1939
Born to Nicholas Anthony Soter and Mildred Elizabeth Soter in Niagara Falls, NY.
1961
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Christian University.
1965
Obtains a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Is an intern at Boston City Hospital until 1966.
1966
Is a resident and assistant instructor in dermatology at the Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals until 1968.
1968
Is an assistant resident in dermatology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a teaching fellow at Harvard Medical School until 1969.
1969
Serves in the U.S. Army as a captain on the Ryukyu Islands in Japan and as a major at Fort Sam in Texas through 1971.
1971
Is a research fellow in immunology and an instructor, assistant and associate prof. of dermatology at Harvard Medical School until 1983.
1976
Is a physician at Robert B. Brigham Hospital until 1982.
1982
Serves Brigham and Women’s Hospital as a rheumatologist, immunologist and physician of dermatology until 1983.
1983
Is a prof. of dermatology at the New York University School of Medicine and an attending physician at Tisch Hospital, continuing in the roles.
1983
Is the medical director of the Skin and Cancer Pavilion at Tisch Hospital until 2020.
1992
Is chairman of the Section of Dermatology and Syphilology of the New York Academy of Medicine.
1996
Is president of the New York Dermatological Society until 1997.
1996
Serves as vice president of the Society for Investigative Dermatology
1997
Receives a Lifetime Teaching Award from the New York University Dermatology Residents.
1999
Is president of the Dermatologic Society of Greater New York until 2000.
2005
Is interim chair of the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at the NYU School of Medicine until 2006.
2006
Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York University Dermatology Residents.
2009
Serves as president of the American Dermatological Association.
2012
Receives the Resident Advocate Award of the Year from the New York University Dermatology Residents.