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| Mentor of the Year AwardThe first WDS Mentor of the Year award was given to Frances J. Storrs, MD, who had previously returned her honorarium to the WDS for the Rose Hirschler Award in 1991, to establish a Mentorship Program. Since 1993, the Mentorship Program has funded more than 700 women and men early in their professional careers, to spend one-on-one time with an established mentor of specific expertise. Congratulations to these deserving recipients! Nominations for the 2026 award have closed.  | 2025 Award Recipient
 Jenny Murase, MD |  
 Past Recipients2025 - Jenny Murase, MD2024 - Esther Freeman, MD PhD
 2023 - Ashley Wysong, MD MS
 2022 - Kimberly J. Butterwick, MD
 2021 - Jennifer N. Choi, MD
 2020 - Susan Taylor, MD
 2019 - Valerie D. Callender, MD
 2018 - Maria K. Hordinsky, MD
 2017 - Amit G. Pandya, MD
 2016 - Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH
 2015 - Lisa A. Garner, MD
 2014 - Mary P. Lupo, MD
 2013 - Dedee F. Murrell, MD
 2012 - William D. James, MD
 2011 - Pearl E. Grimes, MD
 2010 - Mary Maloney, MD
 2009 - Tina S. Alster, MD
 2008 - Jean Bolognia, MD
 2007 - Libby Edwards, MD
 2006 - Amy Paller, MD
 2005 - Ilona J. Frieden, MD
 2004 - Vera H. Price, MD
 2003 - Frances J Storrs, MD
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