Founders' Award

Established by The American Society of Dermatopathology in 1983 in honor of the Founding Members of the Society, this endowed award is conceived to recognize individuals who have made outstanding original and significant contributions to the field of dermatopathology.

2009 Founders' Award

Antoinette F. Hood, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Dermatology
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Antoinette F. Hood, M.D., a professor of dermatology and pathology, is chair of the department of dermatology and director of the dermatopathology unit at Eastern Virginia Medical School. After graduating with a B.A. in biology from Stanford University she obtained her medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1967. Following a year of internship in internal medicine, she worked at a tuberculosis hospital in Florida and a student health center in California.

Her dermatology training was obtained in the Harvard program, and she remained in Boston for a two-year fellowship in dermatopathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital with Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. For 13 years, she was on faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and for two years was an assistant dean for admissions. She joined the faculty of the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1993 where she was director of dermatopathology for nine years. In 2002 she moved to Norfolk, Virginia, where she started the dermatology residency program at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Hood is the author of more than 120 peer-reviewed articles and is co-author of four books. She has held leadership positions in several national medical organizations including the American Academy of Dermatology (board of directors; vice president) the American Society of Dermatopathology (secretary-treasurer; president), and the American Board of Dermatology (board of directors; current executive director).

Her academic interests include dermatopathology, the cutaneous complications of chemotherapy and immunosuppression, drug reactions and medical education.

Past Recipients of the Founders' Award

2008	Jag Bhawan, M.D.
2007	Wilma F. Bergfeld, M.D., F.A.C.P.
2006	Ronald J. Barr, M.D.
2005	David D. Weedon, A.O., M.D., F.R.C.P.A.
2004	Philip E. LeBoit, M.D.
2003	Ernst H. Beutner, Ph.D.
2002	John C. Maize, M.D.
2001	Franz M. Enzinger, M.D.
2000	Waine C. Johnson, M.D.
1999	Loren E. Golitz, M.D.
1998	Martin C. Mihm, Jr., M.D.
1997	Edward Wilson Jones, F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Path.
1996	John R. Haserick, M.D.
1995	Herbert Z. Lund, M.D.
1993	Richard J. Reed, M.D.
1992	John T. Headington, M.D.
1991	Robert G. Freeman, M.D.
1990	James H. Graham, M.D.
1989	A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D.
1988	Wallace H. Clark, Jr., M.D.
1987	Richard K. Winkelmann, M.D.
1986	Walter F. Lever, M.D.
1985	Elson B. Helwig, M.D.
1984	Hermann Pinkus, M.D.