The recipient should possess a national or international presence, have well-recognized expertise and should be a longstanding member of the American Academy of Dermatology. No sitting member of the History Committee shall be eligible for nomination.

Selection process

The recipient is nominated by the History Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.

 

2011: James J. Norlund, MD
2010: John J. Voorhees, MD
2009: Edward A. Krull, MD
2008: Nancy B. Esterly
2007: Jon M. Hanifin, MD
2006: Mark V. Dahl, MD
2005: Stephen I. Katz, MD, PhD
2004: A. Bernard Ackerman, MD
2003: Frances J. Storrs, MD
2003: J. Graham Smith Jr., MD
1999: Peyton E. Weary, MD
1999: Harry J. Hurley, MD
1998: John S. Strauss, MD
1998: Aaron B. Lerner, MD
1997: Victor D. Newcomer, MD
1997: Eugene J. VanScott, MD 
1996: Eugene Farber, MD
1996: J.B. Howell, MD
1995: Marie-Louise Johnson, MD, PhD
1995: John A. Kenney, Jr., MD
1994: Albert M. Kligman, MD
1994: Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD
1994: Alfred W. Kopf, MD
1993: Clayton E. Wheeler Jr., MD
1993: Irwin M. Braverman, MD
1992: Richard L. Dobson, MD
1992: Samuel L. Moschella, MD
1991: John H. Epstein, MD
1991: G. Thomas Jansen, MD
1990: Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, MD 
1990: Robert W. Goltz, MD
1989: Alexander A. Fisher, MD
1989: Richard L. Sutton Jr., MD
1988: Herman Beerman, MD
1988: Walter C. Lobitz Jr., MD
1987: Walter B. Shelley, MD
1987: J. Lamar Callaway, MD
1987: Harry L. Arnold Jr., MD
1986: Rees B. Rees, MD
1985: Harold O. Perry, MD
1985: Clarence S. Livingood, MD
1985: Harvey Blank, MD
1984: Rudolph L. Baer, MD

The 2013 Master Dermatologist Award will be presented during the recognition luncheon at the American Academy of Dermatology's 71st Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla.

Contact: Nikki Haton, administrative assistant, Member Services
Phone: (847) 240-1350
Fax: (847) 240-1920
Email: nhaton@aad.org 
Nominate/apply: Nominations are now closed for review.  Please revisit the website in the summer of 2012 to nominate or apply.