Members Making a Difference Award
The Academy's Council on Member Services reviews all completed nominations and selects one winner for each quarter in the year. The award is distributed quarterly to an AAD member, chosen based on the significance of the work he/she has done and the uniqueness of the volunteer activity. All nominees will remain on the selection list for up to three years.
Award: Each winner will be honored with a plaque at the Recognition Reception during the follow year's Annual Meeting.
Criteria
Exceptional service to the underserved
Exceptional service to the community
Exceptional service to the state/local/medical/subspecialty dermatology society
Exceptional service to academic physician education
Exceptional service to the Academy
Exceptional service to the international audience
Significant commitment of time, energy, and resources
Significant benefit to others as a result of their volunteerism
Volunteer work is outside the realm of paid positions
Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Apply for the award
Apply or nominate a colleague for the award.
Apply or nominateFor more information, contact Brittany Whaley at bwhaley@aad.org or (847) 240-1476.
The Academy's Council on Member Services reviews all completed nominations and selects one winner for each quarter in the year. The recipients are notified before their announcement. No sitting member on the Council on Member Services can be selected to receive the award.
2021
Alaina James, MD, PhD, FAAD, First Quarter
Cyndi Yag-Howard, MD, FAAD, Second Quarter
Amy J. Derick, MD, FAAD, Third Quarter
Joel S. Shavin, MD, FAAD, Fourth Quarter
2019
Gary Paul Dillion, MD, FAAD
William Huang, MD, FAAD
Lawrence C. Parish, MD, FAAD, First Quarter
Kenneth E. Wasserman, MD, FAAD, Second Quarter
2018
Koushik Lahiri, MBBS, DVD, First Quarter
Boluwaji Akhigbe Ogunyemi, MD, FAAD, Second Quarter
Margaret Cavanaugh-Hussey, MD, FAAD, Third Quarter
Adam Clark Byrd, MD, FAAD, Fourth Quarter
2017
Gail R. Goldenstein, MD, FAAD, Third Quarter
Jules Lipoff, MF, FAAD, Fourth Quarter
2016
Nkanyezi Ngwenyama Ferguson, MD, FAAD, First Quarter
Brian Raphael, MD, FAAD, Second Quarter
Suresh Padmakant Joshipura, MD, Third Quarter
Harvey I. Weinberg, MD, FAAD, Fourth Quarter
2015
Ida Tiongco, MD,FAAD, First Quarter
DéDée Murell, MD, FAAD, Second Quarter
Shyam Bhanuskankar Verma, MBBS, DVD, Third Quarter
C. Ralph Daniel MD, FAAD, Fourth Quarter
2014
Alexander Gross, MD, FAAD, January
David Butler, MD,FAAD, February
Rashmi Sarkar, MD March
Neil Heskel, MD, FAAD, April
Scott Collins, MD, FAAD, May
Rudolf Roth, MD, FAAD, June
Inbal Braunstein, MD, FAAD July
Isabel Casas, MD, FAAD August
2013
Steven Rosenberg, MD, FAAD: December 2013
Ginette Hinds, MD, FAAD: November 2013
Allison Therese Vidimos, MD,RPh, FAAD: October 2013
Maryam Mandana Asgari, MD, FAAD: September 2013
Karolyn Wanat, MD, FAAD: August 2013
Douglas Naversen, MD, FAAD: July 2013
Nnenna Agim, MD, FAAD: June 2013
Trinh Tran, MD, FAAD: May 2013
Dale Westrom, MD, PhD, FAAD: April 2013
Wendi Wohltmann, MD, FAAD: March 2013
Terrence Cronin, Sr., MD, FAAD: February 2013
James J. Herrmann, MD, FAAD: January 2013
2012
Dore Gilbert, MD: December 2012
Jennifer Tan, MD, FAAD: November 2012
Dayna Diven, MD, FAAD: October 2012
Robert Kalb, MD, FAAD: September 2012
James Baumgaertner, MD, FAAD: August 2012
Mike Kalisiak, MD, FAAD: July 2012
Ray Carlsen, MD, FAAD: June 2012
Esther Freeman, MD, PhD: May 2012
Casey Carlos, MD, PhD, FAAD: April 2012
Steven Flax, MD, FAAD: March 2012
Timothy Woodall, MD, FAAD: February 2012
Aisha Sethi, MD, FAAD: January 2012
2011
Wilson Liao, MD, FAAD: December 2011
David Biro, MD, FAAD: November 2011
Bruce A. Deitchman, MD, FAAD: October 2011
R. Rox Anderson, MD, FAAD: September 2011
Joel Thomas Bamford, MD, FAAD: August 2011
Elizabeth Sanders Jacobson, MD, FAAD: July 2011
Tina Chen, MD, FAAD: June 2011
Kenneth Howard Kraemer, MD, FAAD: May 2011
Jeffrey N. Thompson, DO, FAAD: April 2011
Jonathan Kantor, MD, FAAD: March 2011
Oliver Fred Miller, III, MD, FAAD: February 2011
Ronald H. Falcon, MD, FAAD: January 2011
