R. Rox Anderson, MD

Degrees

• MD, 1984, Harvard Medical School, HST
• BS, Life Sciences, 1972, MIT

Selected Awards/Societies

• 1997, William B. Mark Award, American Society Laser Medicine and Surgery
• 2001, Presidential Citation, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
• 2001-2002, Presidential Citation, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
• 2002, Marion B. Sulzberger, MD Memorial Award and Lectureship, American Academy of Dermatology, 60th Annual Meeting, New Orleans

Research Interests

Dr. Anderson’s research interests focus on photothermal and photochemical skin treatments and in vivo optical diagnostics. Photomedicine includes all biological, therapeutic and diagnostic aspects of optical radiation. The Wellman Center is a large multidisciplinary research center located at Massachusetts General Hospital, with diverse students, fellows, and faculty. Competitive graduate student awards are available. For information visit http://www.massgeneral.org/wellman

Reference Publications

• Pitsillides CM, Joe EK, Wei X, Anderson RR, Lin CP. Selective cell targeting with light-absorbing microparticles and nanoparticles. Biophys J 2003;84:4023-4032.
• Middelkamp-Hup MA, Sanchez-Carpintero I, Kossodo S, Waterman P, Gonzalez S, Mihm MC, Anderson RR. Photodynamic therapy for cutaneous proliferative vascular tumors in a mouse model. J Invest Dermatol 2003;121:634-639.
• Manstein D, Herron GS, Sink RK, Tanner H, Anderson RR. Fractional photothermolysis: a new concept for cutaneous remodeling using microscopic patterns of thermal injury. Lasers Surg Med 2004;34:426-438.
• Yaroslavsky AN, Barbosa J, Neel V, DiMarzio C, Anderson RR. Combining multispectral polarized light imaging and confocal microscopy for localization of nonmelanoma skin cancer. J Biomed Opt 2005;10(1):014011:1-6.