Course Description
The On-Demand 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 of 39 recorded lectures from our faculty of experts, plus practice oral and written exam sessions recorded from the 2021, 2020, and 2016 Advanced/Board Review Courses. The bundle can be taken alone or paired with the 2022 Advanced/Board Review Course at the ISHRS World Congress.
Includes:
• 39 lectures
• 4 recorded practice written & oral mock exam sessions
• Bonus: 3 additional recorded oral mock exam sessions
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
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 2: 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