Master Dermatologist Award
The Master Dermatologist award recognizes an Academy member who, throughout the span of his or her career, has made significant contributions to the specialty of dermatology, as well as to the leadership and/or educational programs of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Award: The Master Dermatologist Award will be presented during the following year’s Stars of the Academy Recognition Reception at the American Academy of Dermatology’s Annual Meeting. The recipient will also be highlighted in DermWorld.
Criteria
The recipient should possess a national or international presence
The recipient should have well-recognized expertise
The recipient should be a longstanding member of the American Academy of Dermatology
No sitting member of the Council on Member Services shall be eligible for nomination
Application timeline: The deadline for the application submissions is Feb. 1 each year for the following year’s consideration. Applications submitted after this date will be considered for the following year's cycle.
Nominees shall be considered for selection in the year they are nominated and the following year. There is no limit to the number of times an individual may be nominated for the award; however, they may receive the award only one time.
2023: Alice B. Gottlieb, MD, PhD, FAAD
2021: Timothy G. Berger, MD
2020: Waine C. Johnson, MD
2019: William D. James, MD
2018: Caroline Koblenzer, MD
2017: Jeffrey Callen, MD
2016: Walter H.C.Burgdorf, MD
2015: Roy Steele Rogers III, MD
2014: Barbara Ann Gilchrest, MD
2013: Howard I. Maibach, MD
2012: Wilma Fowler Bergfeld, MD
2011: James J. Norlund, MD
2010: John J. Voorhees, MD
2009: Edward A. Krull, MD
2008: Nancy B. Esterly, MD
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
No member of the American Academy of Dermatology shall directly contact any member of the Council on Member Services regarding nominees under consideration. All letters of support and/or nominations should be addressed to the Council on Member Services chair at the Academy’s headquarters. Any lobbying of committee members may eliminate the nominee from consideration by the Council on Member Services.
