Dr. Kamala Burathoki

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in Humanitarian Dermatology

"Thank you ILDS for giving recognition and consideration to those who struggle in difficult conditions, especially those from developing countries."

Dr. Kamala Burathoki was born on October 22, 1950 in Kathmandu, Nepal. She obtained her MBBS degree in 1974 from Lady Hardinge Medical School, New Delhi, India and the Diploma in Dermatology from the Institute of Dermatology, Bangkok, Thailand in 1986.

She worked as a dermatologist, venereologist and leprologist in Bir Hospital as well as in other regional hospitals of Pokhara and Bharatpur. She was also the program manager and clinical advisor of the Leprosy Control Project and the STI clinical advisor of the STI/HIV Project, Teku, Kathmandu. During this period she was actively involved in the operation of leprosy and STI clinics in many districts of Nepal. Concurrently, she was also involved in the training of doctors and health workers and the preparation of national guidelines for the treatment of leprosy and STI in Nepal. She finally retired from government medical service as the Head of Department of the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu in October, 2010.

Professor Mahira El Sayed

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in Humanitarian Dermatology

" I am deeply honored to receive this award as the recognition is not only personal but represents the commitment of so many people working alongside me to improve dermatologic care for those in need. I will remain committed to expanding access, education and equity in care."

Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at Ain Shams University, Cairo, and a board member of the International Psoriasis Council and heads its Skin of Color Working Group. She leads the Egyptian Board of Dermatology and serves on the Board of the Egyptian Health Council. She contributes to the Ministry of Health’s Combined Committee for Biologics for psoriasis patients alongside rheumatologists. Prof. El Sayed has lectured internationally, holds membership in numerous national and international societies, and serves on the Ethical Committee of the Faculty .She has multiple publications.

Dr. Pedro Jaén

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in Humanitarian Dermatology

" I am deeply honored and grateful to the ILDS for this recognition. It represents far more than recognition—it is a tribute to the patients, families, and colleagues who have inspired my dedication to humanitarian dermatology."

Dr. Pedro Jaén is a renowned dermatologist and humanitarian who has led an international cooperation project in Tanzania for the past 18 years, providing ongoing medical care to people with albinism and children with xeroderma pigmentosum. Through medical missions, training programs, and international collaborations, he has provided care to underserved communities and advanced dermatological education in low-resource settings. Dr. Jaén actively supports initiatives focused on skin cancer prevention, rare skin diseases, and access to essential and advanced treatments.

Babar Rao, MD

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in Humanitarian Dermatology

" This award encourages me to expand my humanitarian work and do more for those in need. Professionally, this means there is more to my work than just seeing patients."

Dr. Babar Rao is a Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at Rutgers and Clinical Associate Professor at Weill Cornell. Born in Mari Sahu, Kabirwala, Pakistan, he completed his MD at Rawalpindi Medical University and training in dermatology and dermatopathology at St. John’s Hospital, University of Texas, Boston University, NYU, and Weill Cornell, and is now based in New York City. Outside the clinic, he established a girls’ school, pediatric surgery and dialysis units. in Pakistan, the Rawalian Burn Center, as well as mobile health clinics and disaster relief missions in the USA.

SAAD SAMI ALSOGAIR, MD, IFAAD

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in International Leadership

"Receiving this award is a profound personal honour and a professional milestone. It reflects years of learning, service, and heartfelt commitment to the field, and represents a shared achievement with my mentors, colleagues, and my country."

Saad AlSogair is a board certified consultant dermatologist based in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. He serves as Secretary General and Treasurer of MEIDAM, Treasurer of the Saudi Society of Dermatology, and leads Riyadh’s bid for the 2031 World Congress of Dermatology. In 2025 he was appointed President of the 17th Saudi Society International Congress. In 2024 he led a humanitarian project with UNHCR delivering UV protective hoods to children with Xeroderma Pigmentosum. He is known for advancing dermatology through innovation, education, ethics, and global collaboration with compassionate patient care.

Professor Dr. med. Sabine A. Eming

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in International Leadership

" The award provides a strong motivation for me to continue my work as clinician-scientist, advocating that global diversity and collaboration are fundamental to shaping the research community, strengthening its cohesion and directly contributing to the quality of research and the benefit to patients."

Dr. Sabine Eming is Professor of Dermatology at the University of Cologne, Germany. She studied Medicine at the University of Cologne, University of California San Diego and Harvard Medical School. She received her MD and her training in Dermatology at the University of Cologne. She was research fellow at The Scripps Research Institute and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Eming’s research interests focus on basic mechanisms of how immune regulatory networks coordinate tissue regeneration post injury. Her findings aim to improve the understanding and therapy of inflammatory and fibrotic skin diseases.

ANTONIO A. G. MASSA

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in International Leadership

"This Award is a great pleasure and honour."

1973 Graduated in Medicine and Surgery University of Porto

1978 Specialized in Occupational Medicine and 1981 Dermato Venereology

1983 Santo António Hospital Assistant and Service Director 1991-2003

1976-9 Bragança and Porto teaches in Medical several specialties in Nursing schools

1982-2003 Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences\Santo Antonio Hospital Porto Professor of Dermato Venereology

1986 0rganized several scientific meetings

Dermatology Forum for General Practitioners

1997 International Meeting of Treatment in Dermatology, now in its 28th year non stop

Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology more than 8 years

Member of several scientific societies:

Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology (since 1978)

American Academy of Dermatology (since 1986)

European Academy of Dermatology (since 1992). 6 years Board member

Ibero-Latin American College “CILAD” (since 2002) Portuguese Delegate 2002-2016

Honorary Member

1985 Dowling-Club= Association of English Dermatologists

2000 French Society of Dermatology

2009 Spanish Academy of Dermatology

2108 CILAD S:Paulo

2022 Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology

International Society of Dermatology (2009-2013) Board member

20th Congress European Academy of Dermatology Venereology (2011) Vice-President

Spring EADV 2020 and 2021 President Covid not allow it

American Academy Dermatology Presidential Citation2017 2018 2024

Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology President 2015-2018 and 20-21 Vice 2019-20

25 CILAD PORTO 2026 President

Volunteers

In 1992, as director of the dermatology service at the Hospital de Santo António, invited his colleagues to come and treat patients from Thursday to Sunday, especially older ones in public homes. When he retired from the hospital, the director did not support this action, we created another group, now with several specialties, and continued with the help of about 45 colleagues, in which two dates are chosen and we will treat these people, taking the material for biopsies, etc. This action has continued non-stop since 1992 to the present day, having already made one of these trips this year to places far from Porto and hoping to make a second trip in October. As colleagues from Angola were among us and assisted, we have been collaborating since 2012 sharing the observation of patients in Angola mainly albinos, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe and this year Angola and Mozambique. It is an action that we consider very valid, and wonderful for patients and us. We stay all of us very happy.

Professor Hamida Megdiche Turki

Recipient of the ILDS CoA 2025 in International Leadership

" I am deeply honored to receive the ILDS Certificate of Appreciation. It is a remarkable achievement that a Tunisian professor has earned this prestigious certificate for the fourth time, highlighting the excellence of our national dermatological community. I also dedicate this honor to our Dermatology Department in Hedi Chaker hospital in Sfax and to the Sfax Medical school."

1990 : Assistant Professor

1995 : Professor Agrégé

2002 : Full Professor of Dermatology : Sfax Medical School

2005 : Head of the Department of Dermatology – Hédi Chaker Hospital, Sfax

2000-2006 : President of the Tunisian Society of Pediatric Dermatology

2013-2020 : President of the Tunisian Society of Dermatology

2016 : Honorary Member of the french Society of Dermatology

2020-2024 : Vice dean of the Sfax Medical School, director of internships

2023-2025 : President of the medical committee of Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax

2024 : Vice dean of the Sfax Medical School, director of studies