Bobby Y. Reddy, MD is a board-certified dermatologist and an Instructor in Dermatology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Reddy graduated with a B.S. in biology from Villanova University. He obtained his M.D. with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from Rutgers–New Jersey Medical School. During medical school, he was selected into the Howard Hughes Medical Institute – National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program, through which he conducted research at the National Cancer Institute. He completed an Internal Medicine internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, during which he was given the Dunne Award for Humanism in Medicine by Harvard Medical School. He subsequently completed a Dermatology residency at Columbia University Medical Center, where he served as a Chief Resident during his final year of training.  After residency, he completed a Melanoma Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Reddy is a physician scientist investigating the role of genetic and immunologic factors in melanoma development and progression, along with the development of novel therapeutic strategies. He conducts his research at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at MGH.  In addition, he cares for patients at MGH’s Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Center.

He belongs to several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the Medical Dermatology Society, and the Society of Investigative Dermatology.  He has authored many peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, including highly-cited articles in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Stem Cells and Development, and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.  Dr. Reddy’s clinical interests include melanoma, skin cancer screening and treatment, skin cancer surgery, general dermatology, and clinical trials.