2009 Rose Hirschler Award - Ilona Frieden, MD | News & Information of the Women's Dermatologic Society

Adelaide Hebert, MD, (right) presenting the prestigious Rose Hirschler award to Ilona Frieden, MD, at the 34th WDS Annual Meeting Luncheon in San Francisco
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San Francisco dermatologist Ilona Frieden, MD honored with 2009 Rose Hirschler Award from Women’s Dermatologic Society

The Women’s Dermatologic Society (WDS) proudly announces that Ilona Frieden, MD was honored with the prestigious Rose Hirschler award at its 34th Annual Meeting Luncheon in San Francisco.

Named in honor of the first woman dermatologist in the United States, the Rose Hirschler Award has been given each year since 1988 to outstanding physicians who have made a significant contribution to medicine and to the dermatologic specialty and whose achievement has served to enhance the role of women in dermatology.

Dr. Frieden joins an esteemed group of past recipients of the Rose Hirschler Award, including:

2009	Ilona Frieden, MD
2008	Janet G. Hickman, MD
2007	E. Dorinda Shelley, MD
2006	Lenore Kakita, MD
2005	Patricia G. Engasser, MD
2004	Richard Odom, MD
2003	Elizabeth I. McBurney, MD
2002	Nia K. Terezakis, MD
2001	Gloria Graham, MD
2001	Ruth Freinkel, MD
2000	Barbara A. Gilchrest, MD
1999	Inga Silberberg-Sinakin, MD & G. Jeanette Thorbecke, MD, PhD
1998	Antoinette F. Hood, MD
1997	Vera Price, MD
1996	Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD
1995	Ricky K. Schachter, MD
1993	Marie-Louise Johnson, MD
1992	Stephania Jablonska, MD
1991	Frances J. Storrs, MD
1990	Walter B. Shelley, MD
1989	Nancy Burton Esterly, MD & Margaret Gray Wood, MD
1988	Miriam Chancy Reed, MD

......IMPORTANT LINKS & PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2009 Rose Hirschler Award - Ilona Frieden, MD
2008 Rose Hirschler Award - Janet G. Hickman, MD (Details...)
2007 Rose Hirschler Award - E. Dorinda Shelley, MD (Details...)
2006 Rose Hirschler Award - Lenore Kakita, MD (Details...)
2005 Rose Hirschler Award - Patricia G. Engasser, MD (Details...)
2004 Rose Hirschler Award - Richard Odom, MD (Details...)
2003 Rose Hirschler Award - Elizabeth I. McBurney, MD (Details...)
2002 Rose Hirschler Award - Nia K. Terezakis, MD (Details...)

MORE 2009 AWARDS:

2009 WDS Mentor of the Year Award - Tina Alster, MD
2009 WDS President’s Award - Marie-France Demierre, MD

Recap of Events: WDS 34th Annual Meeting Luncheon in San Francisco, CA - Sunday March 8, 2009 (Details...)

Mark Your Calendar: WDS 35th Annual Meeting Luncheon in Miami, FL - Sunday, March 7, 2010 (Details...)

The Women's Dermatologic Society supports the careers and professional development of women dermatologists. The mission of the Women’s Dermatologic Society is to help women in dermatology achieve their greatest personal and professional potential by striving to foster, promote, and support women’s issues in dermatology; identify, train, and recognize women leaders in dermatology; provide a forum for developing relationships and the exchange of ideas and research relevant to women’s issues; and promote the highest possible standards of ethics, research, patient care and education, as well as public education. WDS is comprised of more than 1,500 members nationally and internationally, representing all sub-specialties in dermatology and work in private practice, academics and research.