2006 Rose Hirschler Award - Lenore Kakita, MD | News & Information of the Women's Dermatologic Society

Pictured in the center behind her new grandaughter and surrounded by her family and friends following the award presentation at the WDS Annual Meeting Luncheon

The Rose Hirschler Award honors the first-known female dermatologist in the United States and is a prestigious award for someone who has clearly enhanced the role of women in dermatology.

The 2006 Rose Hirschler Award was presented to Lenore Kakita, MD in recognition of her tireless and tenacious efforts on behalf of women in dermatology through her leadership within the Women's Dermatologic Society. Dr. Kakita has played a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction of the WDS over the past five years. Not only did she have the vision to recognize opportunities and needs that support women's issues in dermatology, but she also put her determination and drive into making things happen. Under her leadership, new grant and award programs began, fundraising goals were continuously surpassed, and valuable, new benefits of membership became a reality.

We are honored to add Dr. Kakita's name to the list of Rose Hirschler Award Recipients:

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

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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.