Honors & Awards

Elizabeth K. Hale, MD

Castle Connolly, Top Doctor, Dermatology, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

New York Times Magazine, Super Doctors, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010

New York Magazine, Best Doctors, Dermatology, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

Exceptional Woman in Medicine Award, 2024, 2023

Castle Connolly Exceptional Woman in Medicine Award, 2024, 2023, 2017

President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW), 2016-present

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, Leader of Distinction Award in Skin Cancer, 2014

NYU Department of Dermatology, Service Award for Advances in Dermatology, 2013

NYU School of Medicine Alumni Association Board of Governors, 2013

Vice President, Skin Cancer Foundation, 2012-present

NYU AOA Voluntary Teaching Award, 2011

Surgery Attending of the Year, NYU Department of Dermatology, 2008 

Bronze Level Award for Volunteerism, AAD Leadership Circle, 2006

The President’s Volunteer Service Award, USA Freedom Corps, 2006

Dean’s Committee on Women, NYU School of Medicine, 2006

The Morris Leider Award for excellence in Dermatology, NYU Department of Dermatology, 2002

Medical Women’s Association Citation for outstanding academic achievement in Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, 1998

The Marion Sulzberger Dermatology Award, NYU School of Medicine, 1998

Alpha Omega Alpha (Honor Society), NYU School of Medicine, 1997

Undergraduate Honors Thesis (magna cum laude): The Anatomical and Cultural Significance of Homo Erectus: A Synthesis of the Molecular and Fossil Evidence, Cornell University, 1994

Julie K. Karen, MD

New York Magazine, Best Doctors, Dermatology, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

Castle Connolly, Top Doctor, Dermatology, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

New York Times Magazine, Super Doctors, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

Castle Connolly Exceptional Woman in Medicine Award, 2023, 2017

New York Times Magazine, Super Doctors Rising Stars, 2013

Surgery Attending of the Year, NYU Department of Dermatology, 2012

Morris Leider Award for excellence in Dermatology, NYU Department of Dermatology, 2007

Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award awarded to the student who graduated first in her medical school class, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2003

Coryell Prize in Medicine awarded to the student in the graduating class with the highest average in medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2003

John Metcalf Polk Prize, awarded to the three students who placed at the top of the class for scholastic performance throughout medical school, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2003

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, one of four students inducted during their third year, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2002, 2003

Phi Beta Kappa, Princeton University, 1998

summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1998