Rebecca Larson | SIU School of Medicine

About me

Academic Interests: Prevention of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer; reconstructive dermatologic surgery; procedural dermatology education; patient safety

Clinical Interests: Melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer; Mohs Micrographic Surgery; transplant dermatology; medical dermatology; pursuit of the imperceptible surgical scar

Gender

Female

Education & training

Positions

Dermatologist

Board Certifications

Dermatology

Medical School

Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA - 2008

Undergraduate Degree

Concordia College, Moorehead, MN - 2004

Residency

SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL - Internal Medicine Internship; Dermatology Residency - 2012

Fellowship

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI - Dermatology Fellowship and Mohs Surgery Program - 2014

Research

Research Interests

Cutaneous Oncology, Mohs Micrographic and Dermatologic Surgery, General Dermatology

Featured Publications

^[1] Izgutdina A. Rashid T. Temple WC. Aminov S. Patiño-Escobar B. Walunj S. Geng H. Takamatsu H. Gil-Alós D. Kang AS. Ramos E. Chen SY. Johnson H. Nix MA. Naik A. Li M. Yuan CM. Wang HW. Sahu S. Larson RC. Carpenter C. Salangsang F. Phojanakong P. Serrano JAC. Tariq I. Zakraoui O. Steri V. Valeri A. Martinez-Lopez J. Maus MV. Parekh S. Verma A. Shah NN. Wiita AP. Affinity-matured CD72-targeting nanobody CAR T cells enhance elimination of antigen-low B-cell malignancies. 2025 Dec;13(12):.
PMID: 41469141

^[2] Summer P. Bulmer N. Prabhu S. Gallon N. Larson RC. Maus MV. Mahmood U. Heidari P. Granzyme B PET Imaging Enables Detection of CAR T-Cell Therapy Response in a Human Melanoma Mouse Model. 2025 Nov;15(23):.
PMID: 41374439

^[3] Knudsen NH. Escobar G. Korell F. Kienka T. Nobrega C. Anderson S. Cheng AY. Zschummel M. Armstrong A. Bouffard A. Kann MC. Goncalves S. Pope HW. Pezeshki M. Rojas A. Suermondt JSMT. Phillips M. Berger TR. Park S. Salas-Benito D. Darnell EP. Birocchi F. Leick MB. Larson RC. Doench JG. Sen D. Yates KB. Manguso RT. Maus MV. In vivo CRISPR screens identify modifiers of CAR T cell function in myeloma. 2025 Oct;646(8086):953-962.
PMID: 40993381

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Publications

Cort McCaughey, MD; Juliet Aylward, MD; Jack Longley, MD; Rebecca Larson, MD. “An Enlarging Soft Tissue Mass on the Nose of a 20-year-old Male. Presentation of a Rhabdomyomatous Mesenchymal Hamartoma and Review of the Literature” Dermatologic Surgery 2013 Dec:39(12):1835-1842

Rebecca Larson, MD and Juliet Aylward, MD. “Evaluation and Management of Hypertension in the Perioperative Period of Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Review”. Dermatologic Surgery 2014 Jun;40(6):603-609.

Clinical trials

Trial

Internal Medicine

Corrona Psoriasis (PSO) Registry

Active recruiting

The objective of the Corrona Psoriasis Registry is to create a national database of patients with psoriasis. Data collected will be used to study the disease and to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of medications approved for the treatment of psoriasis.