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
  • 2024 Jerome Garden, 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
  • 2024 Christopher Shea, 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
  • 2024 Victoria Barbosa, MD

*  Also received National Practitioner of the year

+ Received the Clark W. Finnerud Award from the Dermatology Foundation