The Howard Fox Lecture carries on the legacy of Howard Fox, the founder and first president of the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Fox was also the first president of the American Board of Dermatology. He served for 13 years as professor and head of dermatology at the New York University School of Medicine (1925–1938) and 10 years as Editor-in-Chief of the Archives of Dermatology.


Recipients

2019

Dirk Elston, MD
Medical University of South Carolina

“Skin Signs of Systemic Disease”

2018

Ruth Ann Vleugels, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital

“Case-Based Pearls from the Dermatology Rheumatology Clinic”

2017

Edward W. Cowen, MD, MHSc
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute

“Autoinflammation and the Skin”

2016

Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD
The Cleveland Clinic

"Androgens and Hair Disorders"

2015

Kenneth Tomecki, MD
The Cleveland Clinic

“What’s New in Dermatological Therapy”

2014

Amy Paller, MS, MD
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine

“Update on Genetic Skin Disorders and Their Management”

2013

Jean L. Bolognia, MD
Yale University School of Medicine

“Signature Nevi”

2012

Torello Lotti, MD. PhD
Guglielmo Marconi University, Rome, Italy

"Vitiligo: What's New – Update in 2012"

2011

Babar K. Rao, MD, FAAD - UMDNJ

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

"How Best to Manage a Pigmented Lesion"

2010

Patricia Lois Myskowski, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College

"Cutaneous Lymphomas: An Update"

2009

William D. James, MD
University of Pennsylvania

“Newer Skin Signs of Rheumatologic Disease”