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Thomas E. Rohrer, MD

Dr. Thomas E. Rohrer, a dermatologic surgeon, is one of the nation’s leading experts in both cosmetic and surgical dermatology. Dr. Rohrer was recently ranked as one of the Top Twenty Dermatologists in the United States by Newsweek Magazine. This was the highest ranking dermatologist in the state of Massachusetts and the highest ranking board certified Mohs surgeon in the country.

Dr. Rohrer is a past President of both the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.

Dr. Rohrer is a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University and the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He was the recipient of the Michael J. Caruso Award, given to the medical graduate who best exemplified humanitarian care to their patients. Dr. Rohrer completed his internship in internal medicine at Yale University Hospital, a residency in dermatology at the combined Boston University-Tufts University program and a Mohs and Dermatologic Surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining SkinCare Physicians, Dr. Rohrer served as the Chief of Dermatologic Surgery at Boston University Medical Center and Boston Veterans Administration Hospital for eight years, and as the Director of the Boston University Center for Cosmetic and Laser Surgery.

Education is a passion for Dr. Rohrer. He has given well over 500 lectures nationally and internationally and has published in numerous dermatologic and cosmetic surgery journals and textbooks. Dr. Rohrer is the editor of six cosmetic and laser surgery textbooks, including his own best-selling textbook on surgical reconstruction. He was honored with the 2013 Richard E. Fitzpatrick Clinical Research and Innovations Award by the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery and an Excellence in Education Award from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

Dr. Rohrer has also been very active in advancing the specialty dermatologic surgery. He has been elected to the Board of Directors of the nation’s largest and most prestigious dermatology and dermatologic surgery organizations, including the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS), the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the Association of Academic Dermatologic Surgeons, and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS). Dr. Rohrer has received presidential citations from the AAD, the ASLMS, and the ASDS.

Dr. Rohrer has appeared multiple times on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and CNN news as an expert on advances in skin cancer treatment, facial reconstruction, lasers, cosmetic procedures, botulinum toxin injection, filler injections, and a variety of other dermatologic topics. He has also been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Allure, Men’s Health, and Cosmopolitan. Dr. Rohrer is consistently selected as one of the Best Doctors in America and listed in the Who’s Who of American Medicine, Guide to Top Doctors, Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors, Newsweek, and the Boston Magazine’s Top Doctors in dermatology and dermatologic surgery.

To meet with Dr. Rohrer, request a consultation online or call our office at (617) 731-1600 to schedule your appointment.