Honorary Membership is the highest honour awarded by the ESDR. This recognition is bestowed on any individual who has particularly distinguished themselves in dermatological research and/or has made significant direct or indirect contributions to the society. Honorary membership has been awarded to the following:
| 2024 | Chris Griffiths (UK) Kenji Kabashima (JP) Nicole Ward (USA) |
| 2023 | Elaine Fuchs (USA) Nick Reynolds (UK) Thomas Schwarz (Germany) |
| 2021 | Martine Bagot (France) Alexander Enk (Germany) John McGrath (UK) |
| 2020 | Jonathan Barker (UK) Kathleen Green (USA) Gerd Plewig (Germany) |
| 2019 | Birgit Lane (Singapore) Erwin Tschachler (Austria) |
| 2018 | Peter Elias (USA) Barbara Gilchrest (USA) Carlo Pincelli (Italy) |
| 2017 | Sarolta Karpati (Hungary) Irene Leigh (UK) Yoshiki Tokura (Japan) |
| 2016 | Giovanna Zambruno (Italy) Jens-M Schröder (Germany) |
| 2015 | Leena Bruckner-Tuderman (Germany) Masayuki Amagai (Japan) |
| 2014 | Robin Eady (UK) Wolfram Sterry (Germany) |
| 2013 | Peter van de Kerkhof (Netherlands) Hiroshi Shimizu (Japan) Ronald Marks (UK) |
| 2012 | Johannes Ring (Germany) |
| 2011 | Koji Hashimoto (Japan) Paul Bergstresser (USA) Anders Vahlquist (Sweden) |
| 2010 | Shinji Shimada (Japan) Alberto Giannetti (Italy) |
| 2009 | Peter Friedmann (UK) Ervin Epstein (USA) |
| 2008 | William Cunliffe (UK) Kristian Thestrup-Pedersen (Denmark) |
| 2007 | Thomas Krieg (Germany) John Stanley (USA) |
| 2006 | Rona MacKie (UK) Rein Willemze (Netherlands) |
| 2003 | Georg Stingl (Austria) Jouni Uitto (USA) |
| 2000 | Malcolm Greaves (UK) Egon Macher (Germany) |
| 1999 | Stefania Jablonska (Poland) Hiroaki Ueki (Japan) |
| 1998 | Takeji Nishikawa (Japan) John Voorhees (USA) |
| 1996 | Sadao Imamura (Japan) Enno Christophers (Germany) Steve Katz (USA) Willem van Vloten (Netherlands) |
| Previous | Otto Braun-Falco (Germany) Robert Brun (Switzerland) Rudi Cormane (Netherlands) André Kint (Belgium) Charles Lapière (Belgium) Kimmo Mustakallio (Finland) Michel Prunieras (France) Hans Rorsman (Sweden) Ferdinando Serri (Italy) Sam Shuster (UK) Klaus Wolff (Austria) |
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