2005 Rose Hirschler Award - Patricia G. Engasser, MD | News & Information of the Women's Dermatologic Society

Engasser Named Rose Hirschler Award Honoree

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 was presented to Patricia G. Engasser, MD. Dr. Engasser is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Engasser received her MD and completed her residency at Stanford University. She is the recipient of many prestigious honors and awards from the university, including the Stanford University Gold Spike Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Stanford Centennial Medallion.

Dr. Engasser is a well-known leader in our specialty. She is very active in a number of specialty societies, is a sought-after lecturer, and has published extensively. She has served as president the American Contact Dermatitis Society and the San Francisco Dermatologic Society and has served on the board of several specialty societies, including the American Academy of Dermatology, Pacific Dermatologic Society and the Women’s Dermatologic Society. She has lectured widely to professional audiences, as well as local civic and community organizations. She is the author of numerous articles in the areas of Occupational and Contact Dermatology.

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

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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