2003 Rose Hirschler Award - Elizabeth I. McBurney, MD | News & Information of the Women's Dermatologic Society

The Rose Hirschler Award is named in honor of Dr. Rose Hirschler, the first known female dermatologist in the United States. This award is presented annually by the Women’s Dermatologic Society to physicians chosen for having made significant contributions to medicine and dermatology, and who by their achievement, have served to enhance the role of women in the dermatologic specialty.

The WDS is pleased to announce that the prestigious Rose Hirschler Award will be presented to Elizabeth I. McBurney, MD. Dr. McBurney is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine and LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the recipient of many prestigious honors and awards, including several for outstanding service to health care in both the public and private sectors. Among her numerous awards are the Everett C. Fox, MD Lectureship from the American Academy of Dermatology, the Distinguished Woman Physician Award presented by the American Medical Association, and the Samuel J. Stegman, MD Award for Distinguished Service from the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (November 2000).

Dr. McBurney has served as President of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery in 1996. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the American Dermatological Association. She is active as a professional lecturer nationwide to professional audiences as well as local civic and community organizations. She is the author and co-author of numerous articles dealing with clinical dermatology, surgical dermatology, and cosmetic and laser dermatology. Dr. Elizabeth McBurney represents the best of dermatology as an expert in surgical dermatology, a concerned and involved practicing practitioner who has contributed to many medical organizations, and a warm and compassionate physician.

We are honored to add Elizabeth I. McBurney, MD to the list of Rose Hirschler Award Winners:

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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