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Leaders Society gifts of $1,500 sustain the DF mission. The largest of the Foundation’s Societies, Leaders believe a strong research pipeline leading to discovery and innovation is critical to keeping our specialty vibrant. Bold leaps forward are possible with enough support and funding. Become a Leader today!
2023 Leaders Society
The DF’s largest group of donors—the Leaders Society—has a prominent impact on the DF’s ability to support research each year.
January 1 to December 31
Timothy G. Abrahamson, MD
David C. Adams, MD
Michael Adler, MD
Kent S. Aftergut, MD
Edwin M. Ahrens, MD
Afsaneh Alavi, MD
John G. Albertini, MD
Kenneth S. Alpern, MD
Susan Amaturo, MD
Christine D. Ambro, MD
Milan Anadkat, MD
Vincent L. Angeloni, MD
Richard J. Antaya, MD
Melanie L. Appell, MD
Cheryl A. Armstrong, MD
Christopher J. Arpey, MD
Sarah T. Arron, MD, PhD
Elias E. Ayli, DO
Debra L. Bailey, MD
Carmen Balding, MD
Christian L. Baum, MD
Mark A. Bechtel, MD
Jaye E. Benjamin, MD
Daniel D. Bennett, MD
Bruce Bennin, MD
Michael Bharier, MD
Travis W. Blalock, MD
Michael Bobrow, MD
Brent M. Boyce, MD
Christopher Braker, MD
Gary J. Brauner, MD
James Brazil, MD
Isaac Brownell, MD, PhD
John Browning, MD
Allen T. Bruce, MD, PhD
Laura Buccheri-Zappi, MD
Krista Buckley, MD
Claude S. Burton, III, MD
Lori N. Byrd, MD
Michael Cairns, MD
Brian Capell, MD, PhD, FAAD
Amy B. Cardellio, DO
Adela Rambi G. Cardones, MD
Janet J. Cash, MD
David Casper, MD
Misty D. Caudell, MD
Anne Lynn Chang, MD
Attica C. Chang, MD
Karen L. Chapel, MD
Maria A. Charif, MD
Steven T. Chen, MD, MPH, MS-HPEd
Janet F. Cheng, MD
Megan S. Cherry, MD
Zelma C. Chiesa Fuxench, MD
Keith A. Choate, MD, PhD
Leslie J. Christenson, MD
Emily Y. Chu, MD, PhD
Gary W. Cole, MD
Nneka Comfere, MD
Adrian Connolly, MD
Karen Connolly, MD
Katharine Cordova, MD
Laurin Council, MD
Scott E. Crater, MD
David Crosby, MD
Jeffrey J. Crowley, MD
Donna A. Culton, MD, PhD
Steven D. Daveluy, MD
Mark Davis, MD
Christina Del Guzzo, MD
Thushan DeSilva, MD
Lucia Diaz, MD
Conor P. Dolehide, MD
Arturo R. Dominguez, MD
Zoe D. Draelos, MD
Kim Bui Drew, MD
Jonathan A. Dyer, MD
Robert Dyer, MD
Phil M. Ecker, MD
Phillip James Eichhorn, MD
Darrel L. Ellis, MD
Tanya Ermolovich, DO
Mrs. Virginia Escobedo
Matthew P. Evans, MD
Russell Eyre, MD
David E. Fisher, MD, PhD
Michael Fisher, MD
Theodore Fotopoulos, MD
Peter C. Friedman, MD, PhD
Eric S. Fromer, MD
Jan F. Fuerst, MD
John C. Fueston, MD
Josephine M. Futrell, MD, PhD
Anne-Sophie J. Gadenne, MD
Sheila S. Galbraith, MD
Sharon F. Gardepe, MD
Luis A. Garza, MD, PhD
Henry Gasiorowski, MD
Michele E. Gasiorowski, MD
Juris Germanas, MD, PhD
Brian Gerondale, MD
Jennifer G. Gill, MD, PhD
Donald A. Glass, II, MD, PhD
Scott D. Glazer, MD
Linda Gold, MD
Ronald Goldner, MD
Samuel D. Goos, MD
Leslie Gray, MD
Kathleen J. Green, PhD
Lawrence Green, MD
Teri Greiling, MD, PhD
Douglas Grossman, MD, PhD
Rebat M. Halder, MD
Russell P. Hall, III, MD
Iltefat H. Hamzavi, MD
Julie Harper, MD
John E. Harris, MD, PhD
Tamia Harris-Tryon, MD, PhD
Corey L. Hartman, MD
Mara A. Haseltine, MD
Adelaide A. Hebert, MD
Yolanda R Helfrich, MD
Richard J. Herschaft, MD
Michele Hill, MD
Lori M. Hobbs, MD
Leisa Hodges, DO
Darryl S. Hodson, MD
Kristen E. Holland, MD
Martin S. Horn, MD
Meyer Horn, MD
Sharon L. Horton, MD
Gregory A. Hosler, MD, PhD
Jeffrey C. Houin, Jr., MD
Jen Huang, MD
James C. Huff, MD
Stephen R. Humphrey, MD
Dori Lee Hunt, MD
Francis W. Iacobellis, MD
Abel Jarell, MD
Beverly A. Johnson, MD
Kathleen M. Joyce, MD
Kathleen W. Judge, MD
Teri A. Kahn, MD, MPH
Robert E. Kalb, MD
Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, MD
Seth G. Kates, MD
Matthew Keller, MD
Margaret Ann Kessler, MD
Maija Kiuru, MD, PhD
Brett Krasner, MD
Jennifer Krejci-Manwaring, MD
James Krell, MD
Carol L. Kulp-Shorten, MD
Shawn G. Kwatra, MD
Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD
Leah Lalor, MD
Nikolajs Lapins, MD
Brenda C. LaTowsky, MD
Delphine J. Lee, MD, PhD
Jessica Lee
Joseph I. Lee, MD
Wei-Li S. Lee, PhD
Mark D. Lehman, MD
Julia S. Lehman, MD
Joyce A. Lender, MD
Ethan A. Lerner, MD, PhD
Marc Levin, MD
David Levine, MD
Peggy B. Liao, MD
Wennie C. Liao, MD
Lawrence M. Lieblich, MD
Sherri A. Long, MD
John C. Maize, Jr., MD
Aaron Mangold, MD
Mario Maruthur, MD
Stephen H. Mason, MD
Julie Maughan, MD
Damon V. Mauldin, MD
Josephine McAllister, MD
Barbara E. McAlpine, MD
Jeffrey L. Messenger, MD
Lloyd S. Miller, MD, PhD
Ardalan Minokadeh, MD
Ginat Wintermeyer Mirowski, DMD, MD
Charlotte E. Modly, MD
Charles Moon, MD
Julie Anne Moore, MD
Robert F. Moreland, Jr., MD
Andrea Morris, MD
Alan N. Moshell, MD
Christen M. Mowad, MD
John C. Murray, MD
Peggy S. Myung, MD, PhD
Krisztian Nemeth, MD
Elizabeth Nietert, MD
Megan H. Noe, MD, MPH, MSCE
Jeffrey North, MD
Christopher I. Obeime, MD
Robert L. Ochs, MD
Ginette A. Okoye, MD
Edit Olasz Harken, MD
Susana M. Ortiz-Urda, MD, PhD
Nicole Owens, MD
So Yeon Paek, MD
Elizabeth H. Page, MD
Robert N. Page, MD
Steven Partillo, MD
Kappa Peddy, MD
Alice P. Pentland, MD
Joseph C. Pierson, MD
Ronald B. Prussick, MD
Long T. Quan, MD, PhD
Abrar A. Qureshi, MD, MPH
Francisco Ramirez-Valle, MD, PhD
Steven Rasmussen, MD
Suraj G. Reddy, MD
Ronald E. Reece, MD
Rachel Reina, MD
Jack S. Resneck, Jr., MD
Frankie G. Rholdon, MD
Amber Robbins, MD
Leslie Robinson-Bostom, MD
Jason J. Romero, MD
Gretchen Roth, MD
Beth S. Ruben, MD
Sun Young Ruggeri, MD
John F. Rupp, MD
James P. Russell, MD
Thomas J. Russell, MD
Dana L. Sachs, MD
Jamal Z. Saleh, MD
Julio Sartori Valinotti, MD, FAAD
Daniel N. Sauder, MD
Leah Schammel, MD
Lawrence C. Scherrer, MD, PhD
Elys Scheuer, MD
Rachel A. Schleichert, MD
Paul I. Schneiderman, MD
Steven Schuckit, MD
Stanley V. Schwartz, MD
David Semler, MD
Sarah K. Short Sarbacker, MD
Marshall J. Shuler, MD
David L. Shupp, MD
Guillermo R. Sicard, MD
Burton E. Silver, MD
David Simkin, MD
Cory L. Simpson, MD, PhD
Eric L. Simpson, MD, MCR
Robert A. Skrokov, MD
Carol C. Slover, MD
Robert A. Snyder, MD
Jeffrey M. Sobell, MD
Milton D. Soderberg, MD
George Sonnier, MD
Nicholas A. Soter, MD
Ursula Stanton-Hicks, MD
Jennifer A. Stein, MD, PhD
Seth R. Stevens, MD
Allison Stocker, MD
Kathleen S. Stokes, MD
Junko Takeshita, MD
James S. Taylor, MD
Valencia D. Thomas, MD
John M. Tieman, MD
Mary M. Tomayko, MD, PhD
Charles B. Toner, MD
Mr. Ly Tran
Mark C. Udey, MD, PhD
Marta J. Van Beek, MD, MPH
Abby Van Voorhees, MD
Matthew D. Vesely, MD, PhD
Nahid Vidal, MD
Ruth Ann Vleugels, MD, MPH
Justin Vujevich, MD
Jason B. Waldinger, MD
Lisa C. Walker, MD
Susan D. Wall, MD
Karolyn A. Wanat, MD
Scott D. Warren, MD
Carl Washington, MD
Jeffery Weeks, MD
Jeffrey M. Weinberg, MD
Michael J. Wells, MD
Stephen Werth, MD
Michael J. White, MD
Michael B. Whitlow, MD, PhD
Carilyn Wieland, MD
Michael G. Wilkerson, MD
Carmen M. Williams, MD
Nancy S. Wolfin, MD
John H. Wollner, MD
Joy C. Wu, DO
Patricia P. Wyhinny, MD
Ashley Wysong, MD, MS
Yuelin Xu, MD
Cynthia B. Yalowitz, MD
Joseph J. Zaladonis, Jr., MD
Mark J. Zalla, MD
Eugene G. Zappi, MD
Nathalie C. Zeitouni, MD
John A. Zic, MD
Jonathan R. Zirn, MD
2023 Leaders Society
The Foundation is grateful for the support of our 2023 Leaders Society. We are honored to acknowledge their support online and in print with the May 2024 Dermatology Times issue [PDF].
2022 Leaders Society
The Foundation is grateful for the support of our 2022 Leaders Society. We are honored to acknowledge their support online and in print with the August 2023 Dermatology Times issue [PDF].
2021 Leaders Society
The Foundation is grateful for the support of our 2021 Leaders Society. We are honored to acknowledge their support online and in print with the May 2022 Dermatology Times issue [PDF].
2020 Leaders Society
The Foundation is grateful for the support of our 2020 Leaders Society. We are honored to acknowledge their support online and in print with the May 2021 Dermatology Times issue [PDF].
Take an Active Role
The DF is the leading private funding source for skin disease research and career development of physicians and scientists in dermatology. With your support, the DF’s provides research awards and education opportunities to develop and retain tomorrow’s teachers and researchers, enabling advancements in patient care. Promising physicians and scientists go on to uncover new knowledge in all areas of the specialty, with the Foundation’s awards. Their innovative, groundbreaking research benefits all dermatologists. It is what strengthens the specialty, and leads to new concepts about skin disease and cutting-edge treatments.
