Course Description
The ISHRS Advanced/Board Review Course Bundle is intended for both intermediate/advanced hair surgeons who are looking for a full-immersion refresher and those who are studying for the written and oral ABHRS exams. The bundle is comprised 27 video lectures from our faculty of experts added in 2024. In addition, there are 39 previously recorded lectures, plus practice oral and written exam sessions recorded from past Advanced/Board Review Courses. The bundle can be taken alone or paired with the ISHRS Advanced/Board Review Course Bundle at the ISHRS World Congress.
Includes
- 66 lectures
- 4 recorded practice written & oral mock exam sessions
- 3 bonus recorded oral mock exam sessions
- 20 total hours of education
Support
- At any time if you have questions, you are encouraged to reach out to any of the faculty.
- Although this is a recorded product, our faculty are here to help you in real time. We want you to succeed. We want you to provide the best, safest, and highest-quality patient care.
Lecture Topic Areas
- General Information on ABHRS Exam
- Alopecias
- Patient Selection and Donor Area
- Recipient Area Planning
- Emergency Situations and Most Common Complications
- Advanced Lectures
Cost: $299 USD for ISHRS members / $349 for ISHRS pending members / $449 for Non ISHRS members
Certificates: No certificates will be issued with this education.
Course Outline
Part 1: 2024 Video Lectures
- Welcome to the Course
Vikram Jayaprakash, BM, FISHRS | Australia - Criteria for Certification
Steven Gabel, MD, FISHRS | USA - Written Exam
Tim Carman, MD, FISHRS - Oral Exam
Vikram Jayaprakash, BM, FISHRS | Australia - Male Pattern Hair Loss
Vikram Jayaprakash, BM, FISHRS | Australia - Female Pattern Hair Loss
Hanieh Erdmann, MD | Germany/UAE - Scarring Alopecias
Nicole Rogers, MD, FISHRS | USA - Consultation and Evaluation of the Patient
Vikram Jayaprakash, BM, FISHRS | Australia - Medical Treatment – Finasteride
Vikram Jayaprakash, BM, FISHRS | Australia - Medical Treatment – Minoxidil
Russell Knudsen, MBBS, FISHRS | Australia - FUT Surgery
Mayank Singh, MBBS, MS, MCh | India - Hairline Design – Male
Anil K. Garg, MBBS, MS, MCh, FISHRS | India - Hairline Design – Female
Russell Knudsen, MBBS, FISHRS | Australia - Donor Area Planning
David S. Josephitis, DO, FISHRS | USA - FUE Harvesting
Jennifer Krejci, MD | USA - Long Hair FUE
Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS | Guatemala - Hair Transplant into Beard and Eyebrows
Luciana Takata Pontes Arruda, MD | Brazil - Emergency Situations
Tim Carman, MD, FISHRS | USA - Anesthesia
Mayank Singh, MBBS, MS, MCh | India - Complications in Hair Transplant Surgery
Christopher M. D’Souza, MBBS, MSc, FISHRS | UK - Sharp Implantation
Anastasios Vekris, MD | Greece - Dull Implantation
Vikram Jayaprakash, BM, FISHRS | Australia - Robotic Hair Transplantation
Mark A. Bishara, MD | USA - Scalp Anatomy and Hair Physiology
Seema Garg, MBBS, MSc, FISHRS | India - Graft Preparation and Storage
Seema Garg, MBBS, MSc, FISHRS | India - Recipient Site Preparation – Logic of Planning
Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS | USA - Ethics of Hair Transplantation
Vikram Jayaprakash, BM, FISHRS | Australia
Part 2: Prerecorded Lectures
Section 1 – General Information
- Welcome and Introduction
Jerzy R. Kolasinski, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Poland & Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, FISHRS | USA - State of the ABHRS/IBHRS
Sara M. Wasserbauer, MD, FISHRS | USA - Ethical Guidelines for the ABHRS
Timothy P. Carman MD, FISHRS | USA - Criteria for ABHRS Certification and Application Process
Sara M. Wasserbauer, MD, FISHRS | USA - The Written Exam
Marco Barusco, MD, FISHRS | USA - The Oral Exam
Sara M. Wasserbauer, MD, FISHRS | USA
Section 2 – Alopecias
- Male & Female Pattern Alopecias
Russell Knudsen, MBBS, FISHRS | Australia - Other Alopecias
Nicole E. Rogers, MD, FAAD, FISHRS | USA
Section 3 – Patient Selection & Donor Area
- Consultation and Medical Evaluation of the Patient
Konstantinos Anastassakis, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Greece - Medical Treatment of AGA
David Perez-Meza, MD, FISHRS | Spain, Mexico - Alternative Treatment of AGA: Platelet-Rich Plasma, Fat Grafting, Regenerative
Stem Cell Therapy
David Perez-Meza, MD, FISHRS | USA - FUE vs. FUT – What to Choose?
Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, FISHRS | USA - Surgical Anatomy of the Scalp
Timothy P. Carman, MD, FISHRS | USA - Hairline Design (Male and Female)
Ronald L. Shapiro, MD, FISHRS | USA - Anesthesia
Jerzy R. Kolasinski, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Poland - Donor Planning and Harvesting – FUT
Carlos J. Puig, DO, FISHRS | USA - Donor Planning and Harvesting – FUE
Robert H. True, MD MPH, FISHRS | USA
Section 4 – Recipient Area Planning
- Strategies for Advanced AGA
Konstantinos Anastassakis, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Greece - Surgery Planning – Age and Potential for AGA
Marcio Crisostomo, MD, FISHRS | Brazil - Transplantation of the Crown
Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, FISHRS | USA - Transplantation of the Eyebrows
Samuel M. Lam MD, FACS, FISHRS | USA - Transplantation of the Beard
Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS, FISHRS | USA - Transplantation into Scars/Reconstructive Hair Transplant Surgery
Jerzy R. Kolasinski, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Poland - Hair Transplant Surgery in Children
Jerzy R. Kolasinski, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Poland
Section 5 – Odds and Ends
- Emergency Situations in Hair Transplant Surgery
Carlos J. Puig, DO, FISHRS/USA - Most Common Complications in Hair Transplant Surgery
Timothy P. Carman, MD, FISHRS/USA
Section 6 – Advanced Lectures (New in 2021)
- FUE Complications and How to Avoid Donor Depletion
Ken L. Williams, DO, FISHRS | USA - Linear Strip Excision – How to Avoid Bad Scars
Gregory Williams, MBBS, FISHRS | UK - Principles of Good Placement
Konstantinos Anastassakis, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Greece - Hair Transplantation in Transgenders and Ethnic Groups
Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FISHRS | USA - Placement Techniques: The Pros and Cons of Sharp Implanters
Conradin von Albertini, MD, FISHRS - Placement Techniques: The Use of Forceps
Steven Gabel, MD, FISHRS - Beard and Body as a Donor Area in FUE
Muhammad Ahmad, MD | Pakistan - Minimizing Injury to the Donor Area in FUE
Georgios Zontos MD, PhD, FISHRS | Denmark - Strip and FUE Combination Techniques
Marcio Crisostomo, MD, FISHRS - Preview Long Hair FUT
Marcelo Pitchon, MD | Brazil - Preview Long Hair FUE
Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS | Guatemala - Optimizing Hair Transplant Growth
Paul T. Rose, MD, JD, FISHRS | USA - Transection in FUE: Why and How It Matters
Robert H. True, MD MPH, FISHRS | USA
Part 3: Recorded ABHRS Exam Practice Sessions
- Zoom Mock Exam (Oral & Written): Saturday/August 21, 2021
- Zoom Mock Exam (Oral & Written): Saturday/May 15, 2021
- Zoom Mock Exam (Oral & Written): Saturday/October 3, 2020
- Zoom Mock Exam (Oral & Written): Saturday/September 26, 2020
- Oral Exam Case 1: Wednesday/September 28, 2016
- Oral Exam Case 2: Wednesday/September 28, 2016
- Oral Exam Case 3: Wednesday/September 28, 2016