Each year the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD is given to a recipient in recognition of their lifetime of inspired patient care as a medical dermatologist, mentoring of future medical dermatologists, and research to advance medical dermatology.
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ANDREW G. FRANKS, JR. MD, FACP, FAAD, FACR
New York University Langone Health
2023 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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AMY MCMICHAEL, MD
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
2022 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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JOSEPH L. JORIZZO, MD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
2021 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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TIMOTHY BERGER, MD
University of California, San Francisco
2020 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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JANET A. FAIRLEY, MD, FAAD
Chair, John S. Strauss Professor and Head Professor of Dermatology
University of Iowa Health Care
2019 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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WARREN R. HEYMANN, MD
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University;
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2018 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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RUSSELL P. HALL, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
2017 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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JEAN L. BOLOGNIA, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
2016 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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WILLIAM D. JAMES, MD
University of Pennsylvania
2015 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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LUIS A. DIAZ, MD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2014 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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RICHARD D. SONTHEIMER, MD
University of Utah
2013 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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GERALD G. KRUEGER, MD
University of Utah
2012 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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JEFFREY P. CALLEN, MD
University of Louisville
2011 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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VICTORIA P. WERTH, MD
University of Pennsylvania
2010 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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HARLEY A. HAYNES, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2009 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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KENNETH E. GREER, MD
University of Virginia Medical Center
2008 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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LEE T. NESBITT, JR., MD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
2007 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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SAMUEL L. MOSCHELLA, MD
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
2006 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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THOMAS PROVOST, MD
Johns Hopkins University
2005 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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IRWIN M. BRAVERMAN, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
was presented the CAREER RECOGNITION AWARD on February 26, 1998, for dedication as a consummate clinician-investigator in medical dermatology.