Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Dieter Manstein, MD, is Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital. The public record shows 101 publications with 4,847 citations (h-index 26), centered on Acne / Hidradenitis. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Skin research and technology
- Top research focus: Acne / Hidradenitis
- 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- A Comparative Clinical Study to Assess Pain Score and Wound Healing Following Fractional Ablation With a DFG Laser and CO2 Laser
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT06295471 - Radio-Frequency Microneedling Device
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
InvestigatorTerminatedNCT06228144 - Investigation of Laser Assisted Drug Delivery of NanoDOX®
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
InvestigatorPhase 2Active, not recruitingNCT05411484
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- REVANCE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Program year20251 payment
- ABBVIE INC.Program year20243 payments
- Merz North America, Inc.Program year20221 payment
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Microcore Skin Biopsies: A Novel, Micro-Invasive Skin Biopsy Technique Yielding Full-Thickness Histology.
Skin research and technology
2026 - An Optimized Staining Method for Visualization of Thermally Denatured Dermal Collagen.
Lasers in surgery and medicine
2026 - Epitope spreading toward wild-type melanocyte-lineage antigens rescues suboptimal immune checkpoint blockade responses.
Science translational medicine
2021
Contact
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Office address
149 13th Street, Bldg. 149, 3rd Floor, Room 3.215, Charlestown, MA 02129
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
University of Münster, Germany
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →innovation.massgeneralbrigham.org ↗ - PhD
Biomedical Physics, University of Münster, Germany
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →innovation.massgeneralbrigham.org ↗
Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Director
Manstein Laboratory, Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →massgeneral.org ↗
Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- Ellet H. Drake Memorial Award
American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS), 2011 and 2025 (two-time recipient)
2025verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →aslms.org ↗ - verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →aslms.org ↗
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- AVAVA
LLC, Consultant (honoraria) and Stockholder
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LLC, Stockholder / co-founder
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Inc., Consultant (honoraria); patent royalties/IP compensation
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Featured profile: "Dieter Manstein MD, PhD: Innovative Procedures Get Under Your Skin"
Mass General Brigham Innovation blog
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"Person of the Month", Dermatology & Plastic Surgery (D&PS) trade publication
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →idnps.com ↗ - Contributing author bio page
Harvard Health Publishing
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/dieter-manstein-md
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Instagram
instagram.com/p/DImwdxjzSfo
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x.com/BowesDerm/status/820380150676287488
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youtube.com/watch
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