Cases, Studies, and Innovations (CSI) Awards

​CSI (Cases, Studies, and Innovations) Presentations selected from abstract submissions and presented at the ISHRS World Congress are evaluated for awards based on: Alternative Treatments, Legibility and Visual Appeal, Educational Value, and Originality. Previous to October, 2020, they were called Scientific Posters.

2023

1st Place

  • Seema Garg, MBBS, MSc, FISHRS and Co-Author: Anil K. Garg Sr., MBBS, MS, MCh, FISHRS | Transplanting the Posterior Parietal Triangle (Parietal Eminence) – An Indirect Graft Economical Way to Cover the Bald Crown with Aesthetic Enhancement

2nd Place

  • Aditya Gupta, MD, PhD, FISHRS and Co-Author: Mary Bamimore, PhD | Comparative Efficacy of Mono- and Poly-therapy with Microneedling for Androgenetic Alopecia: A Network Meta-analysis with a Multivariable Network-Regression

3rd Place

  • Osman Tayfun Oguzoglu, MD, FISHRS | New Hybrid Pen Implanter

Best Practical Tip

  • Laura Caicedo, MD | Comparative Study Between Different Punches: Edge and Ring Punch in Preview Long Hair FUE

2022

Scientific Merit in the Specialty

  • Muthuvel Kumaresan, MD | Characterization of Retrograde Androgenetic Alopecia in Indian Population

Educational Value

  • Mauro Speranzini, MD, FISHRS | The 16 Steps to Pull a Graft

Originality

  • Greg Williams, MBBS, FISHRS | Stretched Scars are Characterized by Decreased Expression Levels of Thrombospondin 1 and 2

Methodology

  • Aditya Gupta, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Relative Efficacy of Monotherapy with Biologics for Alopecia Areata

Best Practical Tip

  • Ratchathorn Panchaprateep, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Tips and Tricks for Successful Hair Transplantation in Lugwig Type Female Pattern Hair Loss (FPHL)

Technical Visual Appeal

Hanxiao Cheng, MD | Clinical Practice of Eyebrow Restoration Using Postauricular Hairline Follicles

2021

Scientific Merit in the Specialty

  • Masayuki Yanagisawa, MD, PhD | Scientific Merit in the Specialty “Long-term (10-year) Efficacy of Finasteride in 532 Japanese Men with Androgenetic Alopecia”

Educational Value

  • Gholamali Abbasi, MD, FISHRS | Educational Value “Retrograde Androgenetic Alopecia”

Originality

  • Narae Kim, MD | Originality “Eyebrow Transplantation by Long-hair FUE Technique”

Methodology

  • Sooho Park, MD | Methodology “Histological Analysis of Kinky Hair After Hair Transplant Surgery”

Best Practical Tip

  • Seema Garg, MBBS, MSc, FISHRS | Best Practical Tip “Management of Time and Space for Giga Session Without Compromising Safety and Results of Hair Transplant”

Technical Visual Appeal

  • Seunghyun You, MD | Technical Visual Appeal “A Novel Approach to an FUE Megasession; A Two-surgeon Donor Harvest”

2020

1st Place

  • Rattapon Thuangtong, MD | COVID-19 Era: Is There Any Aerosol Production During FUE harvesting?

2nd Place

  • Akaki Tsilosani, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Using Aminocaproic Acid During FUE Procedures Surgical Techniques

Best Practical Tip

  • Kongkiat Laorwong, MD, FISHRS | Quick Donor Hair Preparation in Non-Shaven FUE 

Honorable Mention

  • Francisco Jimenez, MD, FISHRS | Follicular Unit Grafts Contain More Catagen Than Telogen Follicles: An Unexpected Finding That Challenges Previous Dogma

Honorable Mention

  • Dow B. Stough, MD | Progressive Loss Risk Scale – PL Risk Scale