Ricky Kanee Schachter, FRCP(C), CM (December 23, 1918 – July 1, 2007) was a dermatologist who practiced in the Toronto area, and was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998, as "a researcher, teacher, administrator and healer, whose work in the areas of skin cancer and psoriasis has improved the lives of her patients, and inspired fellow researchers across Canada.
[5] When she decided to go to university at the age of 16, to become a doctor, even her father, an educated Russian immigrant and community leader, said to her that she would "be taking up a space for a man.
[7] Her husband, Benjamin Schachter, was a Torontonian biochemist, working at the University of Toronto, who, from 1934 to 1939, conducted research on female sex hormones.
In July 1991, the Dr. Ricky Kanee Schachter Dermatology Centre opened its doors[10] at Women's College Hospital to treat a variety of skin conditions, through several out-patient clinics: In addition to being at the forefront of her field, and a pioneer in the treatment of psoriasis on an out-patient basis,[11] Schachter worked for the promotion of women's rights, Jews' rights, and for gender equality in the medical profession.
She was also the first woman to win the Canadian Dermatology Foundation's Practitioner of the Year award, in 2005,[11] and received an honorary Doctor of Laws, by Queen's University, in 2006.