
- 2016 Rebecca Tung, MD
- 2017 Warren Piette, MD
- 2018 Joan Guitart, MD
- 2019 Claudia Hernandez, MD
Gold Medal Award
Awarded for outstanding service and academic excellence.
- 1990 Allan L. Lorincz, MD
- 1992 Frederick Malkinson, MD
- 1997 Lawrence Solomon, MD
- 2001 Marshall Blakenship, MD*
- 2002 Sidney Barsky, MD
- 2011 William A. Caro, MD
- 2018 Marianne O’Donoghue, MD
* Also received National Practitioner of the year
+ Received the Clark W. Finnerud Award from the Dermatology Foundation