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R. Rox Anderson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on dermatology, molecular biology, physiology, surgery, and rehabilitation. Their research encompasses various aspects of skin treatment, healing, and related biomedical applications.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including:

  • Dermatologic Treatments and Research
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
  • Body Contouring and Surgery
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Anderson include:

  • Multi-faceted enhancement of full-thickness skin wound healing by treatment with autologous micro skin tissue columns, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Subcutaneous Fat Reduction with Injected Ice Slurry, 2020, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Vitamin K3 (Menadione) is a multifunctional microbicide acting as a photosensitizer and synergizing with blue light to kill drug-resistant bacteria in biofilms, 2023, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Fractional Ablative Laser Therapy is an Effective Treatment for Hypertrophic Burn Scars: A Prospective Study of Objective and Subjective Outcomes., 2021, PubMed
  • Neural Selective Cryoneurolysis with Ice Slurry Injection in a Rat Model, 2020, Anesthesiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anderson include:

  • William A. Farinelli
  • Joshua Tam
  • Lilit Garibyan
  • Ying Wang
  • Sara Moradi Tuchayi

The venues most commonly publishing Anderson's research are:

  • Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Best Publications

  • Selective photothermolysis: precise microsurgery by selective absorption of pulsed radiation

    R. Rox Anderson;John A. Parrish

  • Fractional Photothermolysis: A New Concept for Cutaneous Remodeling Using Microscopic Patterns of Thermal Injury

    Dieter Manstein;G. Scott Herron;R. Kehl Sink;Heather Tanner

  • In Vivo Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy of Human Skin: Melanin Provides Strong Contrast

    Milind Rajadhyaksha;Melanie Grossman;Dina Esterowitz;Robert H. Webb

  • In vivo confocal scanning laser microscopy of human skin II: advances in instrumentation and comparison with histology.

    Milind Rajadhyaksha;Milind Rajadhyaksha;Salvador González;James M. Zavislan;R. Rox Anderson

  • Photosynthesis of previtamin D3 in human skin and the physiologic consequences.

    MF Holick;JA MacLaughlin;MB Clark;SA Holick

  • Selective cell targeting with light-absorbing microparticles and nanoparticles

    Costas M. Pitsillides;Edwin K. Joe;Xunbin Wei;R. Rox Anderson

  • Microvasculature can be selectively damaged using dye lasers: a basic theory and experimental evidence in human skin.

    R. Rox Anderson;John A. Parrish

  • Topical ALA-Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris

    Wichai Hongcharu;Charles R Taylor;Yuchiao Chang;David Aghassi

  • ERYTHEMA AND MELANOGENESIS ACTION SPECTRA OF NORMAL HUMAN SKIN

    John A. Parrish;Kurt F. Jaenicke;R. Rox Anderson

  • Skin responses to fractional photothermolysis.

    Hans-Joachim Laubach;Zeina Tannous;R Rox Anderson;Dieter Manstein

  • Extended theory of selective photothermolysis

    Gregory B. Altshuler;R. Rox Anderson;Dieter Manstein;Henry H. Zenzie

  • Damage to hair follicles by normal-mode ruby laser pulses

    Melanie C Grossman;Christine Dierickx;William Farinelli;Thomas Flotte

  • Selective photothermolysis of cutaneous pigmentation by Q-switched Nd: YAG laser pulses at 1064, 532, and 355 nm.

    R. Rox Anderson;Randall J. Margolis;Shinichi Watenabe;Thomas Flotte

  • Pulsed CO2 laser tissue ablation: Effect of tissue type and pulse duration on thermal damage

    Joseph T. Walsh.;Thomas J. Flotte;R. Rox Anderson;Thomas F. Deutsch

  • Video-rate confocal scanning laser microscope for imaging human tissues in vivo.

    Milind Rajadhyaksha;R. Rox Anderson;Robert H. Webb

  • Selective cryolysis: a novel method of non-invasive fat removal.

    Dieter Manstein;Hans Laubach;Kanna Watanabe;William Farinelli

  • Polarized light examination and photography of the skin.

    R. Rox Anderson

  • Method and apparatus for photothermal treatment of tissue at depth

    Gregory B. Altshuler;Andrei V. Erofeev;Henry Zenzie;Richard Rox Anderson

  • Comparison of responses of tattoos to picosecond and nanosecond Q-switched neodymium: YAG lasers

    E. Victor Ross;E. Victor Ross;George Naseef;Charles Lin;Michael Kelly

  • Topographic variations in normal skin, as viewed by in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy

    Misbah Huzaira;Francisca Rius;Milind Rajadhyaksha;Milind Rajadhyaksha;R. Rox Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Flotte
Thomas J. Flotte Mayo Clinic
David Zurakowski
David Zurakowski Boston Children's Hospital
Jeffrey M. Karp
Jeffrey M. Karp Brigham and Women's Hospital
Delbert J. Eatough
Delbert J. Eatough Brigham Young University
Martin C. Mihm
Martin C. Mihm Brigham and Women's Hospital
Charles P. Lin
Charles P. Lin Harvard University
Martin R. Prince
Martin R. Prince Cornell University
Warren M. Zapol
Warren M. Zapol Harvard University
Cliff I. Davidson
Cliff I. Davidson Syracuse University
Mark W. Spong
Mark W. Spong The University of Texas at Dallas

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