Women’s Dermatologic Society Honors
EVMS Professor

July 18, 2006

Antoinette Hood, M.D.

NORFOLK—Antoinette Hood, M.D., professor and chair of dermatology, was recently presented with the Wilma Bergfeld Visionary and Leadership Award by the Women’s Dermatologic Society (WDS) at its 31st annual meeting in San Francisco.

The WDS Board of Directors and Awards Committee presents the award to a dermatologist of national prominence who is a trailblazer for women in dermatology.

Hood, only the second person to receive this award, was recognized for her leadership roles at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she served as assistant dean for admissions, and at the School of Medicine at Indiana University, where she served as an assistant dean and director of dermatopathology.

She is known nationally for her prominent roles in a variety of medical organizations. She was vice-president and a board member of the American Academy of Dermatology, the membership society for all U.S. dermatologists, and the first woman president and secretary-treasurer of the American Society of Dermatopathology. Currently, Hood sits on the American Board of Dermatology (ABD), the certifying body for dermatologists throughout the nation. She formerly served as a director and later as executive director of the ABD.

Hood, a Norfolk resident, holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford University. She earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University before training in dermatology and dermatopathology at Harvard University.

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