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Dr. Robert Anolik

Board-certified dermatologist

“In-the-know patients seeking the very best of everything…keep one name at the top of their must-see list: Robert Anolik, M.D.” – Elle Magazine

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ABOUT

Robert Anolik, M.D. is a board-certified dermatologist specializing in cosmetic dermatology and laser skin surgery. He is also a professor of dermatology at the NYU School of Medicine.

Dr. Anolik’s expertise has received wide-ranging recognition. ELLE magazine honored Dr. Anolik with its Genius Award.  He was also the subject of a feature article in ELLE, in which it was stated “in-the-know patients seeking the very best in everything… keep one name at the top of their must-see list: Robert Anolik, MD.”  Town & Country magazine named Dr. Anolik the “Michelangelo of Botox and Filler.” New York Magazine placed Dr. Anolik on its “Best Doctors” list. He has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2017. Christie Brinkley featured Dr. Anolik as an expert cosmetic dermatologist in her best-selling book, Timeless Beauty. Harper’s Bazaar included Dr. Anolik in its 50 Best Anti-Aging Tips of All Time. Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop named him a “Goop Favorite” and “best-in-class.” He was selected as an expert judge for Allure Magazine’s Best of Beauty Breakthrough Awards. He was given the Clinical Research and Innovations Award by The American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery, and the NYU Department of Dermatology named him Surgical Attending of the Year. Media outlets regularly solicit his opinion.

Dr. Anolik has appeared on the Today Show and Live with Kelly and Ryan, among others shows. His quotes have appeared in Vanity Fair, Vogue, ELLE, The New York Times, The New York Post, CNN, Allure, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Glamour, and Harper’s Bazaar.   He is also a frequent guest on SirusXM Satellite Radio.

Dr. Anolik graduated cum laude from Princeton University, where he was the president of his class. He went on to graduate magna cum laude from Thomas Jefferson University, earning his medical degree and induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.  Dr. Anolik completed his residency training in dermatology at the NYU School of Medicine and his laser and surgery fellowship at the Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York.

Since 2012, Dr. Anolik volunteers every month at Bellevue Hospital to treat and oversee skin cancer surgery with NYU residents and medical students. Dr. Anolik has authored more than 25 academic articles and chapters, his work appearing in such esteemed publications as the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Archives of Dermatology, and in texts published by, among others, Cambridge University Press. Dr. Anolik is a co-author on the textbook “Lasers and Related Technologies in Dermatology.” Additionally, Dr. Anolik is on the medical editorial staff of the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. He has lectured at the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and the American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery.

EDUCATION

LICENSURE

New York State License Number: Available Upon Request

Board Certification: American Board of Dermatology – Number Available Upon Request

Fellowship Training: Laser & Skin Surgery Center of NY

Residency: Dermatology Residency; New York University School of Medicine; New York, New York 2007-2010
Internship: Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2007
Medical: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, MD, Magna Cum Laude, 2002-2006
Pre-Medical: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, A.B. in Molecular Biology, Cum Laude, 1996-2000

 

AWARDS

  • Castle Connolly’s New York Top Doctors, 2017-2024      
  • New York Magazine placed Dr. Anolik on its “Best Doctors” list in 2019, 2021, 2022
  • New York Super Doctors 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 
  • Best Dermatologist in Star Magazine’s 2016 Star Beauty Awards
  • New York Super Doctors Rising Star 2013, 2014
  • NYU School of Medicine Department of Dermatology’s Surgical Attending of the Year, 2013 (Awarded for “outstanding teaching and selfless dedication” to NYU dermatology residents and patients).
  • ELLE Magazine Genius Award, 2013 [Awarded this honor by ELLE Magazine (Hearst Corporation) for excellence in cosmetic dermatology].
  • Dr. Richard E. Fitzpatrick Clinical Research and Innovations Award from the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, 2011

 

 

  • Pomerantz H, Akintilo L, Shaw K, Lederhandler M, Anolik R, Geronemus RG, “Safety Profile of Combined Same-Day Treatment for Botulinum Toxin With Full Face Nonablative Fractionated Laser Resurfacing.” Dermatol Surg 2020 Nov 3.
  •  Anolik R. Laser Treatment for Tattoo Removal. Conference Presentation. NYU School of Medicine: Advances in Dermatology Annual Conference. New York, NY. Expected June 2014.
  • Anolik R. Non-Surgical Face and Neck Lifting with Ultrasound. Conference Presentation. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ 2014.
  • Geronemus R, Bernstein L, Hale E, Brightman L, Karen J, Weiss E, and Anolik R. Lasers and Related Technologies in Dermatology. New York: McGraw-Hill Education/Medical, 2013.
  • Reddy KK, Blei F, Brauer JA, Warner M, Anolik R, Bernstein L, Brightman L, Hale E, Karen J, Weiss E, Geronemus RG. Retrospective study of the treatment of infantile hemangiomas using a combination of propranolol and pulsed dye laser. Dermatologic Surgery. 2013; 39: 923.
  • Reddy KK, Brauer JA, Idriss MH, Anolik R, Bernstein L, Brightman L, Hale E, Karen J, Weiss E, Elston D, Geronemus RG. Treatment of Port-Wine Stains With a Short Pulse Width 532-nm Nd:YAG Laser. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. 2013; 12: 66.
  • Weiss ET, Brauer JA, Anolik R, Reddy KK, Karen JK, Hale EK, Brightman LA, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. 1927-nm fractional resurfacing of facial actinic keratoses: a promising new therapeutic option. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2013; 68: 98.
  • Anolik R. Complications of Fractional Resurfacing: What You Need To Know. Conference Presentation. NYU School of Medicine: Advances in Dermatology Annual Conference. New York, NY. June 2013.
  • Reddy KK, Brauer JA, Anolik R, Bernstein L, Brightman L, Hale E, Karen J, Weiss E, Geronemus RG. Topical perfluorodecalin resolves immediate whitening reactions and allows rapid effective multiple pass treatment of tattoos. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. Lasers Surg Med. 2013; 45: 76.
  • Brauer JA, Reddy KK, Anolik R, Weiss ET, Karen JK, Hale EK, Brightman LA, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Successful and rapid treatment of blue and green tattoo pigment with a novel picosecond laser. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148: 820.
  • Brightman LA, Brauer JA, Terushkin V, Hunzeker C, Reddy KK, Weiss ET, Karen JK, Hale EK, Anolik R, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Ablative fractional resurfacing for involuted hemangioma residuum. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148: 1294.
  • Brauer JA, Reddy KK, Anolik R, Weiss ET, Karen JK, Hale EK, Brightman LA, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Successful and rapid treatment of blue and green tattoo pigment with a novel picosecond laser. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148: 820.
  • Anolik R. Non-Surgical Face and Neck Lifting with Ultrasound. Conference Presentation and Abstract. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2012.
  • Brauer JA, Reddy KK, Anolik R, Bernstein L, Brightman L, Hale EK, Karen JK, Weiss ET, Geronemus RG. Evaluation of a Picosecond 755nm Alexandrite Laser for Treatment of Multicolored or Recalcitrant Tattoos. Conference Presentation and Abstract. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2012.
  • Anolik R, Newlove T, Weiss ET, Brightman L, Hale EK, Karen JK, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Investigation into Optimal Treatment Intervals of Facial Port Wine Stains Using the Pulsed Dye Laser. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2012; 67: 985.
  • Reddy KK, Brauer JA, Anolik R, Bernstein L, Brightman LA, Hale E, Karen J, Weiss E, Geronemus RG. Calcium Hydroxylapatite Nodule Resolution After Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser Therapy. Archives of Dermatology. 2012. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Anolik R, Geronemus RG. In: Nesi F, Black E, Calvano C, Levine M, and Gladstone G, eds. Lasers and Related Technologies. Smith’s Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 3rd edition. Springer. 2012.
  • Anolik R, Geronemus RG. In: Beer K, Tosti A, eds. Management of Common and Uncommon Complications of Cosmetic Procedures. Complications of Fractional Lasers (Ablative and Nonablative). Springer. 2012.
  • Brightman L, Anolik R, Goldberg D, Berlin A. Clinical Management of the Patient. In: Goldberg D, Berlin A, eds. Disorders of Fat and Cellulite: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. Informa Healthcare. 2011.
  • Brauer JA, Anolik R, Tzu J, Meehan S, Lieber CD, Geronemus RG. Glomuvenous Malformations (Familial generalized multiple glomangiomas). Dermatology Online Journal. 2011; 17: 9.
  • Brightman L, Brauer JA, Anolik R, Weiss ET, Karen JK, Chapas A, Hale EK, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Reduction of thickened flap using fractional carbon dioxide laser. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 2011; 43: 873.
  • Brightman LA, Warycha M, Anolik R, Geronemus RG. Do Lasers or Topicals Really Work for NonMelanoma Skin Cancers? Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 2011; 30: 14.
  • Anolik R, Weiss ET, Chapas A, Brightman L, Hale EK, Karen JK, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Nonablative Fractional Resurfacing with the 1927 nm Thulium Laser is an Effective, Well-Tolerated Treatment for Actinic Cheilitis. Conference Presentation and Abstract. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2011.
  • Anolik R, Newlove T, Weiss ET, Chapas A, Brightman L, Hale EK, Karen JK, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Investigation into Safe and Effective Treatment Intervals of Port Wine Stain Using the Pulsed Dye Laser. Conference Presentation and Abstract. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2011.
  • Anolik R, Weiss ET, Chapas A, Brightman L, Hale EK, Karen JK, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Age of Tattoo is an Indicator for the Rate of Success of Laser-Assisted Tattoo Removal. Conference Presentation and Abstract. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2011.
  • Anolik R, Weiss ET, Hunzeker C, Chapas A, Brightman L, Hale EK, Karen JK, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Investigation of the Effectiveness of Non-Coherent Blue Light in Intralesional Photodynamic Therapy of Basal Cell Carcinoma. Conference Presentation and Abstract. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2011.
  • Weiss ET, Anolik R, Brightman L, Chapas A, Hale EK, Karen JK, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Longterm follow-up of 1927 nm Fractional Resurfacing Laser for Actinic Keratoses of the Face. Conference Presentation and Abstract. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2011.
  • Anolik R, Blei F, Mones JM, Geronemus RG. Leukemia Cutis Mimicking Deep Hemangiomas. Conference Presentation. American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Gross & Microscopic Dermatology Symposium. February 2011.
  • Yancovitz M, Anolik R, Pomeranz MK. Alkaptonuria. Dermatol Online Journal. 2010; 16: 6.
  • Anolik R, Loyd A, Patel R, Magro C, Franks AG Jr. Delayed and recurring blisters in the donor graft site of a burn patient. Dermatol Online Journal. 2010; 16: 13.
  • Anolik R, Mandal R, Franks AG Jr. Sarcoidal tattoo granuloma. Dermatol Online Journal. 2010;16:19.
  • Anolik R, Brauer JA, Soter NA. An Unusual Bullous Eruption In A Patient With Psoriasis: Calcipotriene Phototoxicity. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2010; 62: 1081.
  • Anolik R, Klein L, Meehan S, Patel R. Verrucous Hailey-Hailey Disease Mimicking Condyloma Acuminata. Conference Presentation. American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Gross & Microscopic Dermatology Symposium. March 2010.
  • Anolik R, Gendler E. Hyaluronic Acid Skin Derivatives. In: Sadick NS, ed. Augmentation Fillers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2010.
  • Anolik R, Chapas AM, Brightman LA, Geronemus RG. Radiofrequency Devices for Body Shaping: A Review and Study of 12 Patients. Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 2009; 28: 236.
  • Brightman LA, Brauer JA, Anolik R, Weiss E, Karen J, Chapas A, Hale E, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. Ablative and fractional ablative lasers. Dermatology Clinics. 2009; 27: 479.
  • Anolik R. Does the Excimer Laser Change Psoriasis Therapy? Conference Presentation. The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, October 2009.
  • Anolik R, Elmariah S, Lehrhoff S, Votava HJ, Martiniuk FT, Levis W. Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome with a novel STAT3 mutation. Dermatology Online Journal. 2009; 15: 16.
  • Anolik R. An Unusual Bullous Eruption In A Patient With Psoriasis. (Conference Presentations)
    • Dermatology Residents’ Night 2009 Conference. The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, June 2, 2009
    • Clinical Conference. The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, March 17, 2009
  • Brightman L, Anolik R, Chapas AM, Weiss E, Hunzeker CM, Karen JK, Hale EK, Bernstein L, and Geronemus RG. Improvement in Post Partum Abdominal Skin Using a Novel Radiofrequency, Infrared, and Suction Device. Conference Poster. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Conference, 2009.
  • Anolik R, Firoz B, Walters RF, Meehan SA, Tsou HC, Whitlow M, Wainwright B. Proliferating trichilemmal cyst with focal calcification. Dermatology Online Journal. 2008; 14: 25.
  • Anolik R. Isotretinoin, depression and suicide, does evidence support a relationship? Conference Presentation. The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, May 2008.
  • Elmariah SB, Anolik R, Walters RF, Rosenman K, Pomeranz MK, Sanchez MR. Invasive squamous-cell carcinoma and arsenical keratoses. Dermatology Online Journal. 2008; 14: 24.
  • Anolik R, Liang C, Wang N, Rosenman K, Pomeranz M, Joe E. Extramammary Paget disease. Dermatology Online Journal. 2008; 14: 15.
  • Mago R, Anolik R, Johnson RA, Kunkel EJ. Recurrent priapism associated with use of aripiprazole. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2006; 67: 1471.
  • Anolik R, T Naylor, X Cha, M Wysocka, AH Rook, B Weber and S Fakharzadeh. Identification of putative genomic loci involved in the pathogenesis of Sezary syndrome. Abstract, Poster and Presentation. Society for Investigative Dermatology Conference, 2004.
  • Anolik R. Diagnostic Challenges of Melanocyte Derived Cells in the Lymph Node. Conference Presentation. Pathology Honors Program for Advanced Study, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, April 2004.
  • Anolik R. Genomic Analysis of the Chemotaxis System in Eubacteria and the Archaea. Princeton University Senior Thesis. 2000.

 

NYC Dermatologist Discusses Sunscreen For Skin Cancer Prevention On Daily Mail TV

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Beauty Above and Below the Mask: Botox and Beyond with Dr. Robert Anolik | LSSCNY Webinar

NBC Spotlight: Dr. Robert Anolik Shows How Lasers Can Restore Your Skin Safely

 

 

Dr. Robert Anolik explains the use of Botox and demonstrates in LIVE on the Kelly and Ryan morning show!
Dr. Anolik was featured on Kelly & Ryan show to promote Botox treatment, NYC, NY.

Dr. Robert Anolik demonstrates the MiraDry microwave treatment for underarm perspiration.

Dr. Robert Anolik discusses Botox and Fillers

Dr. Robert Anolik featured on Good Day New York (FOX) discussing CoolSculpting!

Dr. Robert Anolik joins the Today Show to discuss skincare at every age!

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