OUR TEAM

DR. R. ROX ANDERSON

R. Rox Anderson, MD, PhD, is a scientific co-founder and advisor at Follica, as well as an advisor at PureTech. He co-founded Follica in 2005 and serves as the chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Anderson practices dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He serves as director of the MGH Laser Center and director of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at MGH.  He is a professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Anderson is the co-founder and scientific advisor of Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc.; a member of the Medical Advisory Board at Apogee Technology Inc.; and co-founder and member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Freedom-2, Inc. He also served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Magen BioSciences, Inc. and Solta Medical, Inc. Dr. Anderson conceived and developed many of the non-scarring laser treatments, which are widely used in medical care. He has contributed to treatment for vocal cords, kidney stones, glaucoma, heart disease, photodynamic therapy for cancer and acne, and optical diagnostics. His research has advanced the basic knowledge of human skin photobiology, drug photosensitization mechanisms, tissue optics, and laser-tissue interactions. His active research areas include diagnostic tissue imaging and spectroscopy, photodynamic therapy, mechanisms of selective laser-tissue interactions, adipose tissue biology and novel therapy for skin disorders.

He has authored or co-authored over 250 scientific books and research papers, and 65 issued patents. Dr. Anderson holds a BS in Life Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MD degree magna cum laude from the joint MIT-Harvard medical program, Health Sciences and Technology and completed residency in Dermatology and research fellowships at Harvard.