Honorary membership

Meritorious achievement: Leadership and service that affirms an uncommon and sustained dedication to dermatology in the goals of the Academy are of primary consideration. In most cases, honorary membership is bestowed as recognition for a lifetime of dedication and distinguished service.

Age: In most cases, those who have experienced a meritorious career will be in the senior age group, but it is possible that an exception might occur. In most cases, individuals selected are 65 years of age or older.

Academy office: Having previously held a prominent office in the Academy is not a determining factor. The honorary membership should be bestowed upon individuals on behalf of the field of dermatology, and should not necessarily be based on one's involvement with the AAD.

The decision for granting honorary membership rests with the AAD Board of Directors. The board must have the freedom to respond on the basis of each individual candidate's merits.

2024 Honorary Membership
Terrence A. Cronin, Sr., MD, FAAD
William H. Eaglstein, MD, FAAD
George W. Elgart, MD, FAAD
George J. Hruza, MD, MBA, FAAD
Edward H. Yob, DO, FAAD

2023 Honorary Membership
Diane S. Berson, MD, FAAD
Robert T. Brodell, MD, FAAD
Warren R. Heymann, MD, FAAD
Kenneth J. Tomecki, MD, FAAD
Abel Torres, MD, JD, MBA, FAAD

2022 Honorary Membership
Anthony V. Benedetto, DO, FAAD
Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD, FAAD
Thomas J. Lawley, MD, FAAD
Theodore Rosen, MD, FAAD
Vladimir Vasku, MD, IFAAD

2021 Honorary Membership
Marcus A. Conant, MD, FAAD
Dirk M. Elston, MD, FAAD
Howard I. Maibach, MD, FAAD
Suzanne Olbricht, MD, FAAD
Elise Olsen, MD, FAAD
Amy S. Paller, MD, FAAD
Charles W. Stiefel

2020 Honorary Membership
R. Rox Anderson, MD, FAAD
Andrew P. Lazar, MD, FAAD
Henry W. Lim, MD, FAAD
Clifford W. Lober, MD, JD, FAAD
Barbara M. Mathes, MD, FAAD
Alexander Miller, MD, FAAD

2019 Honorary Membership
Robert L. Baran, MD
Ilona J. Frieden, MD, FAAD
Ernesto Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, FAAD
Evangeline B. Handog, MD
Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, MD, PhD 

2018 Honorary Membership
Diane R. Baker, MD
John J. Voorhees, MD
Mark Lebwohl, MD
Suzanne M. Connolly, MD
David I. McLean, MD

2017 Honorary Membership
Jean L. Bolognia, MD
Francisco M. Camacho-Martinez, MD, PhD 
Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Luis A. Diaz, MD
Hugh T. Greenway, Jr., MD
Rebat M. Halder, MD
Mary E. Maloney, MD
Stephen H. Mandy, MD
Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, MD 
Jorge L. Sanchez, MD
Stephen P. Stone, MD

2016 Honorary Membership
James Q. Del Rosso, DO
Charles N. Ellis, MD
Norman Goldstein, MD
Alice B. Gottlieb, MD, PhD
Pearl E. Grimes, MD
Maria K. Hordinsky, MD
Douglas R. Lowy, MD
Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS
John W. Weiss, MD

2015 Honorary Membership
Howard P. Baden, MD
Louis L. Barich, MD*
Paul R. Bergstresser, MD
Michael E. Bigby, MD
Boni E. Elewski, MD
Lawrence M. Field, MD
Z. Charles Fixler, MD
Smith H. Gibson, MD
Charles L. Heaton, MD
Carl A. Johnson, MD
Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH
Anne W. Lucky, MD
James J. Nordlund, MD
Henry H. Roenigk, Jr., MD
Michael D. Tharp, MD
Robert E. Tigelaar, MD

2014 Honorary Membership
Jeffrey D. Bernhard, MD
Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
William A. Caro, MD
Hong-Duo Chen, MD
Vincent A. DeLeo, MD
James O. Ertle, MD
Antoinette F. Hood, MD
Charles W. Lewis, MD
Oliver F. Miller, III MD
David M. Pariser, MD
Stuart J. Salasche, MD
John R. Stanley, MD
Bruce H. Thiers, MD

2013 Honorary Membership 
Darryl M. Bronson, MD*
James A. Zalla, MD
Arthur C. Huntley, MD
Robert J. G. Chalmers, MBBS
Amanda M. M. Oakley, MBChB
June K. Robinson, MD
David L. McCaffree, MD
Stuart M. Brown, MD
John C. Maize Sr., MD
James S. Taylor , MD
Arnold L. Schroeter, MD*
Leonard Goldberg, MD

2012
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Thomas Ruzicka
Lenore Setsuko (Uyeyama) Kakita, MD
Bruce A. Deitchman, MD
Roger I. Ceilley, MD

2011
Paul R. Gross, MD
Robert Jackson, MD
Elizabeth I. McBurney, MD
Vera H. Price, MD
Stephen I. Katz, MD, PhD
Charles J. McDonald, MD
Martin M. Black, MD

2010
Gerd Plewig, MD
Jean D.A. Carruthers, MD

2009
Lynn D. Drake, MD
James D. Maberry, MD
Ronald G. Wheeland, MD
Arthur L. Norins, MD
E. Dorinda Shelley, MD
Darrell S. Rigel, MD

2008
Marie-Louise Johnson, MD
Walter G. Larsen, MD
Jerome Z. Litt, MD
Lawrence A. Norton, MD*
W. Mitchell Sams Jr., MD
Beverly B. Sanders Jr., MD*
Alan R. Shalita, MD*
Frances J. Storrs, MD

2007
A. Bernard Ackerman, MD*
Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD
Marshall L. Blankenship, MD*
Nancy B. Esterly, MD*
Roy S. Rogers III, MD
Stephen B. Webster, MD

2006
Fred F. Castrow II, MD
George W. Hambrick Jr., MD*
Coleman Jacobson, MD*

2005
Rex A. Amonette, MD
David R. Bickers, MD
Robert A. Briggaman, MD*
Irwin M. Freedberg, MD*
Gloria F. Graham, MD
Richard B. Odom, MD
Richard K. Scher, MD

2004
Mark A. Everett, MD*
Samuel L. Moschella, MD
Paul S. Russell, MD

2003
Stephen W. Clark
John H. Epstein, MD
Paul M. Lazar, MD*
Cheryl K. Nordstedt
Edgar B. Smith, MD*

2002
Bradford W. Claxton, CAE
Mark V. Dahl, MD
Harry J. Hurley, MD*
Peter J. Lynch, MD

2001
Victor D. Newcomer, MD*
Herschel S. Zackheim, MD*

2000
Philip C. Anderson, MD*
Richard L. Dobson, MD*
James H. Graham, MD*
Alfred W. Kopf, MD

1999
E. William Rosenberg, MD 

1997
Edward A. Krull, MD*
J. Graham Smith Jr., MD*
John S. Strauss, MD*

1993
J. B. Howell, MD*
G. Thomas Jansen, MD*

1992
William M. Narva, MD
Perry Robins, MD
Eugene J. Van Scott, MD

1991
Harvey Blank, MD*
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, MD, PhD*
Peyton E. Weary, MD*

1989
John A. Kenney Jr., MD*
Aaron B. Lerner, MD*

1987
Edward P. Cawley, MD*
Robert W. Goltz, MD*
Clayton E. Wheeler Jr., MD*

1984
Harold O. Perry, MD*
Walter B. Shelley, MD*

1983
William Montagna, PhD*

1982
Rees B. Rees, MD*

1981
Hermann Pinkus, MD*
Naomi C. Kanof, MD*

1980
Rudolf L. Baer, MD*
Walter C. Lobitz Jr., MD*

1979
Harry L. Arnold Jr., MD*
Stanley E. Huff, MD*
Frederick A. J. Kingery, MD*
John M. Shaw, MD*

1978
Clarence S. Livingood, MD*
Adolph Rostenberg Jr., MD*

1975
Robert R. Kierland, MD*
Francis W. Lynch, MD*
J. Lewis Pipkin, MD*
Samuel J. Zakon, MD*

1974
Samuel Ayres Jr. MD*
J. Lamar Callaway, MD*
Everett C. Fox, MD*
Clinton W. Lane, MD*
Wiley M. Sams, MD*
Richard L. Sutton Jr., MD*
J. Walter Wilson, MD*

1972
Herman Beerman, MD*
Clark W. Finnerud, MD*

1969
Charles C. Dennie, MD*
Harry R. Foerster, MD*
Hamilton Montgomery, MD*

1968
Henry E. Michelson, MD*
Donald M. Pillsbury, MD*
Marion B. Sulzberger, MD*

1958
Clyde L. Cummer, MD*

1949 
Fred Wise, MD*

1939
Andrew Biddle, MD*
William T. Corlett, MD*
William A. Pusey, MD*
Charles J. White, MD*

* Indicates deceased members