The Noah Worcester Dermatological Society's objective is to nurture a small national dermatological organization characterized by scientific programs of high caliber and close association among its members. The membership is selectively limited to assure intimacy and the high academic standards of the scientific program.

The national Society is named for Noah Worcester, the author of the first American textbook on Dermatology, published in 1845. The first meeting of the Society was held in 1958 and annual meetings have been held each year since that time.